Bernadette O'Farrell (30 January 1924 â€" 26 September 1999) was an
Irish actress. She was born in Birr, County Offaly, Irish Free State.
She was married to the film writer, director and producer Frank
Launder from 1950 until his death in 1997. They had two daughters
together.She is best known for playing Maid Marian in the 1950s TV
version of The Adventures of Robin Hood. She left the show in 1957,
after 78 episodes, to avoid type-casting, and was replaced by Patricia
Driscoll.She played an English mistress, Miss Harper, in The Happiest
Days of Your Life (1949), Jessie Bond in The Story of Gilbert and
Sullivan (1953) and Peg Curtis in the boxing film The Square Ring
(1953). She retired from acting in 1959 to live on a farm in
Buckinghamshire, England. Later, O'Farrell and Launder moved to
Monaco. Her last film appearance was in The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
(1980).
Irish actress. She was born in Birr, County Offaly, Irish Free State.
She was married to the film writer, director and producer Frank
Launder from 1950 until his death in 1997. They had two daughters
together.She is best known for playing Maid Marian in the 1950s TV
version of The Adventures of Robin Hood. She left the show in 1957,
after 78 episodes, to avoid type-casting, and was replaced by Patricia
Driscoll.She played an English mistress, Miss Harper, in The Happiest
Days of Your Life (1949), Jessie Bond in The Story of Gilbert and
Sullivan (1953) and Peg Curtis in the boxing film The Square Ring
(1953). She retired from acting in 1959 to live on a farm in
Buckinghamshire, England. Later, O'Farrell and Launder moved to
Monaco. Her last film appearance was in The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
(1980).
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