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Christine Norden (born Mary Lydia Thornton; 28 December 1924 – 21 September 1988) was a British actress.
Sep 22, 1988 · Christine Norden, a British-born film and stage actress, died of a respiratory infection yesterday in West Middlesex Hospital in London. She was 63 years old.
Sep 23, 1988 · Christine Norden, a British actress who went on the stage in 1944 and into films in 1945 after signing a contract with Sir Alexander Korda, the famous English director, died Wednesday in London...
May 23, 2008 · Christine Norden, who went on to become a British film and stage star, was only 19 when she put her life at risk for her country. Her memoirs were discovered after she died, aged 63, in...
Jun 26, 2019 · Christine norden (1924-1988), the daughter of a bus driver, was born Mary Lydia thornton in sunderland, tyne and Wear, on december 28, 1924. Known for her curvy figure, she became Britain’s first post-war British sex symbol. her best known films were An ideal husband (1947), Mine own executioner (1947) and saints And sinners ...
For a brief period between the late '40s and early '50s, actress Christine Norden was Great Britain's reigning sex goddess. Allegedly discovered in 1947 by filmmaker Sir Alexander Korda while she stood in a theater ticket queue and was signed to a seven-year contract, the ex-dancer and singer was typically cast as a brazen seductress.
Birth Details. December 28, 1924. Sunderland, England. Famous Works. Credits. LONDON STAGE DEBUT-- (As Molly Thornton) Tell the World, Theatre Royal, 1942. BROADWAY DEBUT--Liz, Tenderloin, 46th Street Theatre, 1960. Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES.
