Pauline Tennant
Lady
Pauline Tennant
Born
Pauline Laetitia Tennant

(1927-02-06)6 February 1927
London, England
Died6 December 2008(2008-12-06) (aged 81)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • poet
  • socialite
Years active1943–1949
TitleLady Rumbold
Spouses
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(m. 1946; div. 1953)​
    Euan Douglas Graham
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    (m. 1954; div. 1970)​
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      (m. 1974; died 1983)​
      ChildrenAndrew Graham
      Parents
      Relatives

      Pauline Laetitia, Lady Rumbold (born Tennant, formerly Pitt-Rivers and Graham; 6 February 1927 – 6 December 2008)[1] was a British actress, poet and socialite.

      Family

      Born into an aristocratic family, she was the daughter of Hon. David Tennant and Hermione Baddeley. She was married three times, to Julian Pitt-Rivers (1946–1953); Euan Douglas Graham, grandson of the 5th Duke of Montrose (1954–1970); and Sir Anthony Rumbold, 10th Baronet (from 1974 until his death in 1983).[1]

      Stage and screen

      Tennant played on the West End stage in Ben Travers' She Followed Me About (1943) and alongside Fay Compton in No Medals (1947). She also appeared in two films: Great Day (1945, screen debut) and The Queen of Spades (1949).[2]

      In an obituary for The Independent, the writer Philip Hoare described Tennant as "a true bohemian aristocrat—a tension of qualities that were literally in her genes".[3] During her younger years she was often seen at the bar of the prestigious Ritz, London.[4]

      Filmography

      Year Title Role Notes
      1945Great DayVicky Calder
      1949The Queen of SpadesYoung Countess(final film role)

      Bibliography

      • Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh; Watkin, David (1980). The London Ritz: a social and architectural history. Aurum. ISBN 978-0-906053-01-0.

      References

      1. 1 2 Goldman, Lawrence (2013). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005–2008. Oxford: OUP Oxford. p. 1101. ISBN 978-0199-67154-0.
      2. ↑ "Obituaries: Lady Rumbold". telegraph.co.uk. The Telegraph. 17 December 2008. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
      3. ↑ "Pauline, Lady Rumbold: Actress and poet born into bohemian high society". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
      4. ↑ Montgomery-Massingberd & Watkin 1980, pp. 115–16.
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