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name: "Sheila Flitton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sheila-flitton"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T08:35:46.243416+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Sheila Flitton

Actor. Born in Cork, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1991–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $64m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117083277, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0282458/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1597386

## Biography

Sheila Flitton is an Irish actress from Cork. Her screen credits include Mrs McCormick in *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), Lyudmila in *The Northman* (2022), the church cleaner in *The Commitments* (1991), neighbour roles in *The Snapper* (1993) and *The Van* (1996), Nancy Power in *Rawhead Rex* (1986), and Granny Byrne in *The Food Guide to Love* (2013). She is one of only two actors, alongside Colm Meaney, to appear in all three films adapted from Roddy Doyle’s Barrytown Trilogy.

Flitton began her career in theatre after training at the Brendan Smith Academy. In 2004 she received a nomination for best actress at the Irish Times Theatre Awards for playing Mag in Martin McDonagh’s *The Beauty Queen of Leenane*.

*Sources: imdb.com, thetimes.com, irishexaminer.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), Fi1m 84, as Mrs. McCormick — [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *The Snapper* (1993), Fi1m 82, as Neighbour #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Commitments* (1991), Fi1m 82, as Church Cleaner — [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Der Irland-Krimi: Gnadentod* (2024), as Roisin O´Donnell
- *SisterS* (2023), series, as Dream Woman
- *The Banshees of Inisherin* (2022), as Mrs. McCormick — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-banshees-of-inisherin.md)
- *The Northman* (2022), as Lyudmila
- *The Food Guide to Love* (2013), as Granny Byrne
- *Secret of the Cave* (2006), as Mrs. McKay
- *This Is My Father* (1999), as Mrs. Madigan
- *Gold In The Streets* (1997), Actor
- *Separation Anxiety* (1997), as Sally's Mum
- *The Van* (1996), as Missis Twix
- *The Snapper* (1993), as Neighbour #2 — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-snapper.md)
- *The Treaty* (1991), as Woman 1
- *The Commitments* (1991), as Church Cleaner — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-commitments.md)
- *Fools of Fortune* (1990), as Beggarwoman
- *The Lilac Bus* (1990), Actor
- *Rawhead Rex* (1986), as Nancy Power
- *The Country Girls* (1983), as Sister Margaret

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