# Susan Stranks > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Susan_Stranks > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Susan_Stranks.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Stranks > Source revision: 1268685763 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British actress (born 1938)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2015}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox person | image = | name = Susan Stranks | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1938|12|2|df=y}} | birth_place = London, England | occupation = Actress | spouse = {{Marriage|[Robin Ray](/source/Robin_Ray)|1960|1998|reason=d}} (1 child) }} '''Susan Stranks''' (born 2 December 1938) is a British actress and TV presenter. ==Career== Born in London, Stranks was ten years old when she played the role of the younger Emmeline Foster in the romantic adventure film ''[The Blue Lagoon](/source/The_Blue_Lagoon_(1949_film))'' (1949). She then played Janet Smith, the young sister of [Ann Todd](/source/Ann_Todd), in the [David Lean](/source/David_Lean) film ''[Madeleine](/source/Madeleine_(1950_film))'' (1950). Stranks played a young student in the crime drama ''[Sapphire](/source/Sapphire_(film))'' (1959), and had a small part as a schoolgirl in the train scenes of ''[The 39 Steps](/source/The_39_Steps_(1959_film))'' (also 1959) starring [Kenneth More](/source/Kenneth_More). Both roles were uncredited. She was a regular panellist on the TV pop music show ''[Juke Box Jury](/source/Juke_Box_Jury)'', and also appeared in ''[Emergency Ward 10](/source/Emergency_Ward_10)''. She is best known for the children's TV series ''[Magpie](/source/Magpie_(TV_series))'', which she co-presented from 1968 to 1974. Following ''Magpie'', Stranks devised and presented a programme for pre-school children, named ''[Paperplay](/source/Paperplay)'', which ran until 1981. Stranks has since become a children's radio campaigner, helping to create [Fun Radio](/source/Fun_Kids), a station aimed at children aged under 10 years old. ==Personal life== Stranks was married to actor and media personality [Robin Ray](/source/Robin_Ray) (son of comedian [Ted Ray](/source/Ted_Ray_(comedian))) from 1960 until his death in 1998.[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?LinkID=mp60106&rNo=0&role=sit, Picture of Ray and Stranks at the National Portrait Gallery, accessed 14 February 2009] They had one child, Rupert. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0833420|name=Susan Stranks}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stranks, Susan}} Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:British child actresses Category:English film actresses Category:English television presenters Category:Actresses from London --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Susan Stranks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Stranks) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Stranks?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.