Sandra Dickinson (born Sandra Searles; October 20, 1948) is an
American-British actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech
and Drama in London.[citation needed] She has often played characters
who fell into the trope of a dumb blonde with a high-pitched voice in
the UK, notably in the Birds Eye Beefburger TV advertisements,
directed by Alan Parker, in the early 1970s. She also played Trillian
in the 1981 television adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy.Dickinson was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in
Maryland. Her father, Harold F. Searles, was a psychoanalyst, and her
mother, Sylvia, was a nurse. In 1969, Dickinson met her first husband,
Hugh Dickinson (whose surname she still uses as her stage name),
moving to his native United Kingdom with him the following year. They
were married for five years.[citation needed] She married the British
actor Peter Davison on 26 December 1978, and they were divorced in
1994. Together they composed and performed the theme tune to the 1980s
children's programme Button Moon. They have a daughter, Georgia
Tennant, born December 25, 1984, who is also an actress.Dickinson
married her third husband, a second British actor and singer, Mark
Osmond, on 16 August 2009. The wedding was filmed for Four Weddings, a
reality TV show where four couples compete to have theirs voted the
best wedding; hers came third. Osmond is the lead singer of the band
Bigger Than Mary, who played at the wedding. Her grandson gave her
away. The wedding took place in Shepperton, where the couple lived at
the time. Dickinson became a British citizen the same year. With her
husband, she runs the Shepperton-based stage school Close Up Theatre
School.
American-British actress. She trained at the Central School of Speech
and Drama in London.[citation needed] She has often played characters
who fell into the trope of a dumb blonde with a high-pitched voice in
the UK, notably in the Birds Eye Beefburger TV advertisements,
directed by Alan Parker, in the early 1970s. She also played Trillian
in the 1981 television adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy.Dickinson was born in Washington, D.C., and grew up in
Maryland. Her father, Harold F. Searles, was a psychoanalyst, and her
mother, Sylvia, was a nurse. In 1969, Dickinson met her first husband,
Hugh Dickinson (whose surname she still uses as her stage name),
moving to his native United Kingdom with him the following year. They
were married for five years.[citation needed] She married the British
actor Peter Davison on 26 December 1978, and they were divorced in
1994. Together they composed and performed the theme tune to the 1980s
children's programme Button Moon. They have a daughter, Georgia
Tennant, born December 25, 1984, who is also an actress.Dickinson
married her third husband, a second British actor and singer, Mark
Osmond, on 16 August 2009. The wedding was filmed for Four Weddings, a
reality TV show where four couples compete to have theirs voted the
best wedding; hers came third. Osmond is the lead singer of the band
Bigger Than Mary, who played at the wedding. Her grandson gave her
away. The wedding took place in Shepperton, where the couple lived at
the time. Dickinson became a British citizen the same year. With her
husband, she runs the Shepperton-based stage school Close Up Theatre
School.
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