Personal Info
Birth date
1902-07-24 (123 Years)
Day of death
2000-05-01
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]
Also known as
Norah Swinburne
Elinore Johnson
Leonora Mary Johnson
Nora Swinburne
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
Filmography
BBC Play of the Month
5
Overview:
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.Dear Octopus
NYR
Overview:
Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothing out all the deep-set hostilities and jealousies.Quo Vadis
7.1
Overview:
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadership of the despotic emperor Nero.Up the Chastity Belt
4
Overview:
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity belts in the market place, but on this day Sir Graggart de Bombast arrives to sack the castle, and to get the lovely Lobelia Custard in the sack! Lurkalot must help Custard cream the knight in pining armour...Quartet
6.2
Overview:
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."Perfect Understanding
6.1
Overview:
A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.Fall of Eagles
6.9
Overview:
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).Betrayed
5.6
Overview:
When the Dutch resistance brings in Carla Van Oven to spy on the Nazis, Col. Pieter Deventer initially suspects she could be a double agent. Van Oven eventually convinces Deventer of her character, and when she is sent into occupied territory, she joins up with a rebel leader known as "The Scarf". As the resistance endures severe losses and their missions fail, Deventer starts to wonder whose side Van Oven is fighting on.The Strange Awakening
6.2
Overview:
Peter Chance suffers a blow to the head and wakes up with amnesia in a luxurious home, where a doctor and several women tell him he's a missing heir who's inherited millions. But Peter soon suspects something is not quite right with their story. He sets out to learn the truth before he's forced to sign a document that purportedly finalizes the transfer of the estate. This drama is based on Hugh Wheeler's novel Puzzle for Fiends.Alf's Button
9.5
Overview:
A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.Manhunt
6.5
Overview:
Manhunt is a World War II drama series consisting of 26 episodes, produced by London Weekend Television in 1969 and broadcast nationwide.The Jazz Age
NYR
Overview:
An anthology of 1920s set plays and musicals, transmissioned from 10 September to 10 December 1968 on BBC One.Conspiracy of Hearts
6.7
Overview:
In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects what may be going on but deliberately turns a blind eye. When the Germans take over the camp security the nuns' activities become far more dangerous.Helen of Troy
6.25
Overview:
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.Anne of the Thousand Days
7.079
Overview:
Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.Jury's Evidence
NYR
Overview:
'Foreman of Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case.' (British Film Catalogue)Man of Mayfair
NYR
Overview:
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)The End of the Affair
5.75
Overview:
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.Dead of Night
7.6
Overview:
Dead of Night was a British television anthology series of supernatural fiction, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in 1972. It ran for a single series; of its seven 50-minute episodes, only three—'The Exorcism', 'Return Flight', and 'A Woman Sobbing'—are known to survive in the Archives. Another programme made by the same production team under Innes Lloyd, 'The Stone Tape', intended to be the eighth episode, does survive in the Archives but was not broadcast under the Dead of Night banner. BBC Four rebroadcast "The Exorcism" on 22 December 2007.The Gong Game
NYR
Overview:
Once, long ago, Clive Breeze was a hero whose bravery won him a medal. Now, he's a middle-aged failure who's in big, big trouble.The Man in Grey
6.023
Overview:
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.They Knew Mr. Knight
5.7
Overview:
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?The White Desert
7
Overview:
About the violent captain Gaustad on a ship of rape, mutiny and shipwreck, in the icy waters of Sweden. Two shipmates, Björn and Sigurd, survive the chaos and cold white desert.Third Man on the Mountain
6.7
Overview:
Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
NYR
Overview:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's non-Sherlock Holmes stories embodying the author's interest in boxing, the supernatural, and medical matters.Acting
1974Fall of Eagles (1 Episode) as Katharina Schratt
1972Dead of Night (1 Episode) as Mariella Jubb
1972Up the Chastity Belt as The Mistress Of The Bed Chamber - Lady-In-Waiting
1970Manhunt (1 Episode) as The Countess
1969Anne of the Thousand Days as Lady Kingston
1968The Jazz Age (1 Episode) as Lady Cavan
1968Interlude as Mary
1968Got Yourself Sorted Out at All? as Mrs. Prentice
1967Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1 Episode) as Lady Crabbe
1965The Gong Game as Mrs. Breeze
1965BBC Play of the Month (1 Episode) as Mrs. Herriton
1963Decision at Midnight as Unknown
1960The Small House at Allington (6 Episodes) as Mrs. Dale
1960Conspiracy of Hearts as Sister Tia
1959Third Man on the Mountain as Frau Matt
1959Perilous Assignment as Self
1958The Strange Awakening as Mrs. Friend
1956Helen of Troy as Hecuba
1955The End of the Affair as Mrs Bertram
1954Betrayed as The Scarf's Mother
1951Quo Vadis as Pomponia
1951The River as The Mother
1950My Daughter Joy as Ava Constantin
1949Christopher Columbus as Joanna de Torres
1949Landfall as Admiral's Wife
1949Marry Me as Enid Lawson
1949Fools Rush In as Angela Dickson
1949The Bad Lord Byron as Lady Jersey
1948Quartet as Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
1948The Blind Goddess as Lady Dearing
1948Good-Time Girl as Miss Mills
1947Jassy as Mrs. Hatton
1946They Knew Mr. Knight as Celia Blake
1944Fanny by Gaslight as Mary Hopwood
1943Dear Octopus as Edna
1943The Man in Grey as Mrs. Fitzherbert
1942They Flew Alone as ATA Commandant
1941The Farmer's Wife as Araminta Grey
1940It Happened to One Man as Alice Quair
1938The Citadel as Mrs. Thornton
1937Dinner at the Ritz as Lady Railton
1936The Gay Adventure as Fay d'Allary
1936Lonely Road as Anne
1936Jury's Evidence as Mary Trent
1935Lend Me Your Husband as Virgie Green
1934The Office Wife as Anne
1933Perfect Understanding as Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice
1932Mr. Bill the Conqueror as Diana Trenchard
1932White Face as Inez Landor
1932A Voice Said Goodnight as Joan Creighton
1931Man of Mayfair as Elaine Barclay
1931These Charming People as Julia Berridge
1931Potiphar's Wife as Lady Diana Bromford
1930Caste as Esther Eccles
1930The Royal Four-Flusher as Unknown
1930Alf's Button as Lady Isobel Fitzpeter
1924His Grace Gives Notice as Cynthia Bannock
1924The Unwanted as Joyce Mannering
1922The White Desert as Karin
1922Allein im Urwald as Lydia Gyldendal
1921The Autumn of Pride as Peggy Naylor
1921The Fortune of Christina McNab as Christina McNab