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== Death ==
== Death ==
McRoberts died on 17 July 2013 at [[Fulham Broadway tube station]], West London, after being hit by a Tube train. [[British Transport Police]] said a file had been sent to the coroner and her death was not being treated as suspicious.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train|date=20 July 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10192426/Actress-Briony-McRoberts-killed-by-Tube-train.html|accessdate=22 July 2013}}</ref> McRoberts' agent said that she believed the actress had taken her own life.<ref name="BBCLondon">{{Cite news|date=20 July 2013|title=Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train|work=[[BBC News]]|location=London|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23389849|accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref>
McRoberts died on 17 July 2013 at [[Fulham Broadway tube station]], West London, after being hit by a Tube train. [[British Transport Police]] said a file had been sent to the coroner and her death was not being treated as suspicious.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train|date=20 July 2013|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|location=London|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10192426/Actress-Briony-McRoberts-killed-by-Tube-train.html|accessdate=22 July 2013}}</ref> McRoberts' agent said that she believed the actress had taken her own life.<ref name="BBCLondon">{{Cite news|date=20 July 2013|title=Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train|work=[[BBC News]]|location=London|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23389849|accessdate=24 July 2013}}</ref> Speaking to [[BBC Radio 5 Live]] just before the anniversary of her death, McRoberts' husband linked her suicide to [[Anorexia nervosa|anorexia]] that she had suffered as a teenager and that had re-surfaced in the months leading up to her death.<ref name=Robb>{{cite news|title= Actor David Robb: 'Anorexia kills women like my wife' |url= http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28292758 |date= 14 July 2014 |work= [[BBC News]] |accessdate= 21 July 2014 }}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:49, 21 July 2014

Briony McRoberts
Born(1957-02-10)10 February 1957
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died17 July 2013(2013-07-17) (aged 56)
London, England, UK
OccupationActress
SpouseDavid Robb

Briony McRoberts (10 February 1957 – 17 July 2013) was an English actress.

Career

On television, she played "Tessa Kilpin" in Episode 057 (05.11) 'No Stone' of The Professionals, and appeared in television programmes including The Bill, EastEnders, Taggart, The Crezz and Diamonds. She had a regular role as Lady Laird Sam Hagan in the Scottish soap Take the High Road for STV from 1990 to 1999. In 1976, she played Wendy Darling in a musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan starring Mia Farrow and Danny Kaye on NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame. In film, she played Margo Fassbender in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976).[1]

Onstage, she made many appearances in the West End and the regions including playing Wendy Darling in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1980, the musical 'Maggie', also at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1978 and Charley's Aunt at the Aldwych Theatre in 1983.[1]

Personal life

She had been an active supporter of Scottish Friends of the Earth's Fight the Fumes campaign.[1] She was married to actor David Robb.[2]

Death

McRoberts died on 17 July 2013 at Fulham Broadway tube station, West London, after being hit by a Tube train. British Transport Police said a file had been sent to the coroner and her death was not being treated as suspicious.[3] McRoberts' agent said that she believed the actress had taken her own life.[2] Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live just before the anniversary of her death, McRoberts' husband linked her suicide to anorexia that she had suffered as a teenager and that had re-surfaced in the months leading up to her death.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Steven, Alasdair (22 July 2013). "Obituary: Briony McRoberts, actress in Take the High Road, Taggart etc". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train". BBC News. London. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train". The Daily Telegraph. London. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.
  4. ^ "Actor David Robb: 'Anorexia kills women like my wife'". BBC News. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.

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