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Sandra Isobel McDade (born in February 1964), professionally known as Sandy McDade, is a Scottish actress, known for her part as Margaret Brown (née Ellison) in the television series ''
McDade grew up in Gracemount in
Lark Rise to Candleford
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'', Miss Scatcherd in the 2011 film ''Jane Eyre
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'', and Fay on stage at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs
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in ''Iron'', which won her the 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Award
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for Best Actress.
Early life
McDade grew up in Gracemount in Edinburgh
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, where she attended Gracemount High School. By the age of 15 she obtained a place at the Scottish Youth Theatre, where she made her stage debut at the Royal Lyceum Theatre
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.
Professional life
McDade's professional acting career has involved acting on television, film and on the stage, although most of her parts have been in supporting rôles. Where she had taken thelead role
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in ''Iron'', she has won both the 2002 Stage Awards for Acting Excellence
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Organised by the theatric ...
and the 2003 Evening Standard Theatre Awards
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for Best Actress. She would later go on to play her most famous part to date, that of Margaret Brown (née Ellison) in the BBC Television
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series ''Lark Rise to Candleford
''Lark Rise to Candleford'' is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Flora Thompson about the countryside of north-east Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England, at the end of the 19th century. The stories were previously published s ...
''.
Filmography
Television
McDade has been in the cast of some of the most popularBritish television
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series, such as ''Hamish Macbeth
Hamish Macbeth is the lackadaisical police constable of the fictional Scottish Highland town of Lochdubh, in a series of murder mystery novels created by M. C. Beaton ( Marion Chesney).
Considered by many to be a useless, lazy moocher, Macbet ...
'', ''Taggart
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'', ''A Touch of Frost
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'', ''The Office
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The original series of ...
'', ''Lark Rise to Candleford
''Lark Rise to Candleford'' is a trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Flora Thompson about the countryside of north-east Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, England, at the end of the 19th century. The stories were previously published s ...
'' and '' EastEnders''
Film
Theatre
Theatre awards and nominations
Radio
* ''Life: An Audio Tour (BBC Radio 4)'' (2008) * ''Births, Deaths and Marriages (BBC Radio 4)'' (2012-2013)See also
* List of British actors * List of people from EdinburghReferences
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:McDade, Sandy Living people Scottish television actresses Scottish film actresses Scottish stage actresses Actresses from Edinburgh 1964 births