Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
(1906-1996), Actress; wife of Sir Robert BarlowSitter in 36 portraits
Equally acclaimed in tragedy or comedy, Rawlings's celebrated performances included Lady Macbeth and Eliza Doolittle. In 1936 she played Katie O'Shea in Parnell by Elsie T. Schauffler, and Rawlings re-wrote this part herself when the play was banned. In 1938 she was much acclaimed as Karen Selby in The Flashing Stream, a part that had been written for her by Charles Morgan. Rawlings's later triumphs included performances in The Importance of Being Earnest (1946), The Apple Cart (1953) and Oedipus the King (1964). She also served as vice-president of Equity.
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Frank Owen Dobson
plaster bust, 1936
NPG 6950
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Cyril Arapoff
film negative, early 1930s
NPG x16872
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Cyril Arapoff
film negative, early 1930s
NPG x16874
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Cyril Arapoff
film negative, early 1930s
NPG x16875
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Pollard Crowther
vintage print, circa 1931
NPG x137490
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow) as 'Salome'
by Paul Tanqueray
vintage bromide print, 1931
NPG x21996
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Dorothy Wilding
bromide print, 1933
NPG x21995
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow) as Liza Kingdom in 'The Old Folks At Home'
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide press print, 1934
NPG x198303
Margaret Rawlings as Katherine O'Shea in 'Parnell'
by Vandamm Studio
vintage print, 1935
NPG x138140
by Angus McBean
vintage bromide print, 1938
NPG Ax183851
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73611
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73612
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73613
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73614
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73615
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73616
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73617
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73618
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73619
Margaret Rawlings (Lady Barlow)
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 23 August 1946
NPG x73620
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