Nora Swinburne

Nora Swinburne

Born: July 24, 1902
Died: May 1, 2000
in Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]
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Nora Swinburne (24 July 1902 - 1 May 2000) was a British actress, born Leonora Mary Johnson in Bath, Somerset, daughter of Henry Swinburne Johnson and his wife Leonora Tamar (née Brain).

She married English character actor Francis Lister in 1924, actor Edward Ashley-Cooper in 1934, and actor Esmond Knight in 1946. Her stepdaughter is the actress Rosalind Knight.

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Title: Fall of Eagles
Character: Katharina Schratt
Released: March 15, 1974
Type: TV
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).
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Title: Dead of Night
Released: November 5, 1972
Type: TV
Dead of Night was a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It ran for a single series; of its seven 50-minute episodes, only three—"The Exorcism", "Return Flight", and "A Woman Sobbing"—are known to survive in the BBC's archives. Another programme made by the Dead of Night production team under Innes Lloyd, The Stone Tape, intended to be the eighth episode, does survive in the archives but was not broadcast under the Dead of Night banner. BBC Four rebroadcast "The Exorcism" on 22 December 2007.
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Up the Chastity Belt
Title: Up the Chastity Belt
Character: The Mistress Of The Bed Chamber - Lady-In-Waiting
Released: January 14, 1972
Type: Movie
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...
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Title: Manhunt
Character: The Countess
Released: January 2, 1970
Type: TV
Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend Television in 1969 and broadcast nationwide.
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Anne of the Thousand Days
Title: Anne of the Thousand Days
Character: Lady Kingston
Released: December 18, 1969
Type: Movie
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
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Interlude
Title: Interlude
Character: Mary
Released: May 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.
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The Gong Game
Title: The Gong Game
Character: Mrs. Breeze
Released: December 11, 1965
Type: Movie
Once, long ago, Clive Breeze was a hero whose bravery won him a medal. Now, he's a middle-aged failure who's in big, big trouble.
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Decision at Midnight
Title: Decision at Midnight
Released: December 12, 1963
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the play Music at Midnight, set in the Iron Curtain.
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Conspiracy of Hearts
Title: Conspiracy of Hearts
Character: Sister Tia
Released: April 7, 1960
Type: Movie
In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.
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Third Man on the Mountain
Title: Third Man on the Mountain
Character: Frau Matt
Released: November 10, 1959
Type: Movie
Third Man on the Mountain is an American film directed by Ken Annakin and produced by Walt Disney Productions, released in 1959. It is adapted from a novel by James Ramsey Ullman, entitled "Banner In The Sky". In the middle of the 19th century in Switzerland, a famous British mountaineer, Captain John Winter, wanted to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.
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Perilous Assignment
Title: Perilous Assignment
Character: Self
Released: November 6, 1959
Type: Movie
"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its theatrically released or TV shows. The theme of the episode is the making of his next film, The Third Man on the Mountain, an adaptation of James Ramsey Ullman's novel Banner in the Sky, based on the true story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Walt Disney will not be limited to a simple promotional making-of. He offers to meet exceptional people, including the French mountain guide Gaston Rébuffat. The latter will show climbing techniques and then reveal breathtaking images of his ascents of steep cliffs with a client for the ascent of Mont-Blanc, filmed for the occasion. In 1958, Walt Disney will therefore offer him to be deputy director on the high mountain scenes of the film "The Third Man on the Mountain".
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The Strange Awakening
Title: The Strange Awakening
Character: Mrs. Friend
Released: April 16, 1958
Type: Movie
Peter Chance suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a doctor and several women tell him he's a missing heir who's inherited millions. But Peter soon suspects something is not quite right with their story. He sets out to learn the truth before he's forced to sign a document that purportedly finalizes the transfer of the estate. This drama is based on Hugh Wheeler's novel Puzzle for Fiends.
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Helen of Troy
Title: Helen of Troy
Character: Hecuba
Released: January 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
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The End of the Affair
Title: The End of the Affair
Character: Mrs Bertram
Released: February 24, 1955
Type: Movie
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
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Betrayed
Title: Betrayed
Character: The Scarf's Mother
Released: September 7, 1954
Type: Movie
Screen superstars Clark Gable ("Gone With The Wind," "It Happened One Night") and sultry bombshell Lana Turner ("Peyton Place," "The Postman Always Rings Twice") team-up in this intriguing WWII drama. Suspected of being a Nazi spy, Dutch-resistance member Turner is given a last chance mission to redeem herself. Gable is an intelligence agent of the exiled Dutch government, who falls in love with her. Co-starring Victor Mature ("My Darling Clementine") and Oscar-nominee Louis Calhern ("The Asphalt Jungle").
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Quo Vadis
Title: Quo Vadis
Character: Pomponia
Released: November 8, 1951
Type: Movie
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.
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The River
Title: The River
Character: The Mother
Released: September 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden, the film eloquently contrasts the growing pains of three young women with the immutability of the Bengal river around which their daily lives unfold. Enriched by Renoir’s subtle understanding and appreciation for India and its people, The River gracefully explores the fragile connections between transitory emotions and everlasting creation.
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My Daughter Joy
Title: My Daughter Joy
Character: Ava Constantin
Released: August 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of an Arab sheik.
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Christopher Columbus
Title: Christopher Columbus
Character: Joanna de Torres
Released: October 12, 1949
Type: Movie
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical.
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Landfall
Title: Landfall
Character: Admiral's Wife
Released: September 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to live with his actions, he volunteers for a deadly mission. His girlfriend meanwhile tries to prove that he is innocent.
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Marry Me
Title: Marry Me
Character: Enid Lawson
Released: June 7, 1949
Type: Movie
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
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Fools Rush In
Title: Fools Rush In
Character: Angela Dickson
Released: May 23, 1949
Type: Movie
Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul turns out to be just the opposite when he arrives for Pamela's wedding.
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The Bad Lord Byron
Title: The Bad Lord Byron
Character: Lady Jersey
Released: April 18, 1949
Type: Movie
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
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Quartet
Title: Quartet
Character: Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine
Released: October 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
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The Blind Goddess
Title: The Blind Goddess
Character: Lady Dearing
Released: September 14, 1948
Type: Movie
Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.
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Good-Time Girl
Title: Good-Time Girl
Character: Miss Mills
Released: April 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
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Jassy
Title: Jassy
Character: Mrs. Hatton
Released: August 13, 1947
Type: Movie
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
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They Knew Mr. Knight
Title: They Knew Mr. Knight
Character: Celia Blake
Released: March 5, 1946
Type: Movie
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
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Fanny by Gaslight
Title: Fanny by Gaslight
Character: Mary Hopwood
Released: May 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
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Dear Octopus
Title: Dear Octopus
Character: Edna
Released: September 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothing out all the deep-set hostilities and jealousies.
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The Man in Grey
Title: The Man in Grey
Character: Mrs. Fitzherbert
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
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They Flew Alone
Title: They Flew Alone
Character: ATA Commandant
Released: June 29, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
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The Farmer's Wife
Title: The Farmer's Wife
Character: Araminta Grey
Released: April 20, 1941
Type: Movie
Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged widower attempts to select a wife from his rural district's eligible females (Basil Sydney). Three unsuccessful dalliances later, the farmer settles for his housekeeper, whom the audience has been rooting for all along. The Farmer's Wife is a prime example of the sort of fare that struck a proper chord with British filmgoers, but whose appeal would be lost to any other nationality.
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It Happened to One Man
Title: It Happened to One Man
Character: Alice Quair
Released: October 12, 1940
Type: Movie
A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
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The Citadel
Title: The Citadel
Character: Mrs. Thornton
Released: October 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the persistent cough many of the miners have. When his attempts to prove its cause are thwarted, he moves to London. His new practice does badly. But when a friend shows him how to make a lucrative practice from rich hypochondriacs, it will take a great shock to show him what the truth of being a doctor really is.
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Dinner at the Ritz
Title: Dinner at the Ritz
Character: Lady Railton
Released: November 26, 1937
Type: Movie
The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.
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Lonely Road
Title: Lonely Road
Character: Lady Anne
Released: August 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard.
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Jury's Evidence
Title: Jury's Evidence
Character: Mary Trent
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
'Foreman of Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Lend Me Your Husband
Title: Lend Me Your Husband
Character: Virgie Green
Released: January 12, 1935
Type: Movie
A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.
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Perfect Understanding
Title: Perfect Understanding
Character: Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice
Released: January 15, 1933
Type: Movie
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.
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Mr. Bill the Conqueror
Title: Mr. Bill the Conqueror
Character: Diana Trenchard
Released: May 5, 1932
Type: Movie
A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker
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White Face
Title: White Face
Character: Inez Landor
Released: May 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
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A Voice Said Goodnight
Title: A Voice Said Goodnight
Character: Joan Creighton
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A British crime film directed by William C. McGann
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Man of Mayfair
Title: Man of Mayfair
Character: Elaine Barclay
Released: November 30, 1931
Type: Movie
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
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These Charming People
Title: These Charming People
Character: Julia Berridge
Released: July 23, 1931
Type: Movie
A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton
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Potiphar's Wife
Title: Potiphar's Wife
Character: Lady Diana Bromford
Released: March 28, 1931
Type: Movie
'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged with assault at the Assizes. ' (British Film Institute)
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Caste
Title: Caste
Character: Esther Eccles
Released: September 1, 1930
Type: Movie
The daughter of a Cockney drunkard marries a young aristocrat who is presumed killed in action in WWI. When she gets the news she goes to stay with her aristocratic in-laws.
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The Royal Four-Flusher
Title: The Royal Four-Flusher
Released: May 7, 1930
Type: Movie
Eddie, a modern man, suddenly finds himself in the palace in an ancient, mythical kingdom. This does not change his attitude or habits and, while pursuing a fair maid in the castle, he catches the attention of the Queen and forces him to make love to her. He slaps the King on the rump, thinking he is the Queen, and is sentenced to be beheaded.
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Alf's Button
Title: Alf's Button
Character: Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
Released: March 24, 1930
Type: Movie
A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.
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His Grace Gives Notice
Title: His Grace Gives Notice
Character: Cynthia Bannock
Released: May 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married man.
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The Unwanted
Title: The Unwanted
Character: Joyce Mannering
Released: April 22, 1924
Type: Movie
A colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.
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The White Desert
Title: The White Desert
Character: Karin
Released: October 15, 1922
Type: Movie
About the violent captain Gaustad on a ship of rape, mutiny and shipwreck, in the icy waters of Sweden. Two shipmates, Björn and Sigurd, survive the chaos and cold white desert.
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Allein im Urwald
Title: Allein im Urwald
Character: Lydia Gyldendal
Released: January 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Colonialist adventure film with wild animals.
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The Autumn of Pride
Title: The Autumn of Pride
Character: Peggy Naylor
Released: July 1, 1921
Type: Movie
A man buys a farm to stop his rich father from evicting the farmer's daughter.
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The Fortune of Christina McNab
Title: The Fortune of Christina McNab
Character: Christina McNab
Released: March 31, 1921
Type: Movie
An engaged to marry duke causes an infatuated heiress to return to her soldier sweetheart.