Carmel McSharry obituary

Television and stage actor best known for Beryl’s Lot and In Sickness and in HealthThe actor Carmel McSharry, who has died aged 91, was happy with her career of well-drawn character parts on TV alongside stars such as Warren Mitchell, Ian Holm, Derek Jacobi, Wendy Hiller and Jane Asher. But her name shot to the top of the cast list when she landed the title role in Beryl’s Lot (1973-77) as a Battersea cleaner, milkman’s wife and mother of three broadening her horizons by signin