Lesley-Anne Down believes she's already used up three of her nine lives.The actress, who takes on the Iron Lady opposite Dennis Quaid in "Reagan," has shown plenty of steel off-screen, recalling "three times in my life when I should have been killed by other people."For Down, known for her roles in "North and South" and "Upstairs, Downstairs," the unsettling experiences began when she was just 10 years old.MORGAN FAIRCHILD SAYS TWO MEN ONCE ABDUCTED HER OFF NYC STREET AS BYSTANDERS LAUGHEDActress Lesley-Anne Down plays former U.K.Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in the biopic "Reagan." (Rawhide Pictures)"I remember there was a little girl, one of a number of children who were murdered and buried on the moors in England," the British star told Fox News Digital.
"There was a little girl who had dark hair and blue eyes and was my age, 10.Her name was Leslie Ann Downey.
My mother got phone calls when this little girl's identity was announced.""It wasn't me, of course," said Down."But it certainly freaked her out.
Leslie Ann Downey was about six months younger than me.It turned out there were two people, a man and a woman.
Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.They were the killers."Lesley Ann Downey, age 10, one of the children murdered by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, is shown in a photo.
(Mirrorpix via Getty Images)Brady and Hindley murdered five children between 1963 and 1965, with several of their victims buried on Saddleworth Moor in northern England, according to The Associated Press.The case became known as the Moors murders.WATCH: ‘REAGAN’ PRODUCER SHARES WHAT HE LEARNED FROM RESEARCHING RONALD REAGANHindley and Brady were arrested in 1965 and later convicted of murders connected to the case.
The five victims were Downey, Pauline Reade, John Kilbride, Keith Bennett and Edward Evans, who ranged in age from 10 to 17.Bennett's body has never been found.Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were found guilty of murder in Chester, England, on May 6, 1966.
Both were sentenced to l...