Mary Turner
Mary Turner (born July 16th, 1933) is a retired British puppeteer. She was credited with puppetry supervision on Thunderbirds season 1 and 2. She was additionally the puppet coordinator on Thunderbird 6. Turner also worked for AP Films / Century 21 on Fireball XL5, Supercar, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, and The Secret Service.
Turner gave invaluable help with research for 21st Century Visions, and was interviewed for Filmed in Supermarionation (both the book and documentary). Additionally an interview with her was published in issue 19 of Andersonic.
In 2015, she worked as a puppet operator on The Stately Homes Robberies, one of The Anniversary Episodes.
Her late, younger sister Carolyn Turner also worked on Thunderbirds.
Four Feather Falls
Supercar (second from right)
Gallery[]
Foreground to background: Christine Glanville, Mary Turner, Wanda Webb
Director David Elliott (left) and Mary Turner (right)
Photographed with the Thunderbirds puppets
David Elliott is pointing on right. Next to him is Mary Turner.
Mary Turner with Cliff and the band
In the parking lot
With Christine Glanville
With John Read, c. 1994
With Judith Shutt (2014)
On the set of The Anniversary Episodes
Puppeteering Lady Penelope on the Antiques Roadshow
Trivia[]
- She and Ken Turner share the same surname, however they are not related.
- Her late brother-in-law Wolfgang Manthey was a puppeteer who worked for Gerry and Sylvia Anderson on Stingray (1963-64).