Pauline Tennant | |
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Born | Pauline Laetitia Tennant 6 February 1927 London, England |
Died | 6 December 2008 | (aged 81)
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Years active | 1943–1949 |
Title | Lady Rumbold |
Spouses | Euan Douglas Graham
(m. 1954; div. 1970) |
Children | Andrew Graham |
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Pauline Laetitia, Lady Rumbold (born Tennant, formerly Pitt-Rivers and Graham; 6 February 1927 – 6 December 2008)[1] was a British actress, poet and socialite.
Born into an aristocratic family, she was the daughter of Hon. David Tennant and Hermione Baddeley. She was married three times, to Julian Pitt-Rivers (1946–1953); Euan Douglas Graham, grandson of the 5th Duke of Montrose (1954–1970); and Sir Anthony Rumbold, 10th Baronet (from 1974 until his death in 1983).[1]
Tennant played on the West End stage in Ben Travers' She Followed Me About (1943) and alongside Fay Compton in No Medals (1947). She also appeared in two films: Great Day (1945, screen debut) and The Queen of Spades (1949).[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".[3] During her younger years she was often seen at the bar of the prestigious Ritz, London.[4]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1945 | Great Day | Vicky Calder | |
1949 | The Queen of Spades | Young Countess | (final film role) |