Sarah Tuchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley

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Sarah Churchill

Sarah Churchill in Royal Wedding (1951).
Born Sarah Millicent Hermione Churchill
October 7, 1914(1914-10-07)
Flag of England London
Died September 24, 1982 (aged 67)
London

Sarah Millicent Hermione Tuchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley (née Churchill) (October 7, 1914September 24, 1982) was a British actress and dancer.

She was born in London, the second daughter of future prime minister Winston Churchill and Clementine Churchill: she was the third of the couple's five children. Sarah was named after Churchill's ancestor, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough.

Sarah Spencer-Churchill married three times:

  1. Victor Oliver von Samek (1936-1945) (divorced)
  2. Anthony Beauchamp (1949-1957) (widowed)
  3. Henry Tuchet-Jesson, 23rd Baron Audley (1962-1963) (widowed)

She is fondly remembered for her role in the film Royal Wedding (1951) as Anne Ashmond, starring opposite Fred Astaire. In the same year, she had her own television show. She also appeared in He Found a Star (1941), All Over The Town (1949), Fabian of the Yard (1954) and Serious Charge (1959).

Baroness Audley died at 67, the oldest age at death among the Churchill's children. She is buried with her parents and siblings at St Martin's Church, Bladon, near Woodstock, Oxfordshire.

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