Posy Fossil

Infobox Person
name = Posy Fossil


image_size =
caption = (right to left) Emma Watson as Pauline, Yasmin Paige as Petrova, Lucy Boynton as Posy, and Victoria Wood as Nana in "Ballet Shoes.
birth_date = September
birth_place = Unknown
education = Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training
occupation = Dancer
spouse =
relatives = Pauline (sister by adoption), Petrove (sister by adoption), Sylvia Brown (parent by adoption), Unknown mother (ballerina)
children = None

Posy Fossil is a character in the book "Ballet Shoes" and its two television adaptations. She was adopted by Professor Matthew Brown, called "Gum", who took her from her mother, the dancer. She is portrayed by Sarah Prince (in 1975 adaption) and by Lucy Boynton (in 2007 adaptation). She was created by Noel Streatfeild in 1936.

Posy's story

Posy's father has just died, and her young mother, who was a dancer, didn't have time for a baby. So she was adopted by Professor Matthew Brown, called "Gum". Posy grew up in London, England.

She was only six when she became student of Children's Academy of Dancing and Stage Training. Posy was in the first class, but due to her talent for dance, she became a student of Madame Fidolia herself. Posy soon became the most popular student in school. Her first performance was in the humanitarian theatre play "Blue Bird".

Because of her great talent for dance, she became a student of the famous dancer Manov, who took her in his school in Czechoslovakia.

Portrayals

* In "Ballet Shoes", TV serial from 1975, was portrayed by Sarah Prince.
* In 2007 adaptation, "Ballet Shoes", she was portrayed by Lucy Boynton.