Armine Margaret Sandford (1928 – 4 January 2011) was an English actress and

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. Born in

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, Sandford was the daughter of a physician who practised at Exeter.Patrick Robertson, ''The Book of Firsts'' (1975), p. 181 In 1950 she appeared in a stage revival of '' Doctor Faustus'', and during an acting career on screen she appeared in the films ''

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'' (1956), ''A Picture of Autumn'' (1957) and ''Virtuoso'' (1959), and continued to appear in television programmes until about 1966. On 30 September 1957, Sandford became the first woman television newsreader when she joined the

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West Region's daily television

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from its studios in

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. She died in 2011 in Leicester, aged 82.

Filmography

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'' (1956)

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