Squeaky-voiced actress played major part in property success

Moving home every year for four years was one of the most challenging roles ever faced by actress Sandra Dickinson, she has told a property TV programme.

No sooner had she settled in one house than it was time to move again.

And on each occasion, she often painted the walls black and purple – fashionable colours in the 1970s, when her successful career as a squeaky-voiced blonde was taking off.

But after years of climbing the property ladder, the American actress – famous for her roles in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Two Point Four Children and Superman III - has now decided to down-size

She’s moving to a smaller home – but one which is still big enough to house her extensive collection of vintage furniture and clothes.

And she also revealed that, after a series of failed relationships, she has recently become engaged to her THIRD Englishman.

Interviewed on Overseas Property TV on satellite channel 287, Sandra said that her first home was a small terraced house in Woking, Surrey

She lived there with her first husband and fellow actor Peter Davidson – famous for his roles in all Creatures Great and Small and Doctor Who.

They bought their second home soon after – a slightly bigger house in the same row of terraces, giving them badly needed extra space

Speaking to presenter John Daly on OPTV’s “ Snap “ programme she said moving to bigger and better homes made sense as both of their careers accelerated..

The couple divorced in 1994 after 16 years of marriage. However, their daughter Georgia Moffett is now also a well-known actress who recently joined the property ladder by buying a starter home.

Sandra was born in Washington DC, but after living in England for over 37 years, she has now taken British citizenship.

Her father was a renowned psychiatrist, specializing in schizophrenia – an insight into the working of the mind which Sandra still uses to get into the mentality some of her most demanding characters roles.

Sandra is the latest celebrity guest to appear on Overseas Property TV’s Snap programme.

It asks contestants to guess the value of their first home – and then discover what overseas properties can be bought for the same price today.

Sandra’s house cost £19,500 when she bought it, 32 years ago. Today, independent experts have valued her former home at more than £250,00.

The programme will be aired later this month.