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	'''Karen Dotrice''' (born ] ]) is an ] ] known primarily for her role as the Banks daughter in ]'s ] of the '']'' book series. Dotrice (] {{IPA\|/dəʊˈtriːs/}}) was born in ], in the ], to two accomplished ] actors. Her career began on stage, expanded into film and ] roles, and concluded with a short run as ] in the 1981 pre-] production of '']''. In 1984, Dotrice retired from show business to focus on motherhood; she has three children from two marriages. She was named a ] in 2004.		'''Karen Dotrice''' (born ] ]) is an ] ] known primarily for her role as the Banks daughter in ]'s ] of the '']'' book series. Dotrice (] {{IPA\|/dəʊˈtriːs/}}) was born in ], in the ], to two accomplished ] actors. Her career began on stage, expanded into film and ] roles, and concluded with a short run as ] in the 1981 pre-] production of '']''. In 1984, Dotrice retired from show business to focus on motherhood; she has three children from two marriages. She was named a ] in 2004.

			SHE LIKES TO SUCK MY COCK AND TAKE IT UP THE ASSHOLE!!
	== Biography ==
	===Early life===
	Born into a theater family, Dotrice is the daughter of ] and ], two ] actors who met and married while performing in ] theatre productions in ].<ref name="roybio">{{cite web \| title=roydotrice.com \| work=Roy Dotrice - Biography \| url=http://www.roydotrice.com/bio.html \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref> Though born in the Channel Islands, Karen Dotrice has lived in England since she was a child. She has two sisters, ] and ], both of whom are actresses. Her godfather was actor ].

	Dotrice was a toddler when her father joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (later the ]) in 1957. By age four, she was ready to perform, making her début in an RSC production of '']'' by ]. There, a ] scout saw Dotrice and brought her to ], ], ], to meet ].<ref name="Legends">{{cite web \| title=legends.disney.go.com \| work=Disney Legends - Karen Dotrice \| url=http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Karen+Dotrice \| accessdate=31 December \| accessyear=2004}}</ref>

	===Film===
	At age eight, Dotrice was hired in 1964 to appear in '']'' as a girl whose relationship with her father is mended by the magical reappearance of her cat. While Dotrice was in California, her father stayed in England—where he was portraying '']''—and Walt Disney personally took care of her family, often hosting them in his ] home. Dotrice took quickly to Disney as a father figure, calling him "Uncle Walt". She said the admiration was mutual: "I think he really liked English kids. He was tickled pink by the accent and the etiquette. And when I was being very English and polite, he would look proudly at this little charge who had such good manners."

	]

	] ] said Dotrice "won over everyone" with her performance in ''The Three Lives of Thomasina'',<ref name="Legends" /> and she was signed to play Jane Banks (along with ''Thomasina'' co-star ] as her brother, Michael) in '']''. Disney's part-], part-] musical adaptation of the ''Poppins'' children's books by ] starred ] as a ] father and ] as a ] mother who are too busy to spend any time with their children. Instead, they hire a nanny (]) who takes Jane and Michael on magical adventures designed to teach them—and their parents—about the importance of family. ''Poppins'' was Disney's biggest commercial success at the time<ref name="poppinsbo">{{cite web \| title=the-numbers.com \| work=The Numbers: ''Mary Poppins'' Box Office Data \| url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1964/0MAPO.html \| accessdate=15 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref> and won five ], making its stars world-]. Dotrice and Garber were praised for their natural screen presence; ] ] wrote, "the kids ... are just as they should be,"<ref name="review">{{cite web \| title=nytimes.com \| work=New York Times: ''Mary Poppins'' Review, 25 September 1964 \| url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=MARY%20POPPINS%20%28MOVIE%29&reviewer=Bosley%20Crowther&v_id=31639 \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref> while author ] said, "these charming, delightful young people provided a wonderful centre for the film."<ref name="DVD">{{cite visual \| director=Stevenson, Robert \| date=2004 \| title=Walt Disney's Mary Poppins 40th Anniversary Edition \| medium=DVD rerelease \| location=USA\| distributor=Walt Disney Pictures}}</ref>

