Bernadette O'Farrell
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Bernadette O'Farrell was an Irish actress.
She is best known for playing Maid Marian
in the 1950s TV version of The Adventures of Robin Hood
. She left the show after the second season to be replaced by Patricia Driscoll
.
She played an English mistress, Miss Harper, in The Happiest Days of Your Life
(1949) and appeared as Jessie Bond
in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
(1953). She also appeared in The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980).
She is best known for playing Maid Marian
Maid Marian
Maid Marian is the wife of the legendary English outlaw Robin Hood. Stemming from another, older tradition, she became associated with Robin Hood only in the 16th century.-History:The earliest medieval Robin Hood stories gave him no female companion...
in the 1950s TV version of The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Adventures of Robin Hood is the title of:* The Adventures of Robin Hood , a 1938 film starring Errol Flynn* The Adventures of Robin Hood , a 1950s television series starring Richard Greene...
. She left the show after the second season to be replaced by Patricia Driscoll
Patricia Driscoll
Patricia Driscoll is an Irish actress, who has appeared on both television and in films. She was born in Cork, Ireland....
.
She played an English mistress, Miss Harper, in The Happiest Days of Your Life
The Happiest Days of Your Life
The Happiest Days of Your Life is a 1950 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder, based on the play by John Dighton. The two men also wrote the screenplay. It's one of a stable of classic British film comedies produced by Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat for British Lion Film Corporation. The...
(1949) and appeared as Jessie Bond
Jessie Bond
Jessie Bond was an English singer and actress best known for creating the mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas. She spent twenty years on the stage, the bulk of them with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.Musical from an early age, Bond began a concert singing...
in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan is a 1953 British technicolor film that dramatises the story of the collaboration between W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. Gilbert and Sullivan authored 14 comic operas, later referred to as the Savoy Operas, which became the most popular series of musical...
(1953). She also appeared in The Wildcats of St. Trinian's (1980).