Pauline Tennant
Pauline Laetitia Tennant, later Pauline Graham, Pauline Rumbold or Lady Rumbold (6 February 1929 – 6 December 2008) was an English actress, poet and socialite. Born into an aristocratic family, she was the daughter of David Pax Tennant and Hermione Baddeley. She was married to Julian Pitt-Rivers (1946–53) and then to Sir Anthony Rumbold (1974–83).
Tennant appeared in films such as Great Day (1945, screen debut), Brighton Rock (1947), Passport to Pimlico (1949), The Queen of Spades (1949), and Mary Poppins (1964),[1] and in numerous stage productions. During her younger years she was often seen at the bar of the prestigious Ritz, London.[2]
In an obituary for The Independent, the writer Philip Hoare described Tennant as "a true bohemian aristocrat – a tension of qualities that were literally in her genes."[1]
References
- 1 2 "Pauline, Lady Rumbold: Actress and poet born into bohemian high society". The Independent. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
- ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd & Watkin 1980, pp. 115–16.
Bibliography
- Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh; Watkin, David (1980). The London Ritz: a social and architectural history. Aurum. ISBN 978-0-906053-01-0.
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