Margaret Lockwood; Julia Lockwood; Katie Boyle
12 of 14 portraits of Margaret Lockwood
Margaret Lockwood; Julia Lockwood; Katie Boyle
by Bob Collins
2 1/4 inch square film negative, circa 1958
Given by Rudolph John Acton, 2003
Photographs Collection
NPG x136355
Sittersback to top
- Katie Boyle (Caterina Irene Elena Maria Imperiali di Francavilla) (1926-2018), Television presenter, actress and columnist; former wife of Viscount Boyle (later 9th Earl of Shannon) and Greville Baylis, and wife of Sir Peter Saunders. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
- Julia Lockwood (1941-2019), Actress. Sitter in 6 portraits. Identify
- Margaret Lockwood (1916-1990), Actress. Sitter in 14 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Bob Collins (1924-2002), Photographer. Artist or producer of 220 portraits, Sitter in 5 portraits.
Events of 1958back to top
Current affairs
Britain's first motorway is built. The Preston bypass (M6) was the first road to be built to official motorway standards, although the M1 (opened in 1959) was the first road to be given official status. The road was opened by the Prime minister, Harold Macmillan, and heralded a new age of mass, high-speed motoring.Art and science
Michael Bond publishes A Bear Called Paddington, the first Paddington Bear book. This popular character is remembered for being found at Paddington Station by the Brown family, for wearing a floppy hat, duffle coat and Wellington boots, and for his penchant for marmalade sandwiches.The children's television programme, Blue Peter, is broadcast for the first time.
International
Following the USSR's successful launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite in 1957, America launches its own space agency, NASA. Under pressure from the Soviets' early lead, NASA began research into human spaceflight. The competition between the two superpowers to explore outer space, send humans beyond the Earth's orbit and land on the moon was known as the 'space race'.Comments back to top
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Lesley Fraser-Ward
01 November 2018, 14:25
Unknown woman is Katie Boyle
Ming Ho
30 August 2022, 02:03
I believe this is a BTS photo of rehearsals for The Royalty, a BBC TV series, starring Margaret and Julia Lockwood as mother and daughter Mollie and Carol Miller, who ran a small London hotel. It ran for 2 seasons in 1957 & 1958. Katie Boyle (then credited as "Catherine Boyle") was only in series 2, so this photo would be from the second season in 1958. The Lockwoods later starred in a spin-off series, The Flying Swan (1965), which relocated the characters to a riverside hotel.