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.
Life and career Badel was born in London to actor Alan Badel and actress Yvonne Owen. She was educated in Poles Convent, Hertfordshire 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. Her first appearance in London theatre came in October 1964 in the part of Bella Hedley in Robert and Elizabeth at the Lyric Theatre. She 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. She also took part in many radio dramas including adaptations of A Moon for the Misbegotten, Mourning Becomes Electra, and Lucia in London.
Badel made her first film appearance in the 1970 British comedy Every Home Should Have One. Other films in which she has appeared include The Shooting Party in 1985 and Not Without My Daughter in 1991. She made her first appearance on television in 1962 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 Magdalen (Avice of Thornbury) in two episodes of the TV series Cadfael (1994–1998). Other television productions in which she took part include She Fell Among Thieves, The Irish R.M., the 1996 adaptation of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and Just Visiting in 2001. She played Patricia Bradshaw in The Black Book, a 2009 episode of Midsomer Murders.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes1962 The Winter's Tale Perdita TV film A Climate of Fear Frances Waring TV film 1965 Robert and Elizabeth Bella Hedley TV film 1970 Every Home Should Have One Joanna Snow 1978 Park People TV film 1980 The Taming of the Shrew Katherina (Kate) Minola TV film1984 Out of Order TV film The Shooting Party Ida Nettleby 1991 Not Without My Daughter Nicole Ajamian 1994 Pleasure The Widow TV film 1995 Heavy Weather Lady Julia Fish TV film 1997 Mrs Dalloway Lady Rosseter (Sally Seton) 1999 Cotton Mary Mrs. Evans 2000 Longitude Society Lady TV film 2001 Just Visiting Queen
Television Year Title Role Notes 1962 Armchair Theatre Veronica Episode: "Thank You and Goodnight" 1963 ITV Play of the Week Fay Episode: "The Heart of the Country"1968 Cold Comfort Farm Flora Poste Mini-series Mystery and Imagination Elizabeth Episode: "Frankenstein" 1969 W. Somerset Maugham Louise Episode: "Louise"1970 Armchair Theatre Sylvia Melville Episode: "The Prime Minister's Daughter" BBC Play of the Month Natasha Episode: "The Three Sisters"1972 The Visitors Milly Purdoe Mini-series Dead of Night Lorna Episode: "Bedtime"1973 Conjugal Rights Paula Mini-series Between the Wars Constance Lechdale Episode: "Now Lies She There"1974 The Pallisers Lizzie Eustace Mini-series Seven Faces of Woman Liz West Episode: "Let's Marry Liz" ITV Playhouse Madge Wakely Episode: "The Gift of Friendship" 1975 BBC Play of the Month Goneril Episode: "King Lear" 1976 Red Letter Day Nicola Episode: "The Five Pound Orange"1978 BBC2 Play of the Week Virginia Episode: "She Fell Among Thieves" Do You Remember? Peg Episode: "Park People" 1979 Thomas & Sarah Felicity Stokeleigh-Pomeroy Episode: "The Biters Bit"1981Play for Today Alice Dearth Episode: "Dear Brutus" Alice Pike Episode: "Bavarian Night" 1983 BBC Play of the Month Olwen Peel Episode: "Dangerous Corner" 1983–1985 Affairs of the Heart Jane Bonamy Series regular1985 The Irish R.M. Babs Mini-series Summer Season Natalaya Sergeyvena Episode: "The House on Kirov Street" 1987 A Perfect Spy Baroness Weber 1 episode 1988 Small World Hilary Swallow/Joy Simpson Mini-series 1990 Haggard Lady Tartlet 2 episodes 1991 Fiddlers Three Cynthia Episode: "The Dark Horse" 1992 The Cloning of Joanna May Angela Mini-series1994 Casualty Celia Cooke Episode: "Family Ties" Cadfael Avice of Thornbury Episode: "The Leper of St. Giles" 1995 Agatha Christie's Poirot Florence Hubbard Episode: "Hickory Dickory Dock"1996 The Vet Mrs. Eaves Episode: "Stormy Weather" Masterpiece Julia Fish Episode: "Heavy Weather" Cadfael Sister Magdalen Episode: "The Rose Rent" The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Rachel Mini-series1997 Heartbeat Susan Williamson Episode: "Fool for Love" A Dance to the Music of Time Lady Molly Mini-series 1998 Midsomer Murders Rosa Carmichael Episode: "Death of a Hollow Man" 2000 The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Moira Wingrave Episode: "Harm Done"2001 Love in a Cold Climate Lady Kroesig Mini-series Hearts and Bones Moira Thomas 1 episode Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes Mrs. Berkley Episode: "The Photographer's Chair" Peak Practice Sheila Spencer 1 episode 2005 Fingersmith Mrs. Frobisher Mini-series 2008 Tess of the D'Urbervilles Mrs. Brooks 1 episode 2009 Midsomer Murders Patricia Blackshaw Episode: "The Black Book"
Theatre Year Title Role Venue Notes1962 Arms and the Man Raina Petkoff Bristol Old Vic, Bristol India Tour Hamlet Ophelia Bristol Old Vic, Bristol India Tour1963 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, London1966 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, Chichester1967 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 Edmunds1970 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, London1976 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
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