Sarah Lawson (actress)
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Sarah Lawson is a British actress (b. 6 August 1928). She was married to actor Patrick Allen until his death in July 2006.
Sarah trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art then worked in Perth, Ipswich, Felixstowe and London's West End. Films have included The Browning Version, The Devil Rides Out, The World Ten Times Over and Zero One.
Radio work included The Hostage and Kind Sir.
Television work included, Time and the Conways, An Ideal Husband, Rupert of Hentzau, Corridors of Power, The White Guard, The Odd Man and The Trollenberg Terror.
She also made a guest appearance in the 1960s series, The Avengers, The Saint, Gideon's Way and The Professionals.
Her father was a naval officer.
She has two sons, Stephen and Stuart. Her hobbies have included tapestry and window-box gardening.
Her most significant TV work was in the Granada TV series "The Odd Man" starring Edwin Richfield and written by Scottish TV writer, Edward Boyd. "The Odd man" subsequently gave rise to "Inspector Rose" starring William Mervyn as the eponymous Inspector.
Among her most memorable film appearances was as Marie Eaton in Hammer's The Devil Rides Out (1968), in which her husband also provided the dubbing for Australian actor Leon Greene. She and Allen also starred together in the science fiction thriller Night of the Big Heat (1966).
