Stars of the British Screen

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by Norman Parkinson
cibachrome print, 11 December 1985
15 3/4 in. x 15 3/8 in. (399 mm x 391 mm)
Commissioned, 1985 in conjunction with the NPG at the time of the 'Stars of the British Screen' exhibition
Photographs Collection
NPG x126889

Artistback to top

Norman Parkinson (1913-1990), Photographer. Artist of 244 portraits, Sitter in 13 portraits.

Sittersback to top

Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting (1913-2001), Film producer and director. Sitter in 9 portraits. Identify
Betty Evelyn Box (Mrs P.E. Rogers) (1915-1999), Film producer. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
(Violette) Muriel Box (née Baker) (1905-1991), Screenwriter and film director; former wife of Sydney Box, and later wife of Baron Gardiner of Kittisford. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Frank Cvitanovich (1927-1995), Film producer and director. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Suzanna Hamilton (1960-), Actress. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
Hon. Nigel Allan Havers (1951-), Actor; son of Baron Havers. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Valerie Babette Louise Hobson (1917-1998), Film and stage actress; wife of John Profumo. Sitter in 29 portraits. Identify
Jeremy Irons (1948-), Actor. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
Roland Victor Joffé (1945-), Film director and producer; grandson of Jacob Epstein. Sitter in 4 portraits. Identify
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (1922-2015), Actor. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
Richard Lester (1932-), Film director. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
Herbert Lom (Herbert Schluderpacheru) (1917-2012), Actor. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Virginia Anne McKenna (1931-), Actress and writer. Sitter in 12 portraits. Identify
Peter O'Toole (1932-2013), Actor. Sitter in 13 portraits. Identify
David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam (1941-), Film producer; Chairman of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
Nicolas Jack Roeg (1928-2018), Cinematographer and film director. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
Dinah Nadyejda Sheridan (Mrs Aubrey Ison) (1920-2012), Actress. Sitter in 5 portraits. Identify
Marianne Stone (1922-2009), Actress. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
Sylvia Syms (1934-), Actress, director and producer. Sitter in 10 portraits. Identify
Dorothy Annie ('Ann') Todd (1909-1993), Actress and producer. Sitter in 38 portraits. Identify
Richard Todd (Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd) (1919-2009), Actor. Sitter in 7 portraits. Identify
Susannah York (1942-2011), Actress, writer and director. Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify

Related worksback to top

NPG D271: Marlene Dietrich ()

Placesback to top

Place made and portrayed: United Kingdom: England, London (Royal Landing, National Portrait Gallery, London)

Subjects & Themesback to top

Events of 1985back to top

Current affairs

55 people die in the Manchester air disaster when a British Airtours Boeing 737 bursts into flames after an aborted takeoff at Manchester International Airport.

Art and science

Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organise Live Aid, a rock concert in London and Philadelphia, to raise funds for famine relief. The biggest names in popular music, including Paul McCartney, Queen, Status Quo, The Police, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, U2, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, performed to a TV audience of 1.5 billion.
The British Antarctic Survey discovers a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica.

International

Reformer Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power as first secretary of the Soviet Communist party. He calls for 'glasnost' (openness) in Soviet life, and pursues a policy of 'perestroika' (reconstruction).
French intelligence operatives sabotage Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace vessel. The ship was leading a protest against French nuclear testing in New Zealand when it was bombed and sunk, killing one of the twelve on board.

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