Sheila O'Neill, young dancer, London
She thought she'd never dance again - Now she dance for the Queen.: A girl, who because of an attack of police during the war, thought she would never be able to dance again, is to be one of the stars appearing before the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance at London Coliseum on November 2nd. She is 23-year-old Sheila O'Neill who dances every night in the West End show'Paint Your Wagon'. as a child Sheila was keen rider, spent all her spare time in the saddle and was stricken with polio, her patience and perserverance proved the doctors who said she would never dance again. completely wrong. On the opening night of Pain Your Wagon the audience held up the show for five minutes while Sheila returned to take a bow. She is O'Neill lives in a trim little bachelor flat off marble Arch, she does all her own household chores, and for relaxation like to read books on ballet and horse riding, her two chief loves. Leaping to fame is the girl who thought she would never dance again. She is Sheila O'Neill and she's to dance before the Queen
