Sarah Burgess (born 7 June 1970) is a British actress and

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who played Phoebe Furchester-Fuzz in the ''

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'' spin-off series '' The Furchester Hotel'' for

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Life

Burgess was born in Brighton in 1970. She became a puppeteer in about 1997 after working with '' Wizadora's'' puppeteers as their prop assistant. Her roles include Trixie and the UK dub of Stingy on the television series ''

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'', Brassy The Rat in the CBeebies series ''Space Pirates'', Fifi le Fleur for Ed and Oucho (CBBC), and was a puppeteer on The Dark Crystal (Netflix series) and the film Solo: A Star Wars Story. She also puppeteered on the West End production of '' Doctor Dolittle'' and as an actress and puppeteer in The Sleeping Beauty, Fantastic Mr Fox, Philemon and Baucis, The Frog Prince, Odessa and the Magic Goat, The Talkative Tortoise, and The Prince and the Mouse for The Little Angel Puppet Theatre in Islington and has played Ojo on the European tour of ''

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''. Sarah has also worked on '' Bunnytown'', ''

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'', '' Rosie and Jim'' and ''Wizadora''.

References

External links

The Furchester Hotel

The Little Angel Theatre
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burgess, Sarah 1970 births Living people British puppeteers British voice actresses actresses from Brighton Female puppeteers