Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star Sally Ann Howes – who began her acting career at the age of 12 – has passed away
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Sally Ann Howes has died.
The actress – who played Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang alongside Dick Van Dyke – passed away on Sunday at the age of 91.
Sally had a stellar career that began when she was just 12 years old after she starred in movie Thursday’s Child.
The movie star became a household name when she replaced Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady on Broadway.
Sally enjoyed a stellar career spanning more than six decades across stage, screen, and television.
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She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1963 for her performance in Brigadoon.
In 1968, Sally starred in children’s classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Truly Scrumptious alongside Dick Van Dyke.
And while the iconic flick became one of her most famous roles, after production ended, she decided to turn back to theatre roles due to the fact she missed the audience interaction.
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“I would have liked a film career, but I didn’t pursue it – I just loved connecting with an audience,” Sally previously told the Palm Beach Post.
“The theatre is a drug. The problem is that to be remembered, you have to do films.”
Sally also enjoyed other theatre roles which included What Makes Sammy Run?, The King and I, and Cinderella.
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The much-loved actress went to Broadway in February 1958 to portray Eliza Doolittle in Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady.
At the time, the humble Londoner said she felt honoured to be apart of one of the ‘greatest’ shows ever written.
“It was absolutely wonderful when you’re in probably the greatest show that’s ever been written. It’s certainly up among the top 10,” she told Playbill in 2007.
“I enjoyed it immensely. I loved the American audiences, I loved the show, and I enjoyed being in America. Broadway at that time was the capital of musicals.”
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