Sarah Liston

{{Short description|Scottish actress and singer (1781–1854)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox person | image = File:Portrait of Sarah Liston (nee Tyrer) - DPLA - 92ced84dc031e39fe11c823dba146694.jpg | caption = Liston in 1806 | birth_name = Sarah Tyrer | birth_date = 1781 | death_date = 1854 (aged 72 or 73) }}

'''Sarah Liston''' (née '''Tyrer'''; 1781–1854) was a Scottish actress and singer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Liston (née Tyrer), 1781 - 1854. Actress and singer by Ridley and Holl {{!}} National Galleries of Scotland |url=https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/33852 |access-date=26 August 2025 |website=www.nationalgalleries.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Liston (née Tyrer) - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp167038/sarah-liston-nee-tyrer |access-date=26 August 2025 |website=www.npg.org.uk |language=en}}</ref>

== Biography == Sarah Liston was the wife of comedian John Liston and they had two children.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Portrait of John Liston circa 1776-1846 Actor and comedian {{!}} BADA |url=https://www.bada.org/object/portrait-john-liston-circa-1776-1846-actor-and-comedian |access-date=26 August 2025 |website=www.bada.org |language=en}}</ref> Liston died in 1854 at Alexander Square Brompton, Middlesex.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D47636 |title=Catalogue description - Will of Sarah Liston, Widow of No 15 Alexander Square Brompton , Middlesex |date=9 October 1854}}</ref>

== Productions ==

* <bdi>Five Miles Off</bdi> * <bdi>Errors Excepted</bdi> * <bdi>The Foundling of the Forest</bdi>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== See also ==

* List of Scottish actors {{Commons}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Liston, Sarah}} Category:1781 births Category:1854 deaths Category:19th-century Scottish actresses Category:19th-century Scottish singers