Portrait of Mary Webster

Mary Webster

Acting

Biography

​Mary Webster is a British actress best known for her 45 appearances as Sarah Onedin in the BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line (1971-79). Webster's first television appearance was in The Man from the South for Cameo Theatre (1955). She went on to appear in, among others, A Christmas Carol (1958), William Tell (1958), The Moonstone (1959), Dixon of Dock Green (1963), Dr Finlay's Casebook (1963), Redcap (1964), Danger Man (1965), The Troubleshooters (1966), Adam Adamant Lives! (1966), Jackanory (1968), Softly, Softly (1968), Z-Cars (1970), and The Onedin Line (1971-79). She appeared in the 1961 film Master of the World. Webster is married to William Slater, who directed several episodes of The Onedin Line. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Webster (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: March 13, 1935

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Filmography

1971
The Onedin Line

as Sarah Onedin

1965
BBC Play of the Month

as Aline Palmari

1964
The Wednesday Play

as Val Selwyn

1964
Detective

as Girl in Accounts

1961
Master of the World

as Dorothy Prudent

1960
Route 66

as Midge Foster

1960
The Tall Man

as Marian Swift

1959
Black Saddle

as Mary Wyle

1957
Eighteen and Anxious

as Judy Graham Bayne

1957
The Tin Star

as Millie Parker

1957
Tombstone Territory

as Angela Worth

1954
Father Knows Best

as Jill Carlson

1954
Public Defender

as Mary Nelson