jacob was jack sugden's brother in emmerdale.
jacob was jack sugden's brother in emmerdale.
who was jack sugden's brother in emmerdale?
jacob
in 1972, she was cast in the role she is best known for, the matriarch annie sugden, one of the principal characters in the new british soap opera "emmerdale farm" (later simply "emmerdale"). she appeared as a main cast member until 1994 with rare occasional appearances since, notably for on-screen son joe's funeral in june 1995, along with screen husband amos brearly. in 1979, hazel holt in "the stage" wrote, "i never cease to admire the sheer consistency of sheila mercier's performance as annie sugden in yorkshire's emmerdale farm. .. every tuesday and friday, week in and week out she is never less than convincing." during the 1,000th episode in 1985, she was presented with the 'big red book' of "this is your life". aged 89, mercier appeared in a special programme dedicated to "emmerdale"'s 5,000th episode, where members of the cast were interviewed. it was transmitted on itv in may 2008. she has occasionally returned to the series since her departure. in february 2009, aged 90, she reprised her most famous role, and made a special guest appearance on "emmerdale" as annie sugden, attending the funeral of her on-screen son, jack sugden (played by actor clive hornby, who died the year previously). in july 2008 she was a mourner at hornby's actual funeral.
sheila mercier
in late august 1986, pat sugden (helen weir) was driving her sister janie back to the railway station after her visit to emmerdale farm. her husband jack sugden (clive hornby) was supposed to have driven janie back, but pat wanted to do so, despite the fact it was nearing their son robert sugden's (richard smith) feeding. after dropping janie safely at hotten station, pat was in a hurry so she first overtook a milk lorry, by which time she was speeding along hotten road. she then turned a corner where some sheep were blocking the road having escaped from their field. pat swerved her car in order not to hit the sheep, but drove off a hillside, where her car rolled down the hill, killing her instantly. the police broke the news to jack and his mother, annie sugden (sheila mercier). jack then broke the news to his children, jackie (ian sharrock) and sandie merrick (jane hutcheson), who were devastated. pat's death had an effect on everyone in the sugden family: sandie broke down in front of jack; jackie was trying to remain strong; and jack himself fell into a deep depression that took him years to get over. robert never knew pat as he was only four months old at the time. ironically, he would lose his adoptive mother, sarah sugden, a decade later in an equally tragic way.
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