Sarah Sugden
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Alyson Spiro as Sarah Sudgen in 1999.
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| Emmerdale character | |||||||||||
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Madeleine Howard (1988–94) Alyson Spiro (1994–2000) |
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| Duration | 1988–2000 | ||||||||||
| First appearance | 7 April 1988 | ||||||||||
| Last appearance | 16 November 2000 | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Stuart Doughty | ||||||||||
| Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||
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| Occupation | Librarian (1988—2000) | ||||||||||
Madeleine Howard as Sarah Connolly in 1994.
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| Mother | Victoria Connolly |
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| Husband | Jack Sugden (1994–2000) |
| Daughters | Victoria Sugden |
| Adoptive sons | Andy Sugden |
| Stepsons | Robert Sugden (1994–2000) |
Sarah Sugden (née Connolly) is a fictional character in the British ITV soap opera, Emmerdale. She was first played by Madeleine Howard from 1988 until 1994 then by Alyson Spiro from 1994 until 2000.
Sarah was first introduced as a librarian at the local library of Beckindale and became firm friends with Archie Brooks, Kathy Merrick and Rachel Hughes.
She became friendly with local farmer Jack Sugden but when she took a pass on him he rejected her advances because he had lost his wife Pat a year and a half earlier and had to look after his two-year-old son Robert. But in December 1988 they got together and Sarah treated Robert like her own. However, Jack's 24-year-old son Jackie didn't like Sarah and tried to get Robert away from her any time he could. But eventually Sarah's best friend and Jackie's wife Kathy got the two to be friends. But tragedy struck when Jackie was killed several months later.
During 1989 Jack left for Italy to see old flame Marian Wilks leaving Sarah unaware of where they stood. Jack returned in November who a nosey Amos Brearly made sure Sarah was aware of. Jack declared his relationship with Marion was over and it was her he wanted. In 1990 Sarah agreed to move in with Jack in the farm but kept the connecting door nailed shut to stop Annie Sugden's habit of wandering in declaring she was used to living alone. Sarah at first refused to help out on the farm but later agreed when the Sugdens found themselves shorthanded. The mobile library closed in June 1990 so Jack got her a job as barmaid in the woolpack working for Amos and Henry Wilks who were impressed with her work ethic.
When mad man Jim Latimer was released from jail for the murder of Jack's cousin Sharon, he swore revenge on Jack who was a witness at his trial for murder. He took Sarah hostage in an abandoned warehouse where he said he'd keep her till Jack gave him £20,000. But Sarah knocked Latimer out with a brick and escaped unharmed. Latimer, meanwhile, was gunned down by police.
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