Article: Sylvie's happyto lookat the stars; As TV wannabes and audiences become obsessed with fame, actress Sylvie Gattrill tells DAWN COLLINSON why she's happy being a jobbing actress.(Features)

SHE'S worked alongside Britain's screen elite, sharing cast lists with names like Richard Harris, Lynn Redgrave and David Jason.

But after a lifetime in the business, actress Sylvie Gatrill is the first to concede that she's hardly a household name. Not yet, anyway.

``Even the bank manager doesn't recognise me,'' she jokes.

Fame, though, is not something she craves. In fact, she insists, there are plenty of advantages to not quite being a star.

``A lot of people now are only in it for the fame and they don't really care what they do so ...

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