Clemence Dane
(1888-1965), Novelist, playwright and artistClemence Dane (Winifred Ashton)
Sitter in 14 portraits
Artist of 3 portraits
Clemence Dane was the pseudonym of Winifred Ashton. Ashton studied art in London and Germany. After the First World War, she taught at a girls' school, and began writing. Her first play A Regiment of Women, written in 1917, was a study of life in a girls' school. The pinnacle of Dane's success was winning an Academy Award with Anthony Pelissier for Vacation from Marriage, released in the United Kingdom as Perfect Strangers. By the time of her death, Dane had written more than thirty plays and sixteen novels.
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x11203
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x11204
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x11205
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x11206
by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1934
NPG x11207
by John Gay
vintage bromide print, 1949
NPG x126551
by Mark Gerson
bromide print, November 1953
NPG x7976
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