Jackie Darby (Alfred Hitchcock Presents)

Jackie Darby (Madeleine Sherwood; 1922-2016) is the plot-twist main villainess from "Make My Death Bed," the penultimate episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents' sixth season (airdate June 27, 1961). She is the wife of Bish Darby, and the couple was befriended by Elise and Ken Taylor.
Jackie was shown early in the episode fondly watching Bish play the guitar, while Elise appeared to be taken by not only Bish's music, but Bish himself. As the episode progressed, Bish and Elise began an extramarital affair, with their respective spouses suspecting them of fooling around with each other. Late one night, Ken walked in on the two of them and shot Bish to death in a rage. After Bish's murder, Elise mourned her illicit lover's death, while Delia and Bob Hudson decide to phone Jackie.
In a twist, when Jackie is told by Bob that Bish was dead, she acts nonchalant about it and later revealed that she had made an attempt to kill her husband. As it turned out, Jackie's suspicions about Elise and Bish were confirmed (in her mind) after she talked to Elise, leading to Jackie poisoning a batch of saccharin, knowing that Bish habitually consumes it in his coffee. Bish had taken out the saccharin (unaware that it was poisoned) and gave it to Elise, and while mourning Bish, Elise had been continuously drinking coffee. During the reveal, the evil Jackie informed Bob that she poisoned the saccharin, and once that was revealed, they checked on Elise, only to find that she had succumbed to Jackie's villainous poisoning. Jackie's fate wasn't directly revealed, though it could be assumed that the villainess was arrested for killing Elise and the attempt on Bish.
Category:1960s
Category:Attempted Murder
Category:Brunette
Category:Hero's Friend
Category:Hero's Lover
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Murder: Poison
Category:Murderer
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested