Nora Swinburne

Born: 1902-07-24

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nora Swinburne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Quo Vadis

as Pomponia
Released: 1951-11-08

After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage...

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Helen of Troy

as Hecuba
Released: 1956-01-26

Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen...

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Anne of the Thousand Days

as Lady Kingston
Released: 1969-12-18

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male...

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The Man in Grey

as Mrs. Fitzherbert
Released: 1943-08-06

After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a...

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Quartet

as Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine
Released: 1948-10-26

Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The...

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The River

as The Mother
Released: 1951-09-10

Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a...

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Third Man on the Mountain

as Frau Matt
Released: 1959-11-10

Third Man on the Mountain is an American film directed by Ken Annakin and produced by Walt...

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The End of the Affair

as Mrs Bertram
Released: 1955-02-24

During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in...

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Betrayed

as The Scarf's Mother
Released: 1954-09-07

Screen superstars Clark Gable ("Gone With The Wind," "It Happened One Night") and sultry...

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Christopher Columbus

as Joanna de Torres
Released: 1949-10-12

Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that...

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Up the Chastity Belt

as The Mistress Of The Bed Chamber - Lady-In-Waiting
Released: 1972-01-14

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle....

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Jassy

as Mrs. Hatton
Released: 1947-08-13

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight....

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They Flew Alone

as ATA Commandant
Released: 1942-06-29

The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public...

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The Citadel

as Mrs. Thornton
Released: 1938-10-29

Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his...

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Fanny by Gaslight

as Mary Hopwood
Released: 1944-05-08

Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her...

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Conspiracy of Hearts

as Sister Tia
Released: 1960-04-07

In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment...

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Perfect Understanding

as Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice
Released: 1933-01-15

A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That...

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The Bad Lord Byron

as Lady Jersey
Released: 1949-04-18

Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to...

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My Daughter Joy

as Ava Constantin
Released: 1950-08-21

A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son...

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The Strange Awakening

as Mrs. Friend
Released: 1958-04-16

Peter Chance suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a...

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Interlude

as Mary
Released: 1968-05-01

A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.

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The Farmer's Wife

as Araminta Grey
Released: 1941-04-20

Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the...

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They Knew Mr. Knight

as Celia Blake
Released: 1946-03-05

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on...

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Fools Rush In

as Angela Dickson
Released: 1949-05-23

Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her...

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The Unwanted

as Joyce Mannering
Released: 1924-04-22

A colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.

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The Blind Goddess

as Lady Dearing
Released: 1948-09-14

Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a...

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Landfall

as Admiral's Wife
Released: 1949-09-30

A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a...

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Perilous Assignment

as Self
Released: 1959-11-06

"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers...

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Jury's Evidence

as Mary Trent
Released: 1936-01-01

'Foreman of Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder...

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Good-Time Girl

as Miss Mills
Released: 1948-04-28

Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home...

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Dinner at the Ritz

as Lady Railton
Released: 1937-11-26

The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her...

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Mr. Bill the Conqueror

as Diana Trenchard
Released: 1932-05-05

A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker

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Alf's Button

as Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
Released: 1930-03-24

A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.

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These Charming People

as Julia Berridge
Released: 1931-07-23

A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton

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Lonely Road

as Lady Anne
Released: 1936-08-23

Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and...

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Lend Me Your Husband

as Virgie Green
Released: 1935-01-12

A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital...

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Caste

as Esther Eccles
Released: 1930-09-01

The daughter of a Cockney drunkard marries a young aristocrat who is presumed killed in action...

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Man of Mayfair

as Elaine Barclay
Released: 1931-11-30

'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British...

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Potiphar's Wife

as Lady Diana Bromford
Released: 1931-03-28

'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct....

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Manhunt

as The Countess
First aired: 1970-01-02

Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend...

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Fall of Eagles

as Katharina Schratt
First aired: 1974-03-15

"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series...

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Dead of Night

as Mariella Jubb
First aired: 1972-11-05

Dead of Night was a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the...

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