Karen Dotrice
English actress · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Born 1955 · age 71
Karen Dotrice is a British actress. She is known primarily for her role as Jane Banks in Walt Disney's Mary Poppins (1964), the feature film adaptation of the Mary Poppins book series. Dotrice was born in Guernsey in the Channel Islands to two stage actors.
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Starring Dick Van DykeFilm2023
Never Alone For ChristmasFilm, Commercial Announcer2018
Mary Poppins ReturnsFilm, Elegant Woman
Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the MagicFilm, 20182009
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' StoryFilm2008
The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action ClassicsFilm2004Disney LegendsAward
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious: The Making of 'Mary Poppins'Film, 20041986
American MastersSeries
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2Film, 1986(archive footage)1982
Voyagers!Series1978
She Fell Among ThievesFilm, Jenny
The Thirty Nine StepsFilm, 1978Alex Mackenzie1977
BBC2 Play of the WeekSeries, Jenny
Joseph AndrewsFilm, 1977Pamela1976
Dickens of LondonSeries, Maria Beadnell1974
Napoleon and LoveSeries, Désirée Clary1971
Upstairs, DownstairsSeries, Lily Hawkins1967
Sir Arthur Conan DoyleSeries, Young Vicky
The Gnome-MobileFilm, 1967Elizabeth1964
Mary PoppinsFilm, Jane Banks1963
The Three Lives of ThomasinaFilm, Mary McDhui1955Born9 November 1955People around Karen
Walt Disney Produced Mary Poppins (1964)- Robert Stevenson Directed Mary Poppins and The Gnome-Mobile
Matthew Garber Also in Mary Poppins (1964)
Dick Van Dyke Also in Mary Poppins Returns and Mary Poppins
David Warner Also in The Thirty Nine Steps (1979)
Tony Richardson Directed Joseph Andrews (1977)
Rob Marshall Produced Mary Poppins Returns (2019)
Timothy West Also in The Thirty Nine Steps and Joseph Andrews- Ronald Pickup Also in The Thirty Nine Steps and Joseph Andrews
James Algar Produced The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
Marc Platt Produced Mary Poppins Returns (2019)- Bill Walsh Produced Mary Poppins (1964)
- Don Chaffey Directed The Three Lives of Thomasina (1964)
- Don Sharp Directed The Thirty Nine Steps (1979)
Sean McClory Also in Mary Poppins and The Gnome-Mobile- Greg Smith Produced The Thirty Nine Steps (1979)
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Mary Poppins 1964
The Three Lives of Thomasina 1963
Mary Poppins Returns 2018
The Gnome-Mobile 1967
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Her career began on stage, and expanded into film and television, including starring roles as a young girl whose beloved cat magically reappears in Disney's The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963) and with Thomasina co-star Matthew Garber as one of two children pining for their parents' attentions in Poppins. Dotrice appeared in five television programmes between 1972 and 1978, when she made her only feature film as an adult. Dotrice's life as an actress concluded with a short run as Desdemona in the 1981 pre-Broadway production of Othello.
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Macy GrayAlso in Never Alone For Christmas (2023)
Hayley MillsAlso in Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 (1986)
Upton SinclairAlso in The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
Patrick McGoohanAlso in The Three Lives of Thomasina (1963)
John MillsAlso in The Thirty Nine Steps (1978)
Jonathan LynnAlso in She Fell Among Thieves (1978)