Gennie James

American former child actress

Gennie James
Born	Navasota, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Retired actress
Notable work	The Secret Garden

Gennie James is an American former child actress.

She acted in several television movies and series between 1984 and 1988 and had the main role in 1987's The Secret Garden as young Mary Lennox.

She won a Young Artist Award in 1987 for Papa Was a Preacher.^[1] She was nominated on three additional occasions: in 1985 for Places in the Heart,^[2] in 1987 for Alex: The Life of a Child^[1] and in 1989 for The Secret Garden.^[3]

Filmography

1988: The River Pirates, Rivers Applewhite
1988: CBS Summer Playhouse (episode My Africa), Sara Marston
1987: Broadcast News, Young Jane Craig
1987: The Secret Garden, Young Mary Lennox
1987: Amazing Stories (episode Without Diana), Diana Willoughby
1986: The Christmas Gift, Alexandra 'Alex' Billings
1986: A Smoky Mountain Christmas, Cindy
1986: Alex: The Life of a Child, Alex Deford
1986: If Tomorrow Comes (episode 1.1), Amy Brannigan
1985: Papa Was a Preacher, Alyene
1985: The Hugga Bunch, Bridget Severson
1984: Places in the Heart, Possum Spalding

References

^ ^a ^b "8th Annual Awards". Archived from the original on 2011-04-03. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
^ "6th Annual Awards". Archived from the original on 2016-05-06. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
^ "10th Annual Awards". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2013-06-02.