Sarah Badel

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Sarah Badel
Born
Sarah M Badel

(1943-03-30) 30 March 1943 (age 82)
London, England
Education Poles Convent, Thundridge
Alma mater Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active1962–2009
Parents

Sarah M. Badel (born 30 March 1943) is a retired British stage and film actress. She is the daughter of actors Alan Badel and Yvonne Owen.

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Life and career

Badel was born in London to actor Alan Badel and actress Yvonne Owen. She was educated in Poles Convent, Hertfordshire [1] and trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art; she is now an Associate Member.

Sarah Badel made her acting debut in January 1963 in the Bristol Old Vic company's production of Hamlet , which was then touring India. [1] [2] Her first appearance in London theatre came in October 1964 in the part of Bella Hedley in Robert and Elizabeth at the Lyric Theatre. Badel made her Broadway theatre debut the following October playing Helen in The Right Honourable Gentleman at the Billy Rose Theatre.

In 1966, she performed at the Chichester Festival Theatre in such roles as Miss Fanny in The Clandestine Marriage and Anya in The Cherry Orchard . She returned to the Chichester Festival in 1967 and again in 1970. Other venues at which Badel has performed include the National Theatre Company and St George's Playhouse in Islington. [1] She is also involved in many radio projects including adaptations of A Moon for the Misbegotten , Mourning Becomes Electra , and Lucia in London . [2]

Badel made her first film appearance in the 1970 British comedy Every Home Should Have One . [1] Other films in which she has appeared include The Shooting Party in 1985 and Not Without My Daughter in 1991. Badel made her first appearance on television in 1962 [1] portraying Perdita in a television adaptation of The Winter's Tale .

She played Flora Poste in Cold Comfort Farm (1968) and Lizzie Eustace in The Pallisers (1974). In the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Taming of the Shrew she played the lead female role of Katherine opposite John Cleese as Petruchio. Badel also had a role as Sister Madgalen (Avice of Thornbury) in two episodes of the TV series Cadfael (1994–1998). [3] Other television appearances include She Fell Among Thieves , The Irish R.M. , the 1996 adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall , and Just Visiting in 2001.[ citation needed ] She played Patricia Bradshaw in The Black Book, a 2009 episode of Midsomer Murders . [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1962 The Winter's Tale Perdita TV film
A Climate of FearFrances WaringTV film
1965 Robert and Elizabeth Bella HedleyTV film
1970 Every Home Should Have One Joanna Snow
1978Park PeopleTV film
1980 The Taming of the Shrew Katherina (Kate) Minola TV film
1984Out of OrderTV film
The Shooting Party Ida Nettleby
1991 Not Without My Daughter Nicole
1994PleasureThe WidowTV film
1995Heavy WeatherLady Julia FishTV film
1997 Mrs Dalloway Lady Rosseter (Sally Seton)
1999 Cotton Mary Mrs. Evans
2000 Longitude Society LadyTV film
2001 Just Visiting Queen

