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Nora Swinburne

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Nora Swinburne

(1902–2000)

Actress (died aged 97) | Dear Octopus (1943), The Man in Grey (1943), Quo Vadis (1951)

British leading lady, usually in upper-class roles

Mini Biography

Born in Bath, Somerset, Swinburne trained at RADA and was on the London stage from the age of 14, making her name in drawing-room comedies. She retired in the mid-70s. The first of her three husbands was actor Francis Lister, and the third actor Esmond Knight.

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Photograph from Dear Octopus (1943) featuring Celia Johnson (as Cynthia), Helen Haye (as Dora Randolph), Nora Swinburne (as Edna) and Frederick Leister (as Charles Randolph) (6) — Dear Octopus (1943) photo | Celia Johnson, Helen Haye (6)

Photograph of English actress, Nora Swinburne (2) — Nora Swinburne, English actress, photo (2)

Photograph of English actress, Nora Swinburne (1) — Nora Swinburne, English actress, photo (1)

Poster for They Knew Mr Knight (1946) featuring Alfred Drayton, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard, Mervyn Johns and Nora Swinburne (1) — They Knew Mr Knight (1946) poster (1)

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Nora Swinburne died in London on 1^st May, 2000, aged 97.
Born

Nora Swinburne was born in Bath on 24^th July, 1902.

Watch Nora Swinburne on British television

- The End of the Affair (1955)
- In wartime London, a repressed wife has an affair with a writer but develops religious guilt that leads indirectly to her death.
- Thursday at 2.35pm on Talking Pictures TV