Bernadette O'Farrell [SEP] date of death
Bernadette O'Farrell
Bernadette O'Farrell (30 January 1924 – 26 September 1999) was an Irish actress. She was married to the film writer and producer Frank Launder.
She is best known for playing Maid Marian in the 1950s TV version of "The Adventures of Robin Hood". She left the show in 1957, after 78 episodes, to avoid type-casting, and was replaced by Patricia Driscoll.
She played an English mistress, Miss Harper, in "The Happiest Days of Your Life" (1949)
Happiest Days of Your Life" (1950) and most famously, the St Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school. He was married to actress Bernadette O'Farrell from 1950 until his death in Monaco. The couple had two children.
Selected films.
- "Under the Greenwood Tree" (1929) writer
- "Children of Chance" (1930) writer
- "The W Plan" (1930) writer
- "Hobson's Choice" (1931)