Sarah Long was a British

United Kingdom

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 actor

Actor

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 and television presenter.

Born in London

London

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, she is best known for her long run as a presenter on the preschool children's television series Play School from the 1960s until the 1980s. She also appeared in films and television, notably as the young Mary I of England

Mary I of England

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 in the film adaptation of Henry VIII and his Six Wives

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

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(1972).

She was married to the television actor Peter Baldwin.

She died of cancer in 1987.

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