Sheelagh Gilbey teaches drama in Montessori nursery schools in west London. She was a presenter on several BBC children's TV programmes, including Play School, Play Away and Zig Zag. She also devised and appeared in the ITV series "Do It!", and played the leading part of Marianna in the 1981 film "The Haunting Of M" directed by Anna Thomas. Gilbey also appeared as one of the celebrity contestants in the BBC's The Adventure Game.