Nora Swinburne

Nora Swinburne

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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Known For

BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

1965 • as Mrs. Herriton

Manhunt

Manhunt

1970 • as The Countess

TV

The Jazz Age

1968 • as Lady Cavan

Dead of Night

Dead of Night

1972 • as Mariella Jubb

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

1951 • as Pomponia

Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy

1956 • as Hecuba

Filmography

1974

Fall of Eagles
Fall of Eagles
as Katharina Schratt
TV - Released: 3/15/1974

1972

Up the Chastity Belt
Up the Chastity Belt
as The Mistress Of The Bed Chamber - Lady-In-Waiting
Movie - Released: 1/14/1972
Dead of Night
Dead of Night
as Mariella Jubb
TV - Released: 11/5/1972

1970

Manhunt
Manhunt
as The Countess
TV - Released: 1/2/1970

1969

Anne of the Thousand Days
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Lady Kingston
Movie - Released: 12/18/1969

1968

Interlude
Interlude
as Mary
Movie - Released: 5/1/1968
Movie
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
as Mrs. Prentice
Movie - Released: 1/25/1968
TV
The Jazz Age
as Lady Cavan
TV - Released: 9/10/1968

1967

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as Lady Crabbe
TV - Released: 1/15/1967

1965

Movie
The Gong Game
as Mrs. Breeze
Movie - Released: 12/11/1965
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month
as Mrs. Herriton
TV - Released: 10/19/1965

1963

Movie
Decision at Midnight
Movie - Released: 12/12/1963

1960

Conspiracy of Hearts
Conspiracy of Hearts
as Sister Tia
Movie - Released: 4/7/1960
TV
The Small House at Allington
as Mrs. Dale
TV - Released: 8/19/1960

1959

Perilous Assignment
Perilous Assignment
as Self
Movie - Released: 11/6/1959
Third Man on the Mountain
Third Man on the Mountain
as Frau Matt
Movie - Released: 11/10/1959

1958

The Strange Awakening
The Strange Awakening
as Mrs. Friend
Movie - Released: 4/16/1958

1956

Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy
as Hecuba
Movie - Released: 1/26/1956

1955

The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair
as Mrs Bertram
Movie - Released: 2/24/1955

1954

Betrayed
Betrayed
as The Scarf's Mother
Movie - Released: 9/7/1954

1951

Quo Vadis
Quo Vadis
as Pomponia
Movie - Released: 11/8/1951
The River
The River
as The Mother
Movie - Released: 9/10/1951

1950

My Daughter Joy
My Daughter Joy
as Ava Constantin
Movie - Released: 8/21/1950

1949

Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
as Joanna de Torres
Movie - Released: 10/12/1949
Fools Rush In
Fools Rush In
as Angela Dickson
Movie - Released: 5/23/1949
The Bad Lord Byron
The Bad Lord Byron
as Lady Jersey
Movie - Released: 4/18/1949
Marry Me
Marry Me
as Enid Lawson
Movie - Released: 6/7/1949
Landfall
Landfall
as Admiral's Wife
Movie - Released: 9/30/1949

1948

The Blind Goddess
The Blind Goddess
as Lady Dearing
Movie - Released: 9/14/1948
Quartet
Quartet
as Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
Movie - Released: 10/26/1948
Good-Time Girl
Good-Time Girl
as Miss Mills
Movie - Released: 4/28/1948

1947

Jassy
Jassy
as Mrs. Hatton
Movie - Released: 8/13/1947

1946

They Knew Mr. Knight
They Knew Mr. Knight
as Celia Blake
Movie - Released: 3/5/1946

1944

Fanny by Gaslight
Fanny by Gaslight
as Mary Hopwood
Movie - Released: 5/8/1944

1943

The Man in Grey
The Man in Grey
as Mrs. Fitzherbert
Movie - Released: 8/6/1943
Movie
Dear Octopus
as Edna
Movie - Released: 9/20/1943

1942

They Flew Alone
They Flew Alone
as ATA Commandant
Movie - Released: 6/29/1942

1941

The Farmer's Wife
The Farmer's Wife
as Araminta Grey
Movie - Released: 4/20/1941

1940

Movie
It Happened to One Man
as Alice Quair
Movie - Released: 10/12/1940

1938

The Citadel
The Citadel
as Mrs. Thornton
Movie - Released: 10/29/1938

1937

Dinner at the Ritz
Dinner at the Ritz
as Lady Railton
Movie - Released: 11/26/1937

1936

Jury's Evidence
Jury's Evidence
as Mary Trent
Movie - Released: 1/1/1936
Lonely Road
Lonely Road
as Lady Anne
Movie - Released: 8/23/1936
Movie
The Gay Adventure
as Fay d'Allary
Movie - Released: 11/16/1936

1935

Lend Me Your Husband
Lend Me Your Husband
as Virgie Green
Movie - Released: 1/12/1935

1934

Movie
The Office Wife
as Anne
Movie - Released: 11/12/1934

1933

Perfect Understanding
Perfect Understanding
as Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice
Movie - Released: 1/15/1933

1932

Movie
White Face
as Inez Landor
Movie - Released: 5/1/1932
Mr. Bill the Conqueror
Mr. Bill the Conqueror
as Diana Trenchard
Movie - Released: 5/5/1932
Movie
A Voice Said Goodnight
as Joan Creighton
Movie - Released: 3/1/1932

1931

Potiphar's Wife
Potiphar's Wife
as Lady Diana Bromford
Movie - Released: 3/28/1931
Man of Mayfair
Man of Mayfair
as Elaine Barclay
Movie - Released: 11/30/1931
These Charming People
These Charming People
as Julia Berridge
Movie - Released: 7/23/1931

1930

Alf's Button
Alf's Button
as Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
Movie - Released: 3/24/1930
Movie
The Royal Four-Flusher
Movie - Released: 5/7/1930
Caste
Caste
as Esther Eccles
Movie - Released: 9/1/1930

1924

The Unwanted
The Unwanted
as Joyce Mannering
Movie - Released: 4/22/1924
Movie
His Grace Gives Notice
as Cynthia Bannock
Movie - Released: 5/1/1924

1922

Movie
Allein im Urwald
as Lydia Gyldendal
Movie - Released: 1/1/1922
Movie
The White Desert
as Karin
Movie - Released: 10/15/1922

1921

Movie
The Autumn of Pride
as Peggy Naylor
Movie - Released: 7/1/1921
Movie
The Fortune of Christina McNab
as Christina McNab
Movie - Released: 3/31/1921