"Many Photos" - Original EastEnders cast member Sandy Ratcliff is found dead at her north London home aged 70

Sandy Ratcliff played Sue Osman in Eastenders

One of the original EastEnders cast members has been found dead aged 70.  

Sandy Ratcliff, who played much-loved character Sue Osman in the soap, was discovered in a north London care home. 

Sue was at the centre of the most bleak storyline British soaps had ever seen when her baby died from cot death syndrome in June 1985.

When she and husband Ali finally had another child, their marriage broke up, Sue had a breakdown and was sectioned.

After leaving the show in 1989, actress Sandy, slipped into heroin addiction before later retraining as a counsellor.

She was written out of the soap after her battle with addiction came to light. 

Ratcliff first became known as a model in the 1970s before being cast in the Ken Loach BAFTA-nominated film Family Life in 1971.

Before starring in her best-known EastEnders role, Ratcliff featured in Crossroads as  Barbara Parker, the younger wife of series regular Vince Parker.

She married photographer Peter Wright in 1968, but the couple broke up and by 1973 she had her only son, William, by theatre director Terence Palmer.

One of her last public appearances was at the Old Bailey trial of her then boyfriend, Michael Shorey, who was found guilty of murdering two women in 1991.

She then largely disappeared from the public eye and in 2005, it was reported that Ratcliff no longer used heroin and lived on a £70 a week disability allowance. 

Sue Osman as played Sandy Ratcliff at the beginning of EastEnders in 1985

The cast of EastEnders celebrating the show's 15th anniversary in 1985. Ratcliff is seen on the far right 

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