Pamela Frankau
(1908-1967), Novelist, journalist and short story writerPamela Sydney Frankau
Sitter in 28 portraits
During her lifetime, Frankau was one of the most popular writers in Britain and America. She came from a family of novelists and journalists and by the age of twenty-one had published three novels and a book of short stories, many of which are mystery thrillers. The Willow Cabin (1949) is Frankau's most acclaimed work, and The Times Literary Supplement described the heroine, an actress and mistress of an older man, as 'an illustration of the type most favoured by contemporary women novelists'.
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 8 February 1935
NPG x26744
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 8 February 1935
NPG x26745
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 8 February 1935
NPG x26746
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 8 February 1935
NPG x26747
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 8 February 1935
NPG x26748
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate glass negative, 8 February 1935
NPG x26749
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1936
NPG x84218
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 5 April 1949
NPG x89278
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 5 April 1949
NPG x89279
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 5 April 1949
NPG x89280
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 5 April 1949
NPG x89281
by Pamela Chandler
modern bromide print from original negative, 1961
NPG x88822
by Pamela Chandler
modern bromide print from original negative, 1961
NPG x88823
Related People
- Frank Danby (Julia Frankau née Davis) (grandmother)
- Gilbert Frankau (father)
- Ronald Hugh Wyndham Frankau (uncle)
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