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Vivienne

(1889-1982), Photographer, miniaturist, singer

Vivienne (Florence Vivienne Entwistle, née Mellish)

Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist associated with 214 portraits
Florence Vivienne Mellish first trained and performed as a singer. On marriage to Ernest Entwistle, an artist, she took up a successful career as a miniaturist. She began her photographic career in 1934 assisting her husband and son, Antony Beauchamp. When the latter left to set up his own studio, she adopted the name Vivienne and opened her own studio photographing inter alia five successive prime ministers. Other portraits are collected in her autobiography They Came to My Studio (1956).

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Vivien Leigh, by Vivienne - NPG x137766

Vivien Leigh

by Vivienne
vintage colour print, 1940s
NPG x137766

Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel), by Vivienne - NPG x194127

Beatrice Gladys Lillie (Lady Peel)

by Vivienne
vintage print, 1940s
NPG x194127

Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, by Vivienne - NPG x6046

Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller

by Vivienne
chlorobromide print, 1944
NPG x6046

Vivien Leigh, by Vivienne - NPG x6048

Vivien Leigh

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1945
NPG x6048

Flora Robson, by Vivienne - NPG x88020

Flora Robson

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1945-1956
NPG x88020

Flora Robson, by Vivienne - NPG x88021

Flora Robson

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1945-1956
NPG x88021

Flora Robson, by Vivienne - NPG x88022

Flora Robson

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1945-1956
NPG x88022

Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller, by Vivienne - NPG x194103

Dame Wendy Margaret Hiller

by Vivienne
bromide print, circa 1945
NPG x194103

Margaret Leighton, by Vivienne - NPG x194123

Margaret Leighton

by Vivienne
bromide print, 1947
NPG x194123

(Victoria) Dawn Addams, by Vivienne - NPG x87896

(Victoria) Dawn Addams

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1948-1950
NPG x87896

Sally Pearson (née Cooper), by Vivienne - NPG x87918

Sally Pearson (née Cooper)

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1948-1955
NPG x87918

Phyllis Calvert as Peter Pan, by Vivienne - NPG x193334

Phyllis Calvert as Peter Pan

by Vivienne
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 7 January 1948
NPG x193334

Vivien Leigh, by Vivienne - NPG x137765

Vivien Leigh

by Vivienne
vintage print, 1949
NPG x137765

John Gielgud, by Vivienne - NPG x198535

John Gielgud

by Vivienne
gelatin silver print, 1949
NPG x198535

(Edwin) Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys, by Vivienne - NPG x22351

(Edwin) Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s-1960s
NPG x22351

Clement Attlee, by Vivienne - NPG x45165

Clement Attlee

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x45165

Clement Attlee, by Vivienne - NPG x45166

Clement Attlee

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x45166

Alan Badel, by Vivienne - NPG x87897

Alan Badel

by Vivienne
vintage bromide print, 1950s
NPG x87897

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