Olive McFarland (born Brenda McFarland 1929 – 24 August 2011) was a British actress who appeared in film and television dramas from the 1950s to the 1970s. She starred opposite Sean Connery in the 1961 film The Frightened City.[1]
Olive McFarland | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1929 |
| Died | 24 August 2011 (aged 82) |
| Occupation | Actress |
McFarland's television appearances included Danger Man, Sir Francis Drake,The Sweeney, The Troubleshooters, The Champions and Dixon of Dock Green and she also had a film role in Alive and Kicking (1959). She left acting to restore properties and breed horses. In 1998 following an RSPCA inspection of her farm she was found guilty of neglecting her horses and received a one-month suspended jail sentence.[2]
In January 2010 she moved to a care home at Eye, Suffolk, not far from her farm at Creeting St Mary near Needham Market. She was killed when she was hit by a train at a nearby railway crossing the following year.[3] In September 2016, Network Rail were fined £4 million at Ipswich Crown Court over health and safety failures in connection with McFarland's death.[4]
Filmography
edit- Alive and Kicking (1959)
- So Evil, So Young (1961)
- The Frightened City (1961)
- Naughty! (1971)
- On the Game (1974)
References
edit- ^ "Olive McFarland". The Scotsman. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ Farmer, Brian (28 September 1998). "Actress guilty of animal cruelty". The Independent. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ Furniss, Elliot (7 September 2011). "Tributes to former film star killed at rail crossing". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Network Rail fined £4m over level crossing death of actress". BBC News. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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