Signed photo of June Thorburn
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Title
Signed photo of June Thorburn
Subject
Cork Film Festival, June Thorburn, Dermot Breen
Description
This is a signed black and white publicity headshot of the English actor June Thorburn. She is resting her chin on her gloved hands as she smiles for the camera. The photo is signed in blue pen with a dedication to the former festival director Dermot Breen: To Dermot, with warm regards from June Thorburn.
Born in Karachi, British India, Thorburn was a popular English actor whose work included The Pickwick Papers (Noel Langley, 1952), Orders are Orders (David Paltenghi, 1954) and Touch and Go (Michael Truman, 1956). She attended a garden party given by President John F Kennedy and Ireland’s president, de Valera, during Kennedy’s visit to Ireland in July 1963. Thorburn died in an air crash, age 36, in 1967.
Born in Karachi, British India, Thorburn was a popular English actor whose work included The Pickwick Papers (Noel Langley, 1952), Orders are Orders (David Paltenghi, 1954) and Touch and Go (Michael Truman, 1956). She attended a garden party given by President John F Kennedy and Ireland’s president, de Valera, during Kennedy’s visit to Ireland in July 1963. Thorburn died in an air crash, age 36, in 1967.
Creator
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival
Source
Cork Film Festival Collection
Publisher
University College Cork
Rights
This item is licenced with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) licence. All rights reserved. Please credit Cork International Film Festival & provide a link back to this site.
Format
Photo
TIFF
JPEG
TIFF
JPEG
Language
English, eng
Coverage
Cork, Ireland
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
326 x 265mm
Collection
Citation
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, “Signed photo of June Thorburn,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/243.