Sarah Branch (7 January 1938 – 10 November 2007) was an English film actress and model.
Life
Before appearing in films Sarah Branch modelled wedding gowns at fashion shows.
[''Daily Mirror'' Obituary, 21 April 2007] She acted in two
Hammer Film productions. She played
Maid Marian
Maid Marian is the heroine of the Robin Hood legend in English folklore, often taken to be his lover. She is not mentioned in the early, medieval versions of the legend, but was the subject of at least two plays by 1600. Her history and circums ...
, opposite
Richard Greene
Richard Marius Joseph Greene (25 August 1918 – 1 June 1985) was a noted English film and television actor. A matinée idol who appeared in more than 40 films, he was perhaps best known for the lead role in the long-running British TV series '' ...
as
Robin Hood
Robin Hood is a legendary heroic outlaw originally depicted in English folklore and subsequently featured in literature and film. According to legend, he was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. In some versions of the legend, he is de ...
, in ''Sword of Sherwood Forest''. Before that she had a small role as a deaf mute girl in Hammer's Noir-like crime drama ''Hell Is A City''.
She went to the progressive co-educational
St. Mary's Town and Country School. She married a stockbroker John Grant Lithiby in 1961, and they had three children. She died of a terminal illness in 2007.
Filmography
* ''
The Night We Dropped a Clanger'', released in the US as ''Make Mine a Double'' (1959)
* ''
Hell Is a City
''Hell Is a City'' is a 1960 British crime thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Maurice Procter. Written and directed by Val Guest, it was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions and filmed in Manchester. It was ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Sands of the Desert
''Sands of the Desert'' is a 1960 British adventure comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Charlie Drake in his first lead role in a feature film, Peter Arne, Sarah Branch and Raymond Huntley.
Premise
Charlie Sands, a British ...
'' (1960)
* ''
Sword of Sherwood Forest
''Sword of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1960 British Eastman Color adventure film in MegaScope directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions. Richard Greene reprises the role of Robin Hood, which he played in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' ...
'' (1960)
References
External links
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* http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/69512/lithiby
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1938 births
2007 deaths
English film actresses
English television actresses
English female models
People educated at St Mary's Town and Country School