As a child, she lived in Singapore, [5] Dhekelia (Cyprus) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaya). She attended Elmhurst Ballet School, [6] a boarding school, from ages eight to sixteen. [5] Agutter became known to television audiences for her role in …

From the age of eight to sixteen, she attended the boarding school, ‘Elmhurst Ballet School’, in the UK. Jenny Agutter’s career in the entertainment industry began at the early age of 12 when she was cast as Asua in the drama movie ‘East of Sudan’.

Back in England, she trained at Elmhurst Ballet School and at the age of eleven was cast as a young dancer in Walt Disney’s film Ballerina. A number of television and film roles followed. She first played Roberta in a BBC serialisation of The Railway Children directed by …

Sep 24, 2024 · She was discovered at Elmhurst Ballet School, a boarding school she attended aged 8–16, when a casting agent looked for a young English-speaking girl for a film.

She is the daughter of Derek Agutter (an entertainments manager in the British Army) and Catherine, and was raised Roman Catholic. She has Irish ancestry on her mother's side. As a child, she lived in Singapore, Dhekelia (Cyprus) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaya). She attended Elmhurst Ballet School, a boarding school, from ages eight to sixteen.

May 22, 2015 · Locating back in England while she was 8, she attended the local Elmhurst Ballet School and graduated in 1970. Born and raised in a Christianity following family, she is also a Christian by religion and belongs to white ethnicity. With both her parents having an ancestral history within the U.K, she is a British by nationality.

Jul 10, 2009 · Here I am aged 12 at Elmhurst Ballet School. It was a boarding school and I studied there from the age of eight until I was 16. At the time my father, who had been an Army officer, changed career...

She enrolled at Elmhurst Ballet School in Cambury, Surrey. *Her father is a former British Army officer, she spent her childhood traveling and living in different countries. *She made her film debut in the 1964 film East of Sudan when she was 12 years old. *Her husband, Johan is Swedish and a hotelier. They met at an arts fair.

Feb 12, 2024 · Agutter attended the Elmhurst School for Dance in Surrey, where she received training in ballet. Her dancing skills would later prove useful in her acting career. She made her stage debut at the tender age of 11 in a production of “A Christmas Carol.”

Born in Taunton Somerset in 1952, she was a child actress, discovered aged 11 by Walt Disney whilst at Elmhurst Ballet School. Her first film appearance was in the film East of Sudan (1964), followed by the TV serial Disneyland: Ballerina (Denmark/US 1965).