{{short description|American former child actress}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2017}} {{Infobox person |name=Gennie James |birth_name= |birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1976|12|27}} |birth_place=Navasota, Texas, U.S. |occupation= Retired actress |notable_works = ''The Secret Garden'' }}
'''Gennie James''' (born December 27, 1976) is an American former child actress.
She acted in several television movies and series between 1984 and 1988 and had the main role in 1987's ''The Secret Garden'' as young Mary Lennox.
She won a Young Artist Award in 1987 for ''Papa Was a Preacher''.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=8th Annual Awards |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms8.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403132101/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms8.htm |archivedate=2011-04-03 |accessdate=2016-10-13}}</ref> She was nominated on three additional occasions: in 1985 for ''Places in the Heart'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=6th Annual Awards |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms6.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506135203/http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms6.htm |archive-date=2016-05-06 |access-date=2015-04-30}}</ref> in 1987 for ''Alex: The Life of a Child''<ref name="auto" /> and in 1989 for ''The Secret Garden''.<ref>{{cite web |title=10th Annual Awards |url=http://www.youngartistawards.org/pastnoms10.htm |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716012647/http://youngartistawards.org/pastnoms10.htm |archivedate=2015-07-16 |accessdate=2013-06-02}}</ref>
== Filmography == * 1988: ''The River Pirates'', Rivers Applewhite * 1988: ''CBS Summer Playhouse'' (episode ''My Africa''), Sara Marston * 1987: ''Broadcast News'', Young Jane Craig * 1987: ''The Secret Garden'', Young Mary Lennox * 1987: ''Amazing Stories'' (episode ''Without Diana''), Diana Willoughby * 1986: ''The Christmas Gift'', Alexandra 'Alex' Billings * 1986: ''A Smoky Mountain Christmas'', Cindy * 1986: ''Alex: The Life of a Child'', Alex Deford * 1986: ''If Tomorrow Comes'' (episode 1.1), Amy Brannigan * 1985: ''Papa Was a Preacher'', Alyene * 1985: ''The Hugga Bunch'', Bridget Severson * 1984: ''Places in the Heart'', Possum Spalding
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0416521}}
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