Sandra Dickinson

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Sandra Dickinson as Trillian from the TV adaptation.

Sandra Dickinson (born 20 October 1948) is an American actress, born in Washington DC. She has often played the dumb blonde – notably in the St. Bruno TV advertisements in the early 1970s.

Her roles include:

Trillian in the television version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Sandra Dickinson said in an interview in The Making of The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy [1] that when she heard that she had been suggested for the role of Trillian, she thought it completely mad - Sandra Dickinson was blond and fair haired, and in the Hitch Hiker book, Trillian is described as 'dark and Indian looking'. However, during the screen test, Douglas Adams was sufficiently impressed with her acting skills that when Dickinson suggested wryly, "I've got to get my Union Jack lenses in" (i.e., practice my English accent), Douglas Adams asked her to use her natural voice and accent.
Emily in A Man for Emily in The Tomorrow People
Tina in the sitcom 2point4 children
A stage production of The Owl and the Pussycat, where the leads were herself and her then husband Peter Davison.
A parallel universe version of Trillian (AKA Tricia McMillan) in the Quintessential Phase of the Hitch-Hiker's Guide radio series.
Zelda in Cover, a bizarre 1981 drama series from Thames Television, set in a recruitment and testing agency for the spy service.

Dickinson married the actor Peter Davison in 1978 and they were divorced in 1994. Together they composed and performed the theme tune to the 1980s children's programme Button Moon. They have a daughter Georgia Moffett who has followed her parents into an acting career.