Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 24, 1902
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
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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.
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Known For - Movies
Quo Vadis
as Pomponia
Helen of Troy
as Hecuba
Anne of the Thousand Days
as Lady Kingston
The River
as The Mother
Betrayed
as The Scarf's Mother
The Citadel
as Mrs. Thornton
Quartet
as Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
The End of the Affair
as Mrs Bertram
My Daughter Joy
as Ava Constantin
The Man in Grey
as Mrs. Fitzherbert
Known For - TV Shows
BBC Play of the Month
as Mrs. Herriton
Drama 61-67
as Mrs. Phillips
Fall of Eagles
as Katharina Schratt
The Jazz Age
as Lady Cavan
Manhunt
as The Countess
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
as Lady Crabbe
Dead of Night
as Mariella Jubb
ITV Playhouse
as Lavender Collingham
The Small House at Allington
as Mrs. Dale