Christine Glanville

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Christine Glanville (28 October 1924 – 1 March 1999) was an English puppeteer who spent much of her professional life contributing to television series produced by Gerry Anderson. She was born Nancy Christine Fletcher in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and moved to London during her early childhood. She became involved in the film industry in war service at Elstree Studios and studied art during her free time. After the Second World War she joined a puppet theatre company with which her parents were connected, Ebor Marionettes.^{[ 1]}

Glanville joined AP Films in 1957 and worked on all its series, as well as the later Supermarionation presentations of Anderson's Century 21 Productions. She worked closely with fellow puppeteer Mary Turner. In addition to her primary role of lead puppet operator, Glanville was also often responsible for the design and construction of the puppets themselves; for Thunderbirds (1965–66), she sculpted the marionettes of Scott Tracy, Alan Tracy, and Tin-Tin Kyrano. The likeness of Mrs Appleby, a supporting character that appeared in The Secret Service (1969), was based on Glanville's mother. Others she created included Masterspy and his sidekick Zarin for (Supercar), Venus (Fireball XL5) Titan plus his sidekick Agent X20 and Atlanta Shore (Stingray) as well as the Angels excluding Destiny and also created Captain Black in Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons.^{[ 1]}

Glanville worked in puppetry and lived in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, until her death on 1 March 1999 at the age of 74.^{[ 1]}

References

↑ Felix, Geoff (3 April 1999), "Obituary:Christine Glanville", independent.co.uk, retrieved 23 January 2013

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Television	The Adventures of Twizzle episodes Torchy the Battery Boy episodes Four Feather Falls episodes Supercar episodes Fireball XL5 episodes Stingray episodes Thunderbirds episodes Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons episodes Joe 90 episodes The Secret Service episodes UFO episodes The Protectors episodes Space: 1999 episodes The Day After Tomorrow Terrahawks episodes Dick Spanner, P.I. Space Precinct episodes Lavender Castle episodes Firestorm Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet episodes

Film	Crossroads to Crime Thunderbirds Are Go Thunderbird 6 Doppelgänger

Companies	AP Films Century 21 Productions Century 21 Merchandising Group Three Productions Anderson Entertainment

Techniques	Supermarionation Supermacromation Hypermarionation

Other topics	TV Century 21 Lady Penelope Gemini Force One Fanderson

Notable collaborators	Sylvia Anderson Tony Barwick Martin Bower David Elliott Alan Fennell Christine Glanville Lew Grade Barry Gray Reg Hill David Lane Derek Meddings David Mitton Arthur Provis John Read Desmond Saunders Dennis Spooner Mike Trim Ken Turner

Category:AP Films

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Name	Glanville, Christine
Alternative names
Short description	English television puppeteer
Date of birth	24 October 1924
Place of birth	Halifax, West Yorkshire
Date of death	1 March 1999
Place of death	High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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