Sarah Marshall (British actress)


Sarah Lynne Marshall was an English actress, who was the daughter of actors Herbert Marshall and Edna Best. She appeared in many popular classic television shows, especially in the 1960s, and occasionally in films and on the stage.

Early years

In 1939, Marshall and her mother moved to Los Angeles after her parents divorced.

Career

Marshall made her Broadway debut in 1951 in a short revival of Elmer Rice's Dream Girl. Her next performances were in three revivals of Robert E. Sherwood plays and a new S.N. Behrman play opposite her mother, all to small audiences. Marshall won a Theatre World Award in 1956 for her role as Bonnie Dee Ponder in the adaptation of Eudora Welty's The Ponder Heart. She was nominated for the Tony Award in 1960 for her role in George Axelrod's play Goodbye, Charlie.
Marshall also had a starring role in Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Poopsie in "The Baby Blue Expression." Throughout the 1960s, she appeared in a variety of other television series, including The Twilight Zone, Thriller, F Troop, Perry Mason, Get Smart and . She guest-starred in three episodes of Daniel Boone: "Cry of Gold", "Take the Southbound Stage" and "Hero's Welcome".
From the 1970s until shortly before her death, Marshall appeared in numerous television series and in several films. On television, her only full-time regular series role was on the sitcom Miss Winslow & Son in 1979, in which she played Evelyn Winslow, the mother of the series' main character Susan Winslow. Her final film performance was that of Mrs. Weston in Bad Blood...The Hunger, released in 2012.

Personal life

Marshall married American production designer and art director Melvin Bourne 13 June 1952. They had one child, Timothy Bourne, and they divorced in 1957. She married actor Carl Held in 1964.

Death

Marshall died on 18 January 2014 at age 80 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was survived by her second husband and her son Timothy from her first marriage.

Filmography