The railway children jenny agutter biography

Jenny Agutter (Roberta 'Bobbie' Waterbury)

Jenny Agutter first played oldest sibling Roberta in the 1968 TV version of the novel, before returning for its 1970 movie adaptation.

A year later, aged just 16, Jenny starred in Walkabout and she became a fully-fledged movie star.

She moved to Hollywood and starred in films such as The Eagle Has Landed, The Man in the Iron Mask, Equus, Logan's Run and An American Werewolf in London.

In more recent years, she has been best known for playing Sister Julienne in the long-running Call the Midwife series.

In 1990, she married Swedish hotel manager Johan Tham and they had a son together.

She said: "I had given up hope of being married and just thought marriage and motherhood isn't my path. I love what I do but my family is an absolute blessing."

Jenny is the only star to return from the original film in The Railway C