Alison Steadman Plessey, an electronics firm. Steadman was educated at Childwall Valley High School for Girls, a state grammar school in the Liverpool suburb of Childwall, followed by East 15 Acting School, to which she secured a place in the autumn of 1966 and where she met Mike Leigh during her second year. Having left the East 15 Acting School in Loughton, Essex, Steadman worked in various regional repertory theatres, starting at Lincoln in 1968, where her first role was that of the seductive schoolgirl Sandy in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie". She created the role of the monstrous Beverly in
Sarah Marshall (British actress) married American production designer and art director Melvin Bourne 13 June 1952. They had one child, Timothy Bourne, and they divorced in 1957. She married actor Carl Held in 1964. Marshall died on 18 January 2014, at age 80 after a lengthy battle with cancer. She was survived by her second husband and her son Timothy from her first marriage. Sarah Marshall (British actress) Sarah Lynne Marshall (25 May 1933 – 18 January 2014) was an English actress, who was the daughter of actors Herbert Marshall and Edna Best. She appeared in many popular classic television shows, especially in the