JENNY AGUTTER
Name: Jennifer Ann Agutter
Born: 20 December 1952 Taunton, Somerset, England
Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English actress.
Agutter was born in Taunton, Somerset, the daughter of Catherine "Kit" (née
Lynam) and Derek Brodie Agutter, a former British Army officer and live
entertainment organizer. As a child, she lived in Dhekelia, Cyprus and Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. She was discovered while at ballet school when a casting agent
was looking for a young English-speaking girl for a film. She did not get the
part but he recommended her to the producers of East of Sudan (1964).
Agutter first came to the attention of television audiences as Roberta in a BBC
dramatisation of The Railway Children, and went on to play the same part in
Lionel Jeffries's 1970 film of the book. Her quality of ingenuousness had led to
an earlier more serious role in what is now regarded as something of a horror
cult film I Start Counting (1969). She also won an Emmy for her television role
as Fritha in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Snow Goose (1971).
Agutter continued a transition to adult roles in Walkabout (1971), playing a
teenage schoolgirl who was lost in the Australian outback with her younger
brother. She first auditioned for the role in 1967 but funding problems delayed
filming until 1969. The delay in production meant Agutter was 16 at the time of
filming, and the director took advantage of her new legal status by including
many nude scenes in the film. She commented during an interview at the 2005
Bradford Film Festival at the National Media Museum that she was shocked by the
film's explicitness when she first viewed it, but is still on good terms with
director Nicolas Roeg.
Agutter moved to Hollywood at 21 and appeared in a number of films over the next
decade, including The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Logan's Run (1976), Equus (1977),
Sweet William (1980), and An American Werewolf in London (1981). In Equus she
appeared nude, prompting controversy. Since 1990, Agutter has deliberately
focused on the upbringing of her son and much of her work focused away from film
and television work and rather involved audio recordings and supporting various
charities, notably the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, of which she is a patron (she is
also a carrier of the disease). Nonetheless, she had a guest role in Series 6
of Red Dwarf, and appeared in the TV series TECX, The All New Alexei Sayle Show,
and And The Beat Goes On. In 2000, she made her third appearance in a production
of The Railway Children, produced by Carlton TV and this time playing the role
of the mother. In 2002 Agutter featured in the BBC television series Spooks and
in 2007 she starred in the first episode of the new series of David Jason's ITV
television series Diamond Geezer. In 2007 she also guest-starred in the Doctor
Who audio drama The Bride of Peladon.
Name: Jennifer Ann Agutter
Born: 20 December 1952 Taunton, Somerset, England
Jennifer Ann Agutter (born 20 December 1952) is an English actress.
Agutter was born in Taunton, Somerset, the daughter of Catherine "Kit" (née
Lynam) and Derek Brodie Agutter, a former British Army officer and live
entertainment organizer. As a child, she lived in Dhekelia, Cyprus and Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia. She was discovered while at ballet school when a casting agent
was looking for a young English-speaking girl for a film. She did not get the
part but he recommended her to the producers of East of Sudan (1964).
Agutter first came to the attention of television audiences as Roberta in a BBC
dramatisation of The Railway Children, and went on to play the same part in
Lionel Jeffries's 1970 film of the book. Her quality of ingenuousness had led to
an earlier more serious role in what is now regarded as something of a horror
cult film I Start Counting (1969). She also won an Emmy for her television role
as Fritha in the Hallmark Hall of Fame production of The Snow Goose (1971).
Agutter continued a transition to adult roles in Walkabout (1971), playing a
teenage schoolgirl who was lost in the Australian outback with her younger
brother. She first auditioned for the role in 1967 but funding problems delayed
filming until 1969. The delay in production meant Agutter was 16 at the time of
filming, and the director took advantage of her new legal status by including
many nude scenes in the film. She commented during an interview at the 2005
Bradford Film Festival at the National Media Museum that she was shocked by the
film's explicitness when she first viewed it, but is still on good terms with
director Nicolas Roeg.
Agutter moved to Hollywood at 21 and appeared in a number of films over the next
decade, including The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Logan's Run (1976), Equus (1977),
Sweet William (1980), and An American Werewolf in London (1981). In Equus she
appeared nude, prompting controversy. Since 1990, Agutter has deliberately
focused on the upbringing of her son and much of her work focused away from film
and television work and rather involved audio recordings and supporting various
charities, notably the Cystic Fibrosis Trust, of which she is a patron (she is
also a carrier of the disease). Nonetheless, she had a guest role in Series 6
of Red Dwarf, and appeared in the TV series TECX, The All New Alexei Sayle Show,
and And The Beat Goes On. In 2000, she made her third appearance in a production
of The Railway Children, produced by Carlton TV and this time playing the role
of the mother. In 2002 Agutter featured in the BBC television series Spooks and
in 2007 she starred in the first episode of the new series of David Jason's ITV
television series Diamond Geezer. In 2007 she also guest-starred in the Doctor
Who audio drama The Bride of Peladon.