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1962 Armchair Theatre VeronicaEpisode: "Thank You and Goodnight"
1963 ITV Play of the Week FayEpisode: "The Heart of the Country"
1968 Cold Comfort Farm Flora PosteMini-series
Mystery and Imagination ElizabethEpisode: "Frankenstein"
1969 W. Somerset Maugham LouiseEpisode: "Louise"
1970 Armchair Theatre Sylvia MelvilleEpisode: "The Prime Minister's Daughter"
BBC Play of the Month NatashaEpisode: "The Three Sisters"
1972The VisitorsMilly PurdoeMini-series
Dead of Night LornaEpisode: "Bedtime"
1973Conjugal RightsPaulaMini-series
Between the WarsConstance LechdaleEpisode: "Now Lies She There"
1974 The Pallisers Lizzie EustaceMini-series
Seven Faces of WomanLiz WestEpisode: "Let's Marry Liz"
ITV Playhouse Madge WakelyEpisode: "The Gift of Friendship"
1975 BBC Play of the Month GonerilEpisode: "King Lear"
1976 Red Letter Day NicolaEpisode: "The Five Pound Orange"
1978BBC2 Play of the WeekVirginiaEpisode: "She Fell Among Thieves"
Do You Remember?PegEpisode: "Park People"
1979 Thomas & Sarah Felicity Stokeleigh-PomeroyEpisode: "The Biters Bit"
1981 Play for Today Alice DearthEpisode: "Dear Brutus"
Alice PikeEpisode: "Bavarian Night"
1983 BBC Play of the Month Olwen PeelEpisode: "Dangerous Corner"
1983–1985 Affairs of the Heart Jane BonamySeries regular
1985 The Irish R.M. BabsMini-series
Summer SeasonNatalaya SergeyvenaEpisode: "The House on Kirov Street"
1987 A Perfect Spy Baroness Weber1 episode
1988 Small World Hilary Swallow/Joy SimpsonMini-series
1990 Haggard Lady Tartlet2 episodes
1991 Fiddlers Three CynthiaEpisode: "The Dark Horse"
1992 The Cloning of Joanna May AngelaMini-series
1994 Casualty Celia CookeEpisode: "Family Ties"
Cadfael Avice of ThornburyEpisode: "The Leper of St. Giles"
1995 Agatha Christie's Poirot Florence HubbardEpisode: "Hickory Dickory Dock"
1996The VetMrs. EavesEpisode: "Stormy Weather"
Masterpiece Julia FishEpisode: "Heavy Weather"
Cadfael Sister MagdalenEpisode: "The Rose Rent"
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall RachelMini-series
1997 Heartbeat Susan WilliamsonEpisode: "Fool for Love"
A Dance to the Music of Time Lady MollyMini-series
1998 Midsomer Murders Rosa CarmichaelEpisode: "Death of a Hollow Man"
2000 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Moira WingraveEpisode: "Harm Done"
2001 Love in a Cold Climate Lady KroesigMini-series
Hearts and Bones Moira Thomas1 episode
Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes Mrs. BerkleyEpisode: "The Photographer's Chair"
Peak Practice Sheila Spencer1 episode
2005 Fingersmith Mrs. FrobisherMini-series
2008 Tess of the D'Urbervilles Mrs. Brooks1 episode
2009 Midsomer Murders Patricia BlackshawEpisode: "The Black Book"

Theatre

YearTitleRoleVenueNotes
1962 Arms and the Man Raina Petkoff Bristol Old Vic, Bristol India Tour
Hamlet Ophelia Bristol Old Vic, Bristol India Tour
1963 Heartbreak House Bristol Old Vic, Bristol
The Physicists Bristol Old Vic, Bristol
The Rivals Bristol Old Vic, Bristol
1964 Robert and Elizabeth Cousin Bella Lyric Theatre, London
1966 The Cherry Orchard Anya Ranevskaya Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
The Clandestine Marriage Fanny Sterling Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
The Fighting Cock Sophie Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
1967 The Italian Straw Hat The Bride Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
Heartbreak House Ellie Dunn Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
1969 The School for Scandal Lady Teazle Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds
1970 Arms and the Man Raina Petkoff Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
Peer Gynt Solveig Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
1970 The Beaux' Stratagem Mrs. Sullen Royal Exchange, Manchester
1971 Mrs. Warren's Profession Vivie Warren The Old Vic, London
1976 Romeo and Juliet Juliet St. George's Theatre, London
Twelfth Night Olivia St. George's Theatre, London
1981 The Cherry Orchard Varya Ranevskaya Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
1989 The Black Prince Rachel Baffin Aldwych Theatre, London
1991 Tovarich Madame Arbesziat Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester
1993 Quartermaine's Terms Melanie Garth Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford
1994 The Seagull Polina Andryevna Theatre Royal, Bath
2002 Cabaret Fräulein Schneider Chichester Festival Theatre, Chichester

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Ian Herbert, ed. (1981). "BADEL, Sarah". Who's Who in the Theatre. Vol. 1. Gale Research Company. p. 34. ISSN   0083-9833.
  2. 1 2 "Separate Tables". Sonning Eye, Oxfordshire, England. 2009. Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
  3. "Mystery!: Cadfael (TV Series 1994–1998) – IMDb". IMDb .
  4. Radio Times