Maureen Swanson
Dublin Core
Title
Maureen Swanson
Subject
Cork Film Festival, Maureen Swanson
Description
This is a portrait-type black and white photo of the Scottish actor Maureen Swanson dated 1956. She has her head tilted to her right and is smiling up towards the camera. Swanson is wearing an off-the-shoulder white dress with a fur stole around her lower arms accessorised with a braclet wrapped around her right upper arm which match her earrings. In the background we can see bottles of spirits lined up as if in a bar.
Maureen Swanson (1932-2011) was a Scottish actor who featured in cinema as a contract player for the Rank Organisation, for a brief period during the 1950s before she retired from acting on marriage to Viscount Ednam and becoming Lady Dudley. She has an extensive filmography for this period including Moulin Rouge (John Huston, 1952), A Town like Alice (Jack Lee, 1956) and The Spanish Gardener (Philip Leacock, 1956) opposite Dirk Bogarde. Swanson was involved in two libel cases following her relationship with the osteopath and artist, Stephen Ward (1912-1963), who would be a key player in the 1963 Profumo affair. She denied being one of 'Stephen's girls' as claimed by Christine Keeler (1942-2017) in her book on the affair and won both libel cases.
Maureen Swanson (1932-2011) was a Scottish actor who featured in cinema as a contract player for the Rank Organisation, for a brief period during the 1950s before she retired from acting on marriage to Viscount Ednam and becoming Lady Dudley. She has an extensive filmography for this period including Moulin Rouge (John Huston, 1952), A Town like Alice (Jack Lee, 1956) and The Spanish Gardener (Philip Leacock, 1956) opposite Dirk Bogarde. Swanson was involved in two libel cases following her relationship with the osteopath and artist, Stephen Ward (1912-1963), who would be a key player in the 1963 Profumo affair. She denied being one of 'Stephen's girls' as claimed by Christine Keeler (1942-2017) in her book on the affair and won both libel cases.
Creator
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, RW Hammond
Source
Cork Film Festival Collection
Publisher
University College Cork
Date
1956
Contributor
RW Hammond
Rights
©RW Hammond. 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
1956
Cork, Ireland
Cork, Ireland
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Photo
Physical Dimensions
164 x 219mm
Collection
Citation
University College Cork, Cork Film Festival, RW Hammond , “Maureen Swanson,” Cork International Film Festival Archive, accessed December 21, 2024, https://corkfilmfest.ucc.ie/items/show/43.