Sarah Badel
| Sarah Badel | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sarah Badel 30 March 1943 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1963–present |
Sarah Badel (born 30 March 1943) is a British stage and film actress. She is the daughter of actors Alan Badel and Yvonne Owen.
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Theatrical career
Badel was born in London and 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, A Moon for the Misbegotten, Mourning Becomes Electra, and Lucia in London.[2]
Film and television career
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 Lizzie Eustace in The Pallisers (1973). 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. Other television appearances include The Irish R.M., the 1996 adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Just Visiting in 2001.[citation needed]
Filmography
- The Shooting Party (1985)
- Mrs Dalloway (1997)
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External links
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- 1943 births
- Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
- Living people
- English stage actresses
- English film actresses
- English television actresses
- Actresses from London
