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2 unusual facts about Joan Sanderson


Joan Sanderson

A memorial service was held for her at St Paul's, Covent Garden (commonly known as "The Actors' Church") and many distinguished actors attended to pay tribute to her.

She was in both the After Henry radio (1985-88), and later television (1988–92), a gently comic series in which she played the domineering Eleanor, mother of Sarah (Prunella Scales), who lives above her in a flat in Sarah's large house.


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Each episode featured, apart from Palin, well-known guest actors including Ian Ogilvy, Kenneth Colley, Liz Smith, Roy Kinnear, Frank Middlemass, Iain Cuthbertson, John Le Mesurier, Jan Francis, Denholm Elliott, Harold Innocent, Richard Vernon, Joan Sanderson and others.


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