Actress Sally Ann Howes has died at the age of 91, her agent confirmed.
Fans will remember Sally Ann for her role as Truly Scrumptious in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang alongside Dick Van Dyke but she enjoyed a stellar career spanning six decades.
She began acting when she was 12 years old after starring in movie Thursday's Child but she became a household name when she replaced Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady on Broadway.
Sally enjoyed a stellar career spanning more than six decades across stage, screen, and television.
She was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical in 1963 for her performance in Brigadoon.
In 1968, Sally starred in children's classic Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Truly Scrumptious alongside Dick Van Dyke.
And while the iconic flick became one of her most famous roles, after production ended, she decided to turn back to theatre roles due to the fact she missed the audience interaction.
"I would have liked a film career, but I didn't pursue it – I just loved connecting with an audience," Sally previously told the Palm Beach Post.
"The theatre is a drug. The problem is that to be remembered, you have to do films."
Sally also enjoyed other theatre roles which included What Makes Sammy Run?, The King and I, and Cinderella.
The much-loved actress went to Broadway in February 1958 to portray Eliza Doolittle in Lerner and Loewe’s My Fair Lady.
At the time, the humble Londoner said she felt honoured to be apart of one of the 'greatest' shows ever written.
“It was absolutely wonderful when you’re in probably the greatest show that’s ever been written. It’s certainly up among the top 10,” she told Playbill in 2007.
“I enjoyed it immensely. I loved the American audiences, I loved the show, and I enjoyed being in America. Broadway at that time was the capital of musicals.”
Sally's personal life was as rich as her acting career.
The actress wed Broadway composer Richard Adler in 1958 and adopted his two sons after their beloved mother died.
She was then briefly married to Andrew Maree before she went on to tie the knot with British literary agent Douglas Rae in 1973.
It was Sally's longest marriage, which lasted 48 years before Rae's death in September.
