Editing Sylvia Anderson (section)

==Early life==
Anderson was born in [[Camberwell]], London, England on 25 March 1927. Her father, Sidney Thomas, was a champion boxer, and her mother, Beatrice ({{née|Aberdeen}}), a dressmaker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=GKujh45p5ANuOXj%2BKUE0PQ&scan=1|title=Index entry|accessdate=9 November 2021|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref><ref name="Hayward">{{cite news |last=Hayward |first=Anthony |author-link=Anthony Hayward |date=16 March 2016 |title=Thunderbirds' Sylvia Anderson, voice of Lady Penelope, dies aged 88 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/mar/16/thunderbirds-sylvia-anderson-voice-of-lady-penelope-dies-aged-88 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>

After graduating from the [[London School of Economics]] with a degree in sociology and political science, she became a social worker.<ref name="Griffin"/> She emigrated to the United States to live with her first husband, Jack Brooks, an American golfer.<ref name="Space1999"/> While in America she worked as a journalist.<ref name="BBC News">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35818530 |title=Sylvia Anderson, voice of Thunderbirds' Lady Penelope, dies |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=16 March 2016 |access-date=16 March 2016}}</ref>