Mary Webster

[merligo]

Hi Michael and welcome to the group.

Funnily enough I have just translated the article Marianne refers to
in her reply to your message. It appears in a Dutch magazine called
Story and was published in 1979 I believe.

Mary wanted to be written out of the series as she wanted to do some
stage work. One of the main things she talked about in the interview
was that she hated wearing the costumes which she found very tight
and constraining. She much preferred to wear jeans. She mentioned,
as have other cast members, how close everyone was who worked on the
series.

Mary asked that Sarah be killed off but that she die in a gentle way
such as pining for her late husband Robert, she didn't want Sarah to
die a violent death. Instead the scriptwriters sent Sarah off
travelling the world (which never quite rang true to character to
me). I guess they decided too many of the regular characters had
died, including Letty at the start of series eight, and so came up
with another explanation as to why Sarah didn't appear in series
eight.

Does anyone know what happened to Mary Webster after Onedin Line?
I've got info about a few TV programmes she appeared in during the
1960s but have found absolutely no references to her after Onedin.
And is Mary still alive? I think she was 44 at the time of the
interview which would make her in early 70s now.

Diana

[ivaradi]

— In shiponedingroup@yahoogroups.com, "Diana" <moonroll@…> wrote:

>
> Hi Michael and welcome to the group.
>
> Funnily enough I have just translated the article Marianne refers

to

> in her reply to your message. It appears in a Dutch magazine

called

> Story and was published in 1979 I believe.
>
> Mary wanted to be written out of the series as she wanted to do

some

> stage work. One of the main things she talked about in the

interview

> was that she hated wearing the costumes which she found very tight
> and constraining. She much preferred to wear jeans. She

mentioned,

> as have other cast members, how close everyone was who worked on

the

> series.
>
> Mary asked that Sarah be killed off but that she die in a gentle

way

> such as pining for her late husband Robert, she didn't want Sarah

to

> die a violent death. Instead the scriptwriters sent Sarah off
> travelling the world (which never quite rang true to character to
> me). I guess they decided too many of the regular characters had
> died, including Letty at the start of series eight, and so came up
> with another explanation as to why Sarah didn't appear in series
> eight.
>
> Does anyone know what happened to Mary Webster after Onedin Line?
> I've got info about a few TV programmes she appeared in during the
> 1960s but have found absolutely no references to her after

Onedin.

> And is Mary still alive? I think she was 44 at the time of the
> interview which would make her in early 70s now.
>
> Diana
>

Thanks for this Diana. I always wondered if MW had died between
Series 7 and 8, since there's nothing on the IMDB database for her
after Onedin, and am glad to learn that this at least wasn't so. I
suppose Sarah as a character owes her survival to Jill Gascoigne,
for if JG had stayed and Letty hadn't had to die of diptheria Sarah
probably would have been the death at the start of Series 8 and been
sent to join Robert! It seems a pity that MW didn't do the last
series though, having been in the programme since the beginning. I
have scoured the internet for any info as to whether MW is still
around, but found absolutely nothing. Does anyone else know anything?

Michael

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