Her daughter Holly Wright advised the New York Instances she died on Christmas in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES — Britt Allcroft, the girl who created Thomas the Tank Engine, has died. She was 81.
Filmmaker Brannon Carty introduced her demise on social media Thursday on the request of her household. Her daughter Holly Wright advised the New York Instances she died on Christmas in Los Angeles.
“Britt was an adoring mom and spouse. A visionary producer. She introduced a lot pleasure and happiness to folks in all places throughout her time on Earth,” he stated. “Whereas I’m devastated by her passing, we will all discover consolation within the certainty that her legacy will endure without end via Thomas and his followers all over the world.”
Carty and Allcroft labored collectively on his documentary “An Unlikely Fandom: The Influence of Thomas the Tank Engine” which was launched in 2023.
Allcroft was born in Worthing, England and her profession took off within the 80s after she co-founded an organization along with her then-husband, producer Angus Wright. The primary episodes of “Thomas the Tank Engine & Buddies” aired on British tv just some years later in 1984, in accordance with IMDb. After shortly gaining recognition, the present was tailored for American audiences and aired on PBS beginning in 1989.
Whereas the unique present resulted in 2021, there are various spinoff reveals together with the identical or comparable characters.
“Thomas & Buddies” was nominated for a BAFTA in 1985 and gained TheWIFTS Basis Worldwide Visionary Awards in 2015, in accordance with IMDb. Her different present, Shining Time Station, gained two Gemini Awards in 1993.
Allcroft was lively on her Fb web page, continuously interacting with neighborhood members who needed to maintain up along with her newest work.
In a remark left Dec. 22, 2024, she wrote she was engaged on a e-book she hoped can be “revealed this yr.” There is no such thing as a additional info on what she was engaged on nor when it could be revealed, if in any respect.
