Liesel Anne Pritzker (stage name Liesel Matthews), born March 14, 1984, is an American former child actress and heiress to the Hyatt Hotels fortune. She starred as Sara Crewe in A Little Princess, a 1995 film adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic.
For her roles on stage and screen, Liesel Pritzker uses the stage name "Liesel Matthews," first to honor her brother Matthew and second, to avoid conflict between her divorced parents about ...
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Liesel Anne Pritzker (stage name Liesel Matthews), born March 14, 1984, is an American former child actress and heiress to the Hyatt Hotels fortune. She starred as Sara Crewe in A Little Princess, a 1995 film adaptation of the Frances Hodgson Burnett classic.
For her roles on stage and screen, Liesel Pritzker uses the stage name "Liesel Matthews," first to honor her brother Matthew and second, to avoid conflict between her divorced parents about whether she should incorporate her stepfather's name and be known as Liesel Pritzker-Bagley.
Pritzker made her professional stage debut as Scout in a production of To Kill A Mockingbird in Chicago. She was also seen in Vincent in Brixton, and won a Theatre World award for her performance.
Liesel Anne Pritzker was born in Chicago, Illinois into the wealthy Pritzker family. Her parents are Irene D. and Robert Pritzker. She is one of twelve surviving grandchildren of patriarch A. N. Pritzker, a financier and industrialist who died in 1986. Her...
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