	Dotrice and Garber paired up again in '']'' (1967) as the grandchildren of a rich lumber mogul who stumble across a gnome forest and help keep the gnomes from dying off. Starring ] in a dual role, ''The Gnome-Mobile'' failed to perform on a par with ''Poppins'' at the box office,<ref name="gnomebo">{{cite web \| title=boxofficereport.com \| work=Box Office Report:'' The Gnome-Mobile ''(1967) \| url=http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1967.shtml \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref> and Dotrice did not make another film appearance as a child.

	After ''The Gnome-Mobile'', "the kids" no longer kept in contact with each other. In an interview for the 40th Anniversary Edition DVD release of ''Mary Poppins'', Dotrice recalled how she learned of Garber's death (in 1977): "I remember his mum, Margot, calling ... to let us know that Matthew had died. That was— so unexpected. ... I wished I had picked up the phone over the years, I wished I had treated him more like a brother; but he's indelibly printed in all of our minds, he's eternal ... an amazing little soul."

	Dotrice later appeared as Alex Mackenzie in '']'' (1978) with ] and ]. The third film based on the ] ], this was her only feature film as an adult. According to ''All Movie Guide'', Dotrice played "an imperiled heroine was an invention of the ]; the Buchan story is essentially 'boys only'."<ref name="39steps">{{cite web \| title=nytimes.com \| work=All Movie Guide -'' The Thirty-Nine Steps ''(1978) \| url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=49510 \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	===Television===
	She also appeared as Desirée Clary in the ] ] ''Napoleon and Love''. The nine-hour, dramatised account of the many loves of ] starred ] and ].

	]

	In 1975, Dotrice played housemaid ] in six episodes of '']'' during its fifth and final season. The series—a narrative of the upper-class Bellamy family and their servants in the early twentieth century—was one of the most popular programmes produced by ] for ]. It also proved popular when shown in the ] on '']'', and was "beloved throughout much of the world."<ref name="updown">{{cite web \| title=museum.tv \| work=Museum of Broadcast Communications -'' Upstairs, Downstairs ''(1975) \| url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/U/htmlU/upstairsdow/upstairsdow.htm \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	Dotrice took on the role of Maria Beadnell in the miniseries ''Dickens of London'' (1976), starring her father as ]. In 1977, she appeared with ] in ''Joseph Andrews'', a ] ] based on the ] ].

	In 1978, Dotrice made her final screen appearance, playing Jenny in the ] Play of the Week, ''She Fell Among Thieves''. Starring ] and ], ''Thieves'' made its U.S. début on ] ]—the first film screened as part of the ] '']'' series.<ref name="mystery">{{cite web \| title=pbs.org \| work=About MYSTERY! \| url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/history.html \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	===Later life===
	]

	In 1981, Dotrice took the role of Desdemona in the ] production of '']'' opposite ] and ]. Reviewers were less than kind; calling her "the only serious let-down" in the cast, David Richards of '']'' wrote, "Dotrice is not Desdemona. She is a Desdemona doll, reciting her lines in a thin, reedy voice and moving through the tragedy with a rare somnolence." ] took the role in the 1982 Broadway production and received similar reviews.<ref name="othello">{{cite web \| title=christopher-plummer.com \| work= ''Othello ''(Broadway 1982) \| url=http://www.christopher-plummer.com/othello.html \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	Dotrice virtually disappeared from public life following her retirement. She was married to English actor ] from 1986 to 1992; they have a son, Garrick. In 1994, Dotrice married then-] executive Edwin "Ned" Nalle and later gave birth to two children, Isabella and Griffin.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web \| title=imdb.com \| work=IMDb: Karen Dotrice \| url=http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0234538/ \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	She provided spoken-word adaptations of Disney's '']'', '']'' and '']''; in 2001, she lent her voice to a sing-along release of ''Mary Poppins'' and was interviewed for the ] television special, ''Walt: The Man Behind the Myth''; she was, however, done with acting. "I'll never go back," she told '']'' magazine in 1995, "because you don't have to put on any make-up."<ref name="Hello!">{{cite book \| author=Russell, Sue \| title=Karen Dotrice and Husband Ned Nalle Announce they're Expecting their Second Child \| year=1995 \| publisher=Hello! Magazine (pg. 66) \| id= }}</ref>

