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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]

She had been an active supporter of Scottish Friends of the Earth's Fight the Fumes campaign.[1]

Marriage

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]

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. ^ "Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train". BBC News. 20 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Actress Briony McRoberts killed by Tube train". The Daily Telegraph. London. 20 July 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2013.

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