Sandy Ratcliff

Alexandra "Sandy" Ratcliff (2 October 1948 – 6 April 2019) was an English actress. She made an impression as a model and film actress in the 1970s, but she was best known for being one of the original cast members in the BBC soap opera EastEnders in the 1980s. She portrayed the tragic Sue Osman but left the role in 1989, after it was revealed that she was addicted to heroin and alcohol. After leaving EastEnders, things were professionally quiet for Ratcliff, though her private life brought her into the headlines once again in the early 1990s. In 2010, she revealed she had given up acting to train as a counsellor, but later retired.