Sylvia Peters Net Worth

Sylvia Peters Net Worth is
$400,000

Sylvia Peters Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Sylvia Peters (born Sylvia Lucia Petronzio in Highgate, London, in 1926) is a former British actress, and from 1947 to 1958 a continuity announcer for BBC Television.After training as a singer and dancer, Peters played in musicals at the Coliseum Theatre in London. In June 1947 she answered a newspaper advertisement for a continuity announcer for BBC Television, then based at Alexandra Palace, and was chosen from hundreds of applicants. She was part the team of continuity announcers headed by McDonald Hobley, and with Peter Haigh, who joined in 1952. In 1954, Peters was chosen to host Come Dancing (the predecessor of Strictly Come Dancing), doing so until her retirement in 1958. In 1953, Peters introduced the live television broadcast of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. She would later be involved in teaching the Queen the broadcasting skills necessary for the Her Majesty's Royal Christmas Message broadcasts.In 1950, she married TV director Kenneth Milne-Buckley, who was responsible for the TV series Compact.After retiring from the BBC in 1958, Peters opened a dress-shop in Wimbledon, London, and has rarely been seen on screen since, with a small number of appearances, notably the Sykes 1977 Christmas special, and for special shows such as the BBC Television Service's 50th and 75th birthday specials. In the early 1980s she appeared on the magazine programme Afternoon Plus for Thames Television where she appeared with McDonald Hobley and Mary Malcolm. Sylvia did enjoy a brief return to television presenting in the late 1980s when she joined Robert (Bob) Dougall, Brian Johnston and other hosts in presenting the Channel 4 magazine programme for the over sixties, Years Ahead.In 2013 she introduced the digitally restored rebroadcast of the Queen's Coronation on BBC Parliament.In popular culture, Sylvia Peters and the presentation style used by her have often been satirised. One example of this is in the 2006 Doctor Who episode "The Idiot's Lantern".

Date Of Birth1926-01-01
Place Of BirthHighgate, London, England, UK
ProfessionActress, Producer
Star SignLibra
#Fact
1A former musical actress, Peters joined the BBC in 1947 after answering a newspaper advertisement for a continuity announcer and was one of the post-War trio of announcers who stayed until 1958. Retired and later ran a dress shop in Wimbledon but came out of retirement to work as a presenter on the Channel 4 series 'Years Ahead'. She also re-appeared in November 1986 as an in-vision announcer on BBC Two to celebrate TV50, the 50th anniversary of BBC Television. One of her most notable achievements, however, was when she worked to coach HM The Queen in broadcasting skills for the Queen's Christmas broadcasts.
2Announcer for BBC television 1947-1959.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Two's Company1959TV MovieThe Gentle Art actress
Pantomania: Babes in the Wood1957TV MovieMaid Marion
Pantomania, or Dick Whittington1956TV MovieAlice Fitzwarren
Pantomania, or It Was Never Like This1955TV MovieCinderella

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Tremble2012/IShort executive producer

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Children's TV on Trial2007TV Series documentaryHerself
Imagine2006TV Series documentaryHerself
Timeshift2003TV Series documentaryHerself - BBC Announcer
Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC1997TV Mini-Series documentaryHerself
See Dick and Jane... Lie, Cheat and Steal: Teaching Morality to Kids1989TV Movie documentary
Television: The Magic Rectangle - An Anatomy of the TV Personality1986TV Movie documentaryHerself
Looks Familiar1986TV SeriesHerself - Guest
Night of One Hundred Stars1980TV MovieHerself
Sykes1977TV SeriesHerself
Laugh Line1960TV SeriesHerself
Eurovision Presents Pictures in the Sky1957TV MovieHerself - Presenter
From Me to You1957TV SeriesHerself
Bengo1953TV SeriesHerself - Narrator
Good Luck Canada!1952TV Movie documentary
For Deaf Children1952TV SeriesHerself - Presenter
Come Dancing1949TV SeriesHerself - Presenter (1954) (1958-)

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Diamond Queen2012TV Series documentaryHerself
Heroes of Magic2000TV Special documentary

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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