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Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

(1923-1987), Fashion model; author; wife of Norman Parkinson

Sitter in 14 portraits
Norman Parkinson first met Wenda Rogerson when she was appearing as a young actress at The Arts Theatre Club. Several of the actresses supplemented their salaries through occasional fashion modelling. Parkinson was alerted to her beauty and photogenic qualities by Cecil Beaton, who had worked with her successfully on one of his sittings. Rogerson was first photographed by Parkinson for Vogue, in 1947 and later married him in Cornwall in April 1951

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Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30067

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1947
NPG x30067

Barbara Goalen (later Campbell); Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30072

Barbara Goalen (later Campbell); Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
resin print, March 1949
NPG x30072

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x126411

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1949
NPG x126411

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30084

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1949
NPG x30084

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30093

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1949
NPG x30093

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30103

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30103

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30095

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30095

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30092

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1950
NPG x30092

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30181

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
vintage bromide print, 1951
NPG x30181

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson), by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30090

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
colour print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30090

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson) and an unknown man, by Norman Parkinson - NPG x30087

Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson) and an unknown man

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30087

Norman Parkinson; Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson); Simon Parkinson; Sue Robertson, by Norman Parkinson - NPG x137301

Norman Parkinson; Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson); Simon Parkinson; Sue Robertson

by Norman Parkinson
C-type colour print, 1956
NPG x137301

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Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson)

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30083

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Wenda Parkinson (née Rogerson) with her neice Caroline Owen, her son Simon Parkinson and Mary Robertson

by Norman Parkinson
bromide print on card mount, 1951
NPG x30085

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