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Flashback: Hammer child star Janina Faye on Dracula, Day Of The Triffids, Never Take Sweets and more
Not many people can claim as many classic genre credits as Janina Faye.
She appeared alongside Peter Cushing in Dracula, as Susan in Day Of The Triffids and starred as the young child who learns to Never Take Sweets From A Stranger.
SciFiNow spoke to Janina about her life in pictures…
Janina Faye originally dreamt of being a dancer.
Janina faye biography for kids
Starting with lessons at Barbara Speake’s dance school, she eventually moved to the Corona drama school in Chiswick.
Janina Faye: It was run by three sisters, and the lady who ran the drama side of it said to my mum ‘your daughter’s very expressive, have you thought about enrolling her in the school?’ because they had a school too.
That’s how it started.
The school also had an agency, and the children were frequently sent for work as extras.
JF: I was sent with about five other children over to Shepperton Studios for a film ca