Winifred (Chantal Marcks) is a secondary antagonist in the 1997 episode "Witches of the Abbey" for the action adventure TV series "The New Adventures of Robin Hood". Chantal Marcks is misidentified as playing Hester in the episode, but Maria Lennon is clearly identified as Hester in the show.
Winifred is one of three beautiful and evil witches who are led by Aunt Alice (Mary Tamm). Aunt Alice is posing as an Abbess of a large Abbey. The three beautiful witches live in the catacombs of the abbey. The other henchwoman like witch in the episode is Hester (Maria Lennon) who is a redhead. (The imdb site has these two actresses incorrectly identified in reverse).
The three witches grow tired of Brendan (Shayne Anderson), their man slave since he is not strong enough and is not pleasing to them. Therefore, they trade him in for a younger and stronger model, who happens to be Little John (Richard Ashton). That make John their captive with mind control and he resumes the duties of being their slave.
When Robin Hood (Matthew Porretta) realizes that Little John is gone, he figures that John has replaced Brendan. He poses as a nun and enters the abbey to speak with his aunt Alice. He later sneaks back in, not satisfied that John is not there. The witches are able to track his every move by watching him inside the witches caldron. They use trickery into making Robin not find anything on his investigation.
Later we see Hester and Winifred stiring the witches brew. It is up to them to make beauty creams and other souvenirs that the abbey can sell on the side in order to make a living. Winifred complains when Hester makes a splash and reminds her, that one drop on their beautiful skin, and it's all over for us.
Later when Robin enters the abbey to rescue Little John, Hester and Winifred are alerted to the movement from the caldron, and notice he is not as dead as they thought. They conjure up a room filled with a giant web and spider, who attempts to kill Robin. However, he is able to use his sword to throw him through the circle of the web into a fiery abyss.
When Robin arrives at the witches lair, he tries to tell Little John he is there. However, John is still under the power of the witches, and the two fight. Robin finally wakes him up, and the two take on Winifred and Hester, who rapidly age to their true form. Robin and John eventually toss the two witches into the caldron that destroys them. The last one screams "Help me, I'm melting!"
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