Photograph of English actress, Nora Swinburne (1)

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.

Latest Nora Swinburne Pictures

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)
  • 20th January, 2024
Celia Johnson, Helen Haye, Frederick Leister, Nora Swinburne
Dear Octopus (1943) photo | Celia Johnson, Helen Haye (6)
Photograph of English actress, Nora Swinburne (2)
  • 24th May, 2022
Nora Swinburne
Nora Swinburne, English actress, photo (2)
Photograph of English actress, Nora Swinburne (1)
  • 24th May, 2022
Nora Swinburne
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)
  • 10th September, 2006
Alfred Drayton, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard, Mervyn Johns, Nora Swinburne
They Knew Mr Knight (1946) poster (1)

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Perfect Understanding (1933) opening credits (3)
Perfect Understanding (1933)
Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice
Perfect Understanding (1933) opening credits (3)
Jury’s Evidence (1936)
Mary Trent
Perfect Understanding (1933) opening credits (3)
Lonely Road (1936)
Lady Anne
Perfect Understanding (1933) opening credits (3)
It Happened to One Man (1940)
Alice Quair
The Farmer’s Wife (1941) opening credits (1)
The Farmer’s Wife (1941)
Araminta (The Housekeeper)
They Flew Alone (1942) opening credits
They Flew Alone (1942)
ATA Commandant
The Man in Grey (1943) opening credits
The Man in Grey (1943)
Mrs Fitzherbert
The Man in Grey (1943) opening credits
Dear Octopus (1943)
Edna
Fanny by Gaslight (1944) opening credits
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
Mrs Hopwood
They Knew Mr Knight (1946) opening credits (4) (4)
They Knew Mr Knight (1946)
Celia Blake
Jassy (1947) opening credits (7)
Jassy (1947)
Mrs Hatton
The Blind Goddess (1948) opening credits (4)
The Blind Goddess (1948)
Lady Dearing
Good-Time Girl (1948) opening credits
Good-Time Girl (1948)
Miss Mills
The Bad Lord Byron (1949) opening credits (9)
The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
Lady Jersey
Marry Me (1949) opening credits (12)
Marry Me (1949)
Enid Lawson
Landfall (1949) opening credits (3)
Landfall (1949)
Admiral’s Wife
Landfall (1949) opening credits (3)
My Daughter Joy (1950)
Ava Constantin
Quo Vadis (1951) opening credits
Quo Vadis (1951)
Pomponia
The End of the Affair (1955) opening credits (3)
The End of the Affair (1955)
Mrs Bertram
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969) opening credits (5)
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
Lady Kingston
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