	Dotrice was coaxed back into the spotlight twice in 2004: She was named a Disney Legend at a ceremony in Burbank (at which Matthew Garber was honoured ]ly)<ref name="ceremony">{{cite web \| title=mickeynews.com \| work=The Walt Disney Company Names 2004 Disney Legends \| url=http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_9174Ledgends \| accessdate=17 September \| accessyear=2004}}</ref>, and she was interviewed and provided audio commentary for the 40th Anniversary Edition ''Mary Poppins'' DVD release.

	== Filmography ==		== Filmography ==

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Karen Dotrice
File:Dotrice Garber.jpgKaren Dotrice and Matthew Garber in a publicity photo for Mary Poppins

Karen Dotrice (born 9 November 1955) is an English actress known primarily for her role as the Banks daughter in Walt Disney's feature film adaptation of the Mary Poppins book series. Dotrice (pronounced /dəʊˈtriːs/) was born in Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, to two accomplished stage actors. Her career began on stage, expanded into film and television roles, and concluded with a short run as Desdemona in the 1981 pre-Broadway production of Othello. In 1984, Dotrice retired from show business to focus on motherhood; she has three children from two marriages. She was named a Disney Legend in 2004.

SHE LIKES TO SUCK MY COCK AND TAKE IT UP THE ASSHOLE!!

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Film	Role
1964	The Three Lives of Thomasina	Mary McDhui
1964	Mary Poppins	Jane Banks
1967	The Gnome-Mobile	Elizabeth Winthrop
1978	The Thirty-Nine Steps	Alex Mackenzie

Television

Year	Programme	Role
1972	Napoleon and Love	Desirée Clary
1975	Upstairs, Downstairs	Lily Hawkins
1976	Dickens of London	Maria Beadnell
1977	Joseph Andrews	Pamela
1978	She Fell Among Thieves	Jenny

References

External links

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	'''Karen Dotrice''' (born ] ]) is an ] ] known primarily for her role as the Banks daughter in ]'s ] of the '']'' book series. Dotrice (] {{IPA\|/dəʊˈtriːs/}}) was born in ], in the ], to two accomplished ] actors. Her career began on stage, expanded into film and ] roles, and concluded with a short run as ] in the 1981 pre-] production of '']''. In 1984, Dotrice retired from show business to focus on motherhood; she has three children from two marriages. She was named a ] in 2004.		'''Karen Dotrice''' (born ] ]) is an ] ] known primarily for her role as the Banks daughter in ]'s ] of the '']'' book series. Dotrice (] {{IPA\|/dəʊˈtriːs/}}) was born in ], in the ], to two accomplished ] actors. Her career began on stage, expanded into film and ] roles, and concluded with a short run as ] in the 1981 pre-] production of '']''. In 1984, Dotrice retired from show business to focus on motherhood; she has three children from two marriages. She was named a ] in 2004.

			SHE LIKES TO SUCK MY COCK AND TAKE IT UP THE ASSHOLE!!
	== Biography ==
	===Early life===
	Born into a theater family, Dotrice is the daughter of ] and ], two ] actors who met and married while performing in ] theatre productions in ].<ref name="roybio">{{cite web \| title=roydotrice.com \| work=Roy Dotrice - Biography \| url=http://www.roydotrice.com/bio.html \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref> Though born in the Channel Islands, Karen Dotrice has lived in England since she was a child. She has two sisters, ] and ], both of whom are actresses. Her godfather was actor ].

