Sylvia Anderson
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- For complete histories of her work with Gerry Anderson, and of AP Films/Century 21 Productions see the linked articles.
Sylvia Anderson (née Thamm), born March 25, 1937 , is a British voice artist and producer, most notable for her collaborations with her ex-husband Gerry Anderson. She created the characters for several of the series, co-wrote episodes, voiced female roles in many series, most memorably Lady Penelope in the Thunderbirds television series and subsequent films, and was most influential in the creation of Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons. The couple married in 1960 and were divorced in 1980 following a 5-year separation.
As Sylvia Thamm, she and Gerry Anderson met when they both worked for Polytechnic films, she as a secretary, he as an editor/director. When Anderson and his colleague Arthur Provis created AP Films following the collapse of Polytechnic in 1957, Sylvia followed them in company with John Read and Reg Hill. She became Anderson's second wife shortly after, in 1960, and slowly became involved in production duties.
The creative partnership with Gerry Anderson concluded when their marriage broke down during the production of the first series of Space: 1999 in 1975; Gerry announced his intention to separate on the evening of the wrap party,[1][2] following which Sylvia severed her ties with the production company.
Unlike her former husband, Sylvia Anderson tends to avoid the limelight, although she has written an autobiography titled Yes M'Lady[1] covering the Thunderbirds era. Until recently, Sylvia worked as the UK representative for HBO and her new book, My Fab Years was published in 2007.
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[edit] Gerry & Silvia Anderson productions
[edit] TV series (and broadcast dates)
- The Adventures of Twizzle (1957-1959)
- Torchy the Battery Boy (first season only) (1960)
- Four Feather Falls (1960)
- Supercar (1961-1962) - first Supermarionation production.
- Fireball XL5 (1962-1963)
- Stingray (1964-1965)
- Thunderbirds (1965-1966)
- Captain Scarlet (1967-1968)
- Joe 90 (1968-1969)
- The Secret Service (1969)
- UFO (1970-1971)
- The Protectors (1972-1974)
- Space: 1999 (1975-1977)
[edit] Feature films
- Crossroads to Crime (1960)
- Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
- Thunderbird 6 (1968)
- Doppelgänger (1969) aka Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (US title)
(Gerry Anderson had no involvement in the 2004 live action film version of Thunderbirds, although Sylvia Anderson served as a consultant on that project.)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Sylvia Anderson (1991). Yes M'Lady. Smith Gryphon. ISBN 1-85685-011-0.
- ^ (1996) Gerry Anderson: The Authorised Biography. Legend Books, 171. ISBN 0-09-978141-7.
