Nanette Newman

Nanette Newman
Nanette Newman in 2008
Born	29 May 1934 (1934-05-29) (age 77) Northampton, England
Years active	1953 to present
Spouse	Bryan Forbes

Nanette Newman is an English actress and author.

Early life

Newman was born in Northampton,^[1] England. She was educated at Sternhold College, the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts stage school and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Career

Newman made her first appearance in film as a teenager in Personal Affairs in 1953. There followed a number of period roles, including the heroine in The Wrong Box (1966); The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969); The Raging Moon (1971), as a young woman in a wheelchair; and International Velvet (1978).

She was from a variety background: acting on stage and also appearing in television advertisements, notably for Fairy Liquid.^[2] She was also a popular regular panellist on the 1970s revival of the BBC panel game show What's My Line?.

She is the author of thirty children’s books and six cookery books; winning a Cookbook of the Year Award with The Summer Cookbook, and in the mid 1970s presenting a children's television cooking show called Fun Food Factory.

Personal life

Newman married Bryan Forbes^[3] in 1955, becoming a West Ham United fan as a result. The couple have two daughters, Emma Forbes^[4] and Sarah Standing.

Quote

• A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.

Filmography

• Personal Affair (1953)
• The League of Gentlemen (1959)
• Faces in the Dark (1960)
• The Rebel (1961)
• Pit of Darkness (1961)
• The L-Shaped Room (1962)
• Twice Round the Daffodils (1962)
• The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963)
• Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964)
• Of Human Bondage (1964)
• The Wrong Box (1966)
• The Whisperers (1967)
• Deadfall (1968)
• Captain Nemo and the Underwater City (1969)
• The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
• The Raging Moon (1971)
• Man at the Top (1973)
• The Stepford Wives (1975)
• International Velvet (1978)
• Restless Natives (1985)
• The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1993)

References

1. ^ Addley, Esther (15 May 2008). "Bling's the thing as Northampton grabs gold". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/may/15/britishidentity.fashion. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
2. ^ Lynch, Amanda (9 February 2010). "Here's one they made earlier: The original Sixties Fairy Liquid bottle is back". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1249553/Heres-earlier-The-original-Sixties-Fairy-Liquid-bottle-back.html. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
3. ^ "Director Bryan Forbes made CBE". BBC News. 12 June 2004. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3799227.stm. Retrieved 22 May 2011. 
4. ^ The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion

External links

• Nanette Newman at the Internet Movie Database
• Burkes peerage
• Nanette Newman at the British Film Institute's Screenonline

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Name	Newman, Nanette
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Date of birth	29 May 1934
Place of birth	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
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