	Dotrice was a toddler when her father joined the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (later the ]) in 1957. By age four, she was ready to perform, making her début in an RSC production of '']'' by ]. There, a ] scout saw Dotrice and brought her to ], ], ], to meet ].<ref name="Legends">{{cite web \| title=legends.disney.go.com \| work=Disney Legends - Karen Dotrice \| url=http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Karen+Dotrice \| accessdate=31 December \| accessyear=2004}}</ref>

	===Film===
	At age eight, Dotrice was hired in 1964 to appear in '']'' as a girl whose relationship with her father is mended by the magical reappearance of her cat. While Dotrice was in California, her father stayed in England—where he was portraying '']''—and Walt Disney personally took care of her family, often hosting them in his ] home. Dotrice took quickly to Disney as a father figure, calling him "Uncle Walt". She said the admiration was mutual: "I think he really liked English kids. He was tickled pink by the accent and the etiquette. And when I was being very English and polite, he would look proudly at this little charge who had such good manners."

	]

	] ] said Dotrice "won over everyone" with her performance in ''The Three Lives of Thomasina'',<ref name="Legends" /> and she was signed to play Jane Banks (along with ''Thomasina'' co-star ] as her brother, Michael) in '']''. Disney's part-], part-] musical adaptation of the ''Poppins'' children's books by ] starred ] as a ] father and ] as a ] mother who are too busy to spend any time with their children. Instead, they hire a nanny (]) who takes Jane and Michael on magical adventures designed to teach them—and their parents—about the importance of family. ''Poppins'' was Disney's biggest commercial success at the time<ref name="poppinsbo">{{cite web \| title=the-numbers.com \| work=The Numbers: ''Mary Poppins'' Box Office Data \| url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/1964/0MAPO.html \| accessdate=15 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref> and won five ], making its stars world-]. Dotrice and Garber were praised for their natural screen presence; ] ] wrote, "the kids ... are just as they should be,"<ref name="review">{{cite web \| title=nytimes.com \| work=New York Times: ''Mary Poppins'' Review, 25 September 1964 \| url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=MARY%20POPPINS%20%28MOVIE%29&reviewer=Bosley%20Crowther&v_id=31639 \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref> while author ] said, "these charming, delightful young people provided a wonderful centre for the film."<ref name="DVD">{{cite visual \| director=Stevenson, Robert \| date=2004 \| title=Walt Disney's Mary Poppins 40th Anniversary Edition \| medium=DVD rerelease \| location=USA\| distributor=Walt Disney Pictures}}</ref>

	Dotrice and Garber paired up again in '']'' (1967) as the grandchildren of a rich lumber mogul who stumble across a gnome forest and help keep the gnomes from dying off. Starring ] in a dual role, ''The Gnome-Mobile'' failed to perform on a par with ''Poppins'' at the box office,<ref name="gnomebo">{{cite web \| title=boxofficereport.com \| work=Box Office Report:'' The Gnome-Mobile ''(1967) \| url=http://www.boxofficereport.com/database/1967.shtml \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref> and Dotrice did not make another film appearance as a child.

	After ''The Gnome-Mobile'', "the kids" no longer kept in contact with each other. In an interview for the 40th Anniversary Edition DVD release of ''Mary Poppins'', Dotrice recalled how she learned of Garber's death (in 1977): "I remember his mum, Margot, calling ... to let us know that Matthew had died. That was— so unexpected. ... I wished I had picked up the phone over the years, I wished I had treated him more like a brother; but he's indelibly printed in all of our minds, he's eternal ... an amazing little soul."

