Sarah Hollis Andrews (born Sarah J A Hollis) is a former

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child actress The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated t ...

, best known for playing the role of Mary Lennox in the British television adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's ''

The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and ...

'', and now continuing her career using the name Holly Hamilton.

Career

Hollis Andrews' breakthrough role was that of Mary Lennox in the BBC children's drama ''

'', an adaptation of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel of the same name. She was discovered at an open call reading by director

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, who praised her as "the best Mary," she had directed in her 3 productions of the beloved children's novel.Cult ovation: Suzanne Lowry meets Dorothea Brooking, whose third production, of The Secret Garden is now being shown on BBC-1,

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, 15 Jan 1975: 11. This serial was first shown in 1975. Her only other roles were in the Children's Film Foundation production ''The Man from Nowhere'' (1975), and the TV series ''The Peppermint Pig'' (1977). Hollis Andrews is the daughter of actors

John Hollis John Hollis (12 November 1927 – 18 October 2005) was a British actor of TV and film. He is known for his uncredited appearance as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the ''James Bond'' film '' For Your Eyes Only'', as well as for his appearances in the ...

and Gabrielle Hamilton. She appeared alongside her mother in all three of her acting credits.

References

External links

* *http://www.thesqueee.co.uk/the-secret-garden-1975/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Sarah Hollis 1962 births Living people English child actresses English television actresses