Sarah Branch (7 January 1938 – 10 November 2007) was an English film actress and model.

Life

Before appearing in films Sarah Branch modelled wedding gowns at fashion shows.''Daily Mirror'' Obituary, 21 April 2007 She acted in two Hammer Film productions. She played

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, in ''Sword of Sherwood Forest''. Before that she had a small role as a deaf mute girl in Hammer's Noir-like crime drama ''Hell Is A City''. She went to the progressive co-educational St. Mary's Town and Country School. She married a stockbroker John Grant Lithiby in 1961, and they had three children. She died of a terminal illness in 2007.

Filmography

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The Night We Dropped a Clanger ''The Night We Dropped a Clanger'' is a 1959 black and white British comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell and Leslie Phillips; Andrew Sachs made his screen debut. The title comes from the B ...

'', released in the US as ''Make Mine a Double'' (1959) * ''

Hell Is a City ''Hell Is a City'' is a 1960 British crime thriller film based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Maurice Procter. Written and directed by Val Guest, it was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions and filmed in Manchester. It was p ...

'' (1960) * ''

Sands of the Desert ''Sands of the Desert'' is a 1960 British adventure comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Charlie Drake in his first lead role in a feature film, Peter Arne, Sarah Branch and Raymond Huntley. Premise Charlie Sands, a Briti ...

'' (1960) * ''

Sword of Sherwood Forest ''Sword of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1960 British Eastman Color adventure film in MegaScope directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions. Richard Greene reprises the role of Robin Hood, which he played in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' o ...

'' (1960)

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* * http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/69512/lithiby {{DEFAULTSORT:Branch, Sarah 1938 births 2007 deaths English film actresses English television actresses English female models People educated at St Mary's Town and Country School