--- name: "Nora Swinburne" canonical: "https://film.one/person/nora-swinburne" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 July 1902" died: "1 May 2000" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 70 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T02:12:38.835529+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Nora Swinburne Actor. Born 24 July 1902 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]. Died 1 May 2000. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 July 1902, Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK] - **Died:** 1 May 2000 - **Active:** 1938–1951 - **Also known as:** Norah Swinburne, Elinore Johnson, Leonora Mary Johnson - **Average Fi1m score:** 70, as actor, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 74 (1), 1950s 65 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Swinburne, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434267, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0842677/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88895 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Quo Vadis*](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) (65) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Nora Swinburne was an English actress. Born Leonora Mary Johnson on 24 July 1902 in Bath, Somerset, she trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began performing on stage as a child. She appeared in West End productions from the mid-1910s and entered silent films in 1920. She is credited in numerous British films, including *The Citadel* (1938) as Mrs. Thornton, *The Man in Grey* (1943), *The River* (1951), *Quo Vadis* (1951) as Pomponia, *Helen of Troy* (1956) as Hecuba, and *Anne of the Thousand Days* (1969) as Lady Kingston. She also worked in television until the 1970s. Swinburne was married to actors Francis Lister, Edward Ashley-Cooper and Esmond Knight. She died on 1 May 2000 in London. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Quo Vadis* (1951), Fi1m 65, as Pomponia — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) - *The Citadel* (1938), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Thornton — [page](https://film.one/film/the-citadel.md) ## Complete filmography (64) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Fall of Eagles* (1974), series, as Katharina Schratt - *Dead of Night* (1972), series, as Mariella Jubb - *Up the Chastity Belt* (1972), as Mistress of the Bed Chamber - *Manhunt* (1970), series, as The Countess - *Anne of the Thousand Days* (1969), as Lady Kingston - *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, as Lady Cavan - *Interlude* (1968), as Mary - *Got Yourself Sorted Out at All?* (1968), as Mrs. Prentice - *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Lavender Collingham - *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle* (1967), series, as Lady Crabbe - *The Forsyte Saga* (1967), series, as 'Aunt Hester' Forsyte - *The Gong Game* (1965), as Mrs. Breeze - *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Mrs. Herriton - *Decision at Midnight* (1963), Actor - *Drama 61-67* (1961), series, as Mrs. Phillips - *The Small House at Allington* (1960), series, as Mrs. Dale - *Conspiracy of Hearts* (1960), as Sister Tia - *Third Man on the Mountain* (1959), as Frau Matt - *The Strange Awakening* (1958), as Mrs. Friend - *Helen of Troy* (1956), as Hecuba - *The End of the Affair* (1955), as Mrs Bertram - *Betrayed* (1954), as The Scarf's Mother - *Quo Vadis* (1951), as Pomponia — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis.md) - *The River* (1951), as The Mother - *My Daughter Joy* (1950), as Ava Constantin - *Christopher Columbus* (1949), as Joanna de Torres - *Landfall* (1949), as Admiral's Wife - *Marry Me* (1949), as Enid Lawson - *Fools Rush In* (1949), as Angela Dickson - *The Bad Lord Byron* (1949), as Lady Jersey - *Quartet* (1948), as Mrs. Evie Katherine Peregrine (segment "The Colonel's Lady") - *The Blind Goddess* (1948), as Lady Dearing - *Good-Time Girl* (1948), as Miss Mills - *Jassy* (1947), as Mrs. Hatton - *They Knew Mr. Knight* (1946), as Celia Blake - *Fanny by Gaslight* (1944), as Mary Hopwood - *Dear Octopus* (1943), as Edna - *The Man in Grey* (1943), as Mrs. Fitzherbert - *They Flew Alone* (1942), as ATA Commandant - *The Farmer's Wife* (1941), as Araminta Grey - *It Happened to One Man* (1940), as Alice Quair - *The Citadel* (1938), as Mrs. Thornton — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-citadel.md) - *Dinner at the Ritz* (1937), as Lady Railton - *The Gay Adventure* (1936), as Fay d'Allary - *Lonely Road* (1936), as Anne - *Jury's Evidence* (1936), as Mary Trent - *Lend Me Your Husband* (1935), as Virgie Green - *The Office Wife* (1934), as Anne - *Perfect Understanding* (1933), as Lady Stephanie Fitzmaurice - *Mr. Bill the Conqueror* (1932), as Diana Trenchard - *White Face* (1932), as Inez Landor - *A Voice Said Goodnight* (1932), as Joan Creighton - *Man of Mayfair* (1931), as Elaine Barclay - *These Charming People* (1931), as Julia Berridge - *Potiphar's Wife* (1931), as Lady Diana Bromford - *Caste* (1930), as Esther Eccles - *The Royal Four-Flusher* (1930), Actor - *Alf's Button* (1930), as Lady Isobel Fitzpeter - *His Grace Gives Notice* (1924), as Cynthia Bannock - *The Unwanted* (1924), as Joyce Mannering - *The White Desert* (1922), as Karin - *Allein im Urwald* (1922), as Lydia Gyldendal - *The Autumn of Pride* (1921), as Peggy Naylor - *The Fortune of Christina McNab* (1921), as Christina McNab ## Gallery - ![Nora Swinburne](https://film.one/media/person/1010282/gallery-8e84af57f244.jpg) Nora Swinburne — trailer screenshot (United Artists), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Nora_Swinburne_in_The_River_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Nora Swinburne](https://film.one/media/person/1010282/gallery-3e070c6d0ecc.jpg) Nora Swinburne — Image via TMDB - ![Nora Swinburne](https://film.one/media/person/1010282/gallery-ee2ad2b65c17.jpg) Nora Swinburne — Image via TMDB - ![Nora Swinburne](https://film.one/media/person/1010282/gallery-a33135a455dc.jpg) Nora Swinburne — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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