Sheila Ruskin

{{Short description|British actress}}{{BLP more citations|date=December 2024}}

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Sheila Ruskin (born 28 March 1946) is an English actress.

She played Vipsania in the BBC adaptation of I, Claudius (1976);{{Cite book |last=Sangster |first=Jim |title=TV Heaven |date=2005 |publisher=Collins |isbn=9780007190997 |location=London |pages=388–389 |chapter=I, Claudius}} Kassia in the Doctor Who serial The Keeper of Traken (1981); and Alta One in the Blake's 7 episode "Redemption" (1979).

Her other TV credits include: MacKenzie, Special Branch, The Pallisers, How Green Was My Valley, The Sweeney, Tales of the Unexpected, The Professionals, Minder, Bergerac, Boon, Taggart, Miss Marple, Parnell and the Englishwoman, Casualty, Rumpole of the Bailey, Strangers and Brothers, The Bill, Dalziel and Pascoe, Holby City, Midsomer Murders, The Intruder, and The Lost Boys.{{Cite web |title=Sheila Ruskin |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/sheila-ruskin/credits/3000062326/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=TV Guide}}

She was married to the actor David Wood from 1966 until 1970. The couple wrote a musical play, The Owl and the Pussycat Went To See, based on the works of Edward Lear.https://www.guidetomusicaltheatre.com/shows_o/owlpussycat-wood.html In 2005 and 2008, she appeared in numerous episodes of the BBC medical soap opera Doctors in the recurring role of Marcia Holland.{{cite web |title=Destiny Day |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cp3d7 |publisher=BBC |access-date=12 February 2025}}