Tracy Constance Margaret Hyde was born on 16 May 1959 and is a British former actress and model who shot to fame in the 1971 film Melody after being discovered by film producer David Puttnam.
12 Facts About Tracy Hyde
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Tracy Hyde learned ballet at the age of four, did junior modelling for an agency, and auditioned for a pickle advertisement.
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The writer and director Andrew Birkin saw photographs of the young Tracy Hyde and persuaded her mother Maureen to audition her for the title role of Melody Perkins.
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The success of Melody in Japan resulted in Tracy Hyde being invited there in 1972 and plans were made for a film with her in the lead role.
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Tracy Hyde continued with her education and studied at a secretarial college; after leaving she was employed as a legal secretary for law firm Piper, Smith and Basham, where her colleague, a young Paul Kiely, noted her style and charm.
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In 1994, Japanese TV sought out Tracy Hyde and sent one of their reporters to the UK to find her.
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Mark Lester was contacted and when it was found that Tracy Hyde had moved to France, Lester and the reporter both went there to search for her.
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Tracy Hyde had moved there with her husband and her three sons.
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In 1999, Lester and Tracy Hyde were reunited again in another Japanese TV special.
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Tracy Hyde has since remarried and has returned home to London, where she now manages the family business, a kennel boarding service.
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The American pop band the Wondermints recorded a song titled "Tracy Hyde Hide" on its 1995 debut album Wondermints.
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The Japanese indie rock band For Tracy Hyde takes its name from that song.