	Dotrice later appeared as Alex Mackenzie in '']'' (1978) with ] and ]. The third film based on the ] ], this was her only feature film as an adult. According to ''All Movie Guide'', Dotrice played "an imperiled heroine was an invention of the ]; the Buchan story is essentially 'boys only'."<ref name="39steps">{{cite web \| title=nytimes.com \| work=All Movie Guide -'' The Thirty-Nine Steps ''(1978) \| url=http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=49510 \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	===Television===
	She also appeared as Desirée Clary in the ] ] ''Napoleon and Love''. The nine-hour, dramatised account of the many loves of ] starred ] and ].

	]

	In 1975, Dotrice played housemaid ] in six episodes of '']'' during its fifth and final season. The series—a narrative of the upper-class Bellamy family and their servants in the early twentieth century—was one of the most popular programmes produced by ] for ]. It also proved popular when shown in the ] on '']'', and was "beloved throughout much of the world."<ref name="updown">{{cite web \| title=museum.tv \| work=Museum of Broadcast Communications -'' Upstairs, Downstairs ''(1975) \| url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/U/htmlU/upstairsdow/upstairsdow.htm \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	Dotrice took on the role of Maria Beadnell in the miniseries ''Dickens of London'' (1976), starring her father as ]. In 1977, she appeared with ] in ''Joseph Andrews'', a ] ] based on the ] ].

	In 1978, Dotrice made her final screen appearance, playing Jenny in the ] Play of the Week, ''She Fell Among Thieves''. Starring ] and ], ''Thieves'' made its U.S. début on ] ]—the first film screened as part of the ] '']'' series.<ref name="mystery">{{cite web \| title=pbs.org \| work=About MYSTERY! \| url=http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/history.html \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	===Later life===
	]

	In 1981, Dotrice took the role of Desdemona in the ] production of '']'' opposite ] and ]. Reviewers were less than kind; calling her "the only serious let-down" in the cast, David Richards of '']'' wrote, "Dotrice is not Desdemona. She is a Desdemona doll, reciting her lines in a thin, reedy voice and moving through the tragedy with a rare somnolence." ] took the role in the 1982 Broadway production and received similar reviews.<ref name="othello">{{cite web \| title=christopher-plummer.com \| work= ''Othello ''(Broadway 1982) \| url=http://www.christopher-plummer.com/othello.html \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	Dotrice virtually disappeared from public life following her retirement. She was married to English actor ] from 1986 to 1992; they have a son, Garrick. In 1994, Dotrice married then-] executive Edwin "Ned" Nalle and later gave birth to two children, Isabella and Griffin.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web \| title=imdb.com \| work=IMDb: Karen Dotrice \| url=http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0234538/ \| accessdate=23 January \| accessyear=2006}}</ref>

	She provided spoken-word adaptations of Disney's '']'', '']'' and '']''; in 2001, she lent her voice to a sing-along release of ''Mary Poppins'' and was interviewed for the ] television special, ''Walt: The Man Behind the Myth''; she was, however, done with acting. "I'll never go back," she told '']'' magazine in 1995, "because you don't have to put on any make-up."<ref name="Hello!">{{cite book \| author=Russell, Sue \| title=Karen Dotrice and Husband Ned Nalle Announce they're Expecting their Second Child \| year=1995 \| publisher=Hello! Magazine (pg. 66) \| id= }}</ref>

	Dotrice was coaxed back into the spotlight twice in 2004: She was named a Disney Legend at a ceremony in Burbank (at which Matthew Garber was honoured ]ly)<ref name="ceremony">{{cite web \| title=mickeynews.com \| work=The Walt Disney Company Names 2004 Disney Legends \| url=http://www.mickeynews.com/News/DisplayPressRelease.asp_Q_id_E_9174Ledgends \| accessdate=17 September \| accessyear=2004}}</ref>, and she was interviewed and provided audio commentary for the 40th Anniversary Edition ''Mary Poppins'' DVD release.

	== Filmography ==		== Filmography ==

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