Gerry Anderson

English television creator and filmmaker (1929-2012)

Gerry Anderson MBE (14 April 1929 – 26 December 2012[1]) was a British television and movie producer, director and writer of Jewish origin. He is famous for the science fiction television programmes he created. The most well known of these was Thunderbirds.[1] Most of the programmes he created used marionettes. He also worked with puppeteer Christine Glanville. He was married to actress and producer Sylvia Anderson.

Gerry Anderson

Anderson in 2009
Born
Gerald Alexander Abrahams

(1929-04-14)14 April 1929
Died26 December 2012(2012-12-26) (aged 83)
Cause of deathDementia
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)movie and television producer, writer and director
Years active1957 – 2012
EmployerLew Grade (1961 – 1976)
Organization(s)AP Films
Century 21
Group Three
Anderson Burr
Gerry Anderson Productions
Known forStingray
Thunderbirds
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
UFO
Space: 1999
Spouse(s)Betty Wrightman
(m. 1952–1960, divorced)
Sylvia Anderson
(m. 1960-1981, divorced)
Mary Robins
(m. 1981–2012, his death)
Children4
Parent(s)Joseph Abrahams
Deborah Abrahams (née Leonoff)

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Obituary: Gerry Anderson". Retrieved 26 December 2012.

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