
Nora Swinburne
Known For
Acting
Born
1902-07-24 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]
Died
2000-05-01
Biography
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
Most Known For

BBC Play of the Month
as Mrs. Herriton

The Citadel
as Mrs. Thornton

The River
as The Mother

Fall of Eagles
as Katharina Schratt

Betrayed
as The Scarf's Mother

Manhunt
as The Countess

Drama 61-67
as Mrs. Phillips

Fanny by Gaslight
as Mary Hopwood

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as Lady Crabbe

Quo Vadis
as Pomponia

The Jazz Age
as Lady Cavan

Helen of Troy
as Hecuba

Anne of the Thousand Days
as Lady Kingston

Third Man on the Mountain
as Frau Matt

Dead of Night
as Mariella Jubb

The Small House at Allington
as Mrs. Dale

They Flew Alone
as ATA Commandant

Quartet
as Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

The End of the Affair
as Mrs Bertram

Perfect Understanding
as Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice