Sylvia Anderson, co-creator and voice of Thunderbirds' Lady Penelope, dies

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http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/16/thunderbirds-sylvia-anderson-voice-of-lady-penelope-dies-aged-88



A producer and writer, Anderson created the supermarionation puppet series with her husband, Gerry. She died at her home in Bray, Buckinghamshire, after a short illness.

“Sylvia was a mother and a legend. Her intelligence was phenomenal but her creativity and tenacity unchallenged,” her daughter, Dee Anderson, said. “She was a force in every way, and will be sadly missed.”

Gerry Anderson, who had Alzheimer’s disease, died in 2012 aged 83. The couple had divorced in 1981.

Thunderbirds told the story of the Tracy family who formed a secret organisation dedicated to saving human life. Anderson portrayed Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward from the show’s debut in 1965 until 1968. The character, a glamorous agent, was modelled on Anderson’s appearance.

Anderson also took on other roles for the series, including character development and costume design. She played the aristocrat’s great aunt in Thunderbirds Are Go, ITV’s 2015 remake, which featured David Graham reprising his original role as Parker, Lady Penelope’s driver.

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1. The Andersons were also the producers of Space: 1999

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4. I vaguely remember watching that.

But was it broadcast on PBS or one of the 3 networks?

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5. Where I lived, it was a Saturday pre-prime time program (aired just before the news)

on KUHI (now KTVJ), Channel 16, Joplin, Missouri (which I think was a CBS affiliate at the time).

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8. Just did a wiki search.

Apparently the show was sold directly to local stations. So it could have been anybody up here. But Saturday showings seems familiar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space:_1999#USA

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2. Many hours of enjoyment from her and her ex-husband's work.

Thunderbirds, UFO, Space 1999, Captain Scarlett.

I remember seeing their submarine show Stingray on TV while visiting relatives in West Virginia in 1969 or so and being hooked on those freaky marionettes ever since.

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3. UFO.

I remember that one well. Of course, briefly starring Benedict Cumberbach's Mother.

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6. I loved the purple-haired moon maidens on UFO

But those aliens were so stupid-- they always flew in a formation that was easy to pick off, just like that video game Space Invaders that was popular around that time

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7. And fishnet jumpsuits.

The future is/was so fashionable.

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9. Lieutenant Gay Ellis for the win.

That show was ridiculous, but you better believe I watched it for any scene that featured the Moon team.

Found out much later that Lieutenant Ellis was played by the sister of the great recording artist Nick Drake.

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10. No wonder UFO was "must see TV"!

LOL. I think I was in high school then, and the outfits of those moon gals were about the most risque thing allowed on daytime TV (Monty Python featured an occasional naked breast, but it was broadcast late at night-- around 11pm, in the days when the TV stations announced that it was 10pm-- "Do you know where your children are?&quot

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11. If you were a sci-fi buff in/around your early teens...

You very rapidly lost interest in reruns of Star Trek.