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Sara Coward

Sara Coward (30 January 1948 – 12 February 2017) was an English actress. She was best known as the voice of Caroline Sterling in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers.

Sara Coward
Born(1948-01-30)30 January 1948
Eltham, London, England
Died12 February 2017(2017-02-12) (aged 69)
Warwickshire, England
NationalityEnglish
Alma mater
OccupationActress
Years active1970–2016
Known forRole of Caroline Sterling in The Archers

Early life

Sara Coward was born in Eltham, in the south-east of London, England, on 30 January 1948. She had two elder brothers: John and David.[1]

Coward attended a local girls' grammar school. She read English and drama at Bristol University.[1]

Career

Coward won the Carleton Hobbs award at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, in London, which lad to a six-month contract with the BBC drama department.[1]

Coward joined the cast of the BBC Radio 4 radio soap opera The Archers in 1977, as the voice of Caroline Sterling (3 June 1955 – 10 July 2017). She left the seris in September 2016.[2] She appeared in a scene, which was broadcast on 12 April 2012, when Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall made a cameo appearance.[3] In January 2017, 40 days before her death, Coward had said that she wanted Caroline to survive. In the episode broadcast on 11 July 2017, it was revealed that Caroline had died suddenly but peacefully at the Sterlings' second home in Italy.[4]

Coward was a trained and licensed acupuncturist.[2]

Personal life

Coward once moved to France on a whim; returning a year later, she spoke fluent French.[1] She had owned pet-rescue greyhounds.[2]

Charity work

Coward volunteered for the Samaritans.[5]

Illness and death

Coward was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013.[6][7][8] She underwent a mastectomy, however, a lump was found in her neck afterwards and she was further diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2016.[9][10][11]

Coward died at a hospice in Warwickshire on 12 February 2017. She was 69.[12][13][14][15][16] Coward was survived by her mother and her brother, David.[1]

Coward had launched SM:)E ("smile"), a campaign to encourage people to be friendly and kind to one another, during her last weeks.[17]

References

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  6. ↑ "Sara Coward, Caroline in The Archers – obituary" (in en-GB). The Telegraph. 13 February 2017. ISSN 0307-1235 . https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/02/13/sara-coward-caroline-archers-obituary/. Retrieved 29 May 2024. 
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  11. ↑ Shepherd, Jack (13 February 2017). "Sara Coward dead: The Archers's Caroline Sterling dies aged 69" (in en-GB). The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/sara-coward-dead-the-archers-actress-caroline-sterling-dies-aged-69-died-radio-a7577486.html. Retrieved 29 May 2024. 
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