Lindsey Anne Stagg (born 1970) is an English former child actress known for playing Pandora Braithwaite in the television dramatisations of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ (1985) and its sequel, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987).Stagg on the Internet Movie DatabaseThe Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 (1985–1987) on the Internet Movie DatabaseStagg in the 'Adrian Mole' series on Louise Jameson – The Official Website These were her only television appearances. The daughter of Barbara A. (née Leney) (born 1945) and Terence F. Stagg (born 1943), who married in 1966 at Rochford in Essex, she was discovered by Michael Napier Brown, the artistic director at the Royal Theatre in Northampton, where she was born Birth of Lindsey Stagg on Ancestry.co.uk (he also discovered her co-star in the series, Gian Sammarco). Napier Brown recommended her to Thames Television for the role of Pandora Braithwaite.'The Strange Secret Life of Adrian Mole, 29 ¾; Growing Pains: Twice Married Giancarlo Sammarco Goes From Child Star to Geriatric Nurse' Scottish Daily Record 1999 She was one of 500 girls who were auditioned.Stagg in TV Times 31 August – 6 September 1985 Reportedly, Stagg did not enjoy acting and left the profession after completing Growing Pains in 1987.'West End star Shona Lindsay comes to Watford Palace Theatre for Alan Ayckbourn's A Chorus of Disapproval'l Stagg in TV Times Watford Observer 20 March 2009
Stagg married Michael P. Varley in 2000 at Bakewell in Derbyshire and with him has three sons;Lindsey A Stagg in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 she is a National Childbirth Trust trained antenatal and postnatal doula supporting families in the Stockport and Manchester area.'Postnatal doula:Lindsey Varley', Moor Mag, March 2018
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Stagg in The Secret Diary/Growing Pains of Adrian Mole on TV Cream