Posy Fossil

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Posy Fossil

(right to left) Emma Watson as Pauline, Yasmin Paige as Petrova, Lucy Boynton as Posy, and Victoria Wood as Nana in Ballet Shoes.
Born September
Unknown
Education Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training
Occupation Dancer
Children None
Relatives Pauline (sister by adoption), Petrove (sister by adoption), Sylvia Brown (parent by adoption), Unknown mother (ballerina)

Posy Fossil is a character in the book Ballet Shoes and its two television adaptations. She was adopted by Professor Matthew Brown, called Gum, who took her from her mother, the dancer. She is portrayed by Sarah Prince (in 1975 adaption) and by Lucy Boynton (in 2007 adaptation). She was created by Noel Streatfield in 1936.

[edit] Posy's story

Posy's father has just died, and her young mother, who was a dancer, didn't have time for a baby. So she was adopted by Professor Matthew Brown, called Gum. Posy grew up in London, England.

She was only six when she became student of Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training. Posy was in the first class, but due to her talent for dance, she became a student of Madame Fidolia herself. Posy soon became the most popular student in school. Her first performance was in the humanitarian theatre play Blue Bird.

Because of her great talent for dance, she became a student of the famous dancer Manov, who took her in his school in Czechoslovakia.

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