Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Alastair Sim NPG D17948(16)

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Cecil Beaton

Sim's stage debut in 1930 was as a messenger and sentry in Othello, a production in which Peggy Ashcroft and Paul Robeson played the leads; he then spent two years at the Old Vic. In 1932 he married Naomi Merlith, an actress; they appeared together in the film, Wedding Group in 1936. In 1954 Sim reached new heights as a comic actor in the dual role of Miss Fitton, the dubious headmistress of St Trinian's, and Miss Fitton's gangster brother, Clarence. His career... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.