Nora Swinburne
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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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2178 |
| Birthday | 1902-07-24 |
| 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, |
1936
Jury's Evidence
10/1
The Foreman of an Old Bailey jury refuses to accept circumstantial evidence and helps solve murder case.
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Jury's Evidence
1969
Anne of the Thousand Days
7.067/126
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.
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Anne of the Thousand Days
1951
Quo Vadis
7.101/450
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...
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Quo Vadis
1963
Decision at Midnight
7.5/2
Adaptation of the play Music at Midnight, set in the Iron Curtain.
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Decision at Midnight
1943
The Man in Grey
6.085/47
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 ent...
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The Man in Grey
1956
Helen of Troy
6.325/60
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 t...
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Helen of Troy
1951
The River
7.256/125
Director Jean Renoir’s entrancing first color feature—shot entirely on location in India—is a visual tour de force. Based on the novel by Rumer Godden...
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The River
1954
Betrayed
5.795/22
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...
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Betrayed
1938
The Citadel
6.455/33
Andrew Manson, a young, idealistic, newly qualified Scottish doctor arrives in Wales takes his first job in a mining town, and begins to wonder at the...
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The Citadel
1955
The End of the Affair
5.815/27
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....
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The End of the Affair
1958
The Strange Awakening
6.6/5
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 w...
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The Strange Awakening
1942
They Flew Alone
6.75/4
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights aro...
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They Flew Alone
1950
My Daughter Joy
9/1
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of an Arab sheik.
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My Daughter Joy
1949
Christopher Columbus
5.8/15
Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is practical...
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Christopher Columbus
1959
Perilous Assignment
10/1
"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its theatric...
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Perilous Assignment
1933
Perfect Understanding
6.625/8
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 hi...
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Perfect Understanding
1936
Lonely Road
6.875/4
Commander Stevenson, suffering from unrequited love drives to the coast while very drunk and interrupts some smugglers and informs Scotland Yard.
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Lonely Road
1948
The Blind Goddess
5.786/7
Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Den...
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The Blind Goddess
1968
Interlude
5.542/12
A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.
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Interlude
1946
They Knew Mr. Knight
6.25/6
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing fri...
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They Knew Mr. Knight
1947
Jassy
5.545/11
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the...
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Jassy
1935
Lend Me Your Husband
6/2
A dapper Englishman has an affair with his wife’s best friend. A risque and very British marital farce.
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Lend Me Your Husband
1960
Conspiracy of Hearts
6.842/19
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...
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Conspiracy of Hearts
1959
Third Man on the Mountain
6.733/30
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 yo...
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Third Man on the Mountain
1944
Fanny by Gaslight
5.55/10
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds...
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Fanny by Gaslight
1924
The Unwanted
10/1
A colonel's bastard son pretends his cowardly brother died a hero.
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The Unwanted
1930
Alf's Button
8.25/2
A soldier discovers a button made from Aladdin's lamp grants wishes when rubbed.
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Alf's Button
1965
The Gong Game
0/0
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.
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The Gong Game
1930
The Royal Four-Flusher
1/2
Eddie, a modern man, suddenly finds himself in the palace in an ancient, mythical kingdom. This does not change his attitude or habits and, while purs...
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The Royal Four-Flusher
1949
Fools Rush In
6.667/3
Howes plays Pamela Dickson, an impulsive young bride-to-be, while Guy Rolfe portrays her long-lost father Paul. Ostensibly a cad and bounder, Paul tur...
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Fools Rush In
1949
The Bad Lord Byron
6.143/7
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
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The Bad Lord Byron
1941
The Farmer's Wife
7/2
Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version wa...
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The Farmer's Wife
1934
The Office Wife
7/1
“The reconciliation of a divorced couple following the publisher husband's marriage to his secretary.” - BFI.
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The Office Wife
1922
Allein im Urwald
9/1
Colonialist adventure film with wild animals.
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Allein im Urwald
1924
His Grace Gives Notice
7/1
A butler inherits a dukedom but stays in service to save a Lord's daughter from eloping with a married man.
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His Grace Gives Notice
1921
The Autumn of Pride
7/1
A man buys a farm to stop his rich father from evicting the farmer's daughter.
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The Autumn of Pride
1921
The Fortune of Christina McNab
9/1
An engaged to marry duke causes an infatuated heiress to return to her soldier sweetheart.
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The Fortune of Christina McNab
1940
It Happened to One Man
8/1
A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
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It Happened to One Man
1943
Dear Octopus
8/1
Three generations of a family gather together to celebrate a golden wedding anniversary, while the family secretary has the unenviable task of smoothi...
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Dear Octopus
1930
Caste
10/1
The daughter of a Cockney drunkard marries a young aristocrat who is presumed killed in action in WWI. When she gets the news she goes to stay with he...
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Caste
1931
Potiphar's Wife
8/1
'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged wit...
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Potiphar's Wife
1949
Marry Me
5.75/4
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on...
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Marry Me
1931
Man of Mayfair
8/1
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Man of Mayfair
1931
These Charming People
10/1
A drama film directed by Louis Mercanton
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These Charming People
1932
White Face
10/1
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
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White Face
1932
Mr. Bill the Conqueror
8/1
A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker
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Mr. Bill the Conqueror
1932
A Voice Said Goodnight
10/1
A British crime film directed by William C. McGann
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A Voice Said Goodnight
1949
Landfall
7.6/5
A British coastal command pilot is charged with neglect when it is thought that he has sunk a British submarine rather than a German U-boat. Unable to...
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Landfall
1948
Quartet
6.281/16
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."
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Quartet
1948
Good-Time Girl
6.375/16
Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with...
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Good-Time Girl
1972
Up the Chastity Belt
4.136/22
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...
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Up the Chastity Belt
1922
The White Desert
8.5/2
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 c...
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The White Desert
1937
Dinner at the Ritz
5.8/5
The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.
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Dinner at the Ritz
1968
Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
0/0
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Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?
1936
The Gay Adventure
9/1
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