Sheila Carter
The role was portrayed by Kimberlin Brown for a total of 16 years. Her first run was on "The Young and the Restless" from May 1990 to May 20, 1992, when the character crossed over to "The Bold and the Beautiful" from May 21, 1992, to October 2, 1998, again from May 24 to November 5, 2002, and again finally from September 26 to October 10, 2003. Despite being a regular cast member on "The Bold and the Beautiful", Brown returned to "The Young and the Restless" for several guest appearances beginning on October 27, 1992. Brown departed on November 5, 1992, and reappeared for one episode on December 23, 1992. She continued making appearance from January 7 to 14, 1993, February 19, 1993, to March 2, 1993, October 11, 1993, October 19 to 27, 1993, January 12, 1994, and February 28, 1995, until March 2, 1995.
Sheila Hancock
Hancock's first big television role was as Carol in the BBC sitcom "The Rag Trade" in the early 1960s. She also played the lead roles in the sitcoms "The Bed-Sit Girl", "Mr Digby Darling", "The Secretary Bird" and "Now Take My Wife". Her other television credits include "Doctor Who", "Kavanagh QC" (opposite her husband, John Thaw), "Gone to the Dogs", "Brighton Belles", "EastEnders", "The Russian Bride", "Bedtime", "Fortysomething", "Feather Boy", "Bleak House", "New Tricks", "Hustle" and "The Catherine Tate Show". In 2008, she played the part of a terminally ill patient who travelled to Switzerland for an assisted suicide in one of "The Last Word" monologues for the BBC. In 2009, she played Liz in "The Rain Has Stopped", part of the BBC daytime mini-series "Moving On".