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This is a black and white photo of Miss Movie Girl 1973, Betty Philbin, at a drinks reception with festival attendees identified on the photo as Phil O’Donovan, Ian Barry and Aileen Brennan. The small group, all holding glasses, pose for the camera…

This is a black and white photo of Miss Movie Girl 1973, Betty Philbin, at a promotional event with an unidentified companion. Philbin, in a short white dress, was Ireland’s ‘Movie Girl’, a title she won at the Cork Film Festival where she was chosen…

This is a black and white photo of six Miss Movie Girl participants sitting on the marble steps of an unidentified location. They pose for the camera in their best daywear, including short dresses accessorised with platform sandals, a crochet-fringed…

This is a black and white group photo taken in 1974 and includes the Lord Mayor Pearse Wyse at its centre with contestants from that years Miss Movie Girl competition on the stairs behind him. The group include the actors Simon Williams and Jane…

This is a black and white photo of Mary Tilson who was Miss Movie Girl in 1975. Tilson, wearing a striped shirt, is standing at the door of a stagecoach carriage and turned towards the camera smiling.

This is a black and white photo of Mary Tilson who was Miss Movie Girl in 1975. Tilson, wearing a light-coloured jumper and sash, is shown standing in front of a backdrop depicting a pencil drawing of St Patrick's Bridge and beyond.

This is a black and white photo of Miss Movie Girl, Mary Tilson, making a presentation to the filmmaker Louis Marcus in 1975. Tilson, wearing a long light-coloured evening dress and sash marked Movie Girl ’75, is presenting an award made from…

This is a black and white photo of Mary Tilson, Frank Sanquest, and Brian Coomber at a press conference. Mary Tilson, in a dark-coloured top and Movie Girl sash, was Miss Movie Girl in 1975. Miss Movie Girl was a ‘Rose of Tralee’ type contest that…

This is a black and white photo, taken at the Guinness festival club in 1968, of the English film actor Mollie Peters and the Irish model Grace O’Shaughnessy with a man identified as Eddie Byrne. Byrne is standing next to Peters who is sitting on a…

This is a black and white photo of the English actor Mollie Peters reclining on the bonnet of a car. The photo is dated 1968, taken a few years after her infamous role as Nurse Fearing opposite Sean Connery in Thunderball (Terence Young, 1965). In…