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Briony McRoberts

Briony McRoberts
Born (1957-02-10)10 February 1957
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Died 17 July 2013(2013-07-17) (aged 56)
London, England, UK
Cause of death Suicide by train
Occupation Actress
Years active 1970-2005
Spouse(s) David Robb (1978-2013; her death)

Briony McRoberts (10 February 1957 – 17 July 2013) was an English actress.

On television, she played Tessa Kilpin in "No Stone", the 57th episode of The Professionals, and appeared in television programmes including The Bill, EastEnders, Taggart, The Crezz and Diamonds. She had a regular role as Lady Laird Sam Hagan in the Scottish soap Take the High Road for STV from 1990 to 1999. In 1976, she played Wendy Darling in a musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan starring Mia Farrow and Danny Kaye on NBC's Hallmark Hall of Fame. In film, she played Margo Fassbender in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976) and Ann Underwood in the horror film Edge of Sanity (1989).

On stage, she made many appearances in the West End and the regions including playing Wendy Darling in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1980, the musical 'Maggie', also at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1978 and Charley's Aunt at the Aldwych Theatre in 1983.

She had been an active supporter of Scottish Friends of the Earth's Fight the Fumes campaign. She was married to actor David Robb.


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