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Pauline Laetitia Tennant, later Pauline Graham, Pauline Rumbold and Lady Rumbold (6 February 1927 – 6 December 2008)[1] was an English actress, poet and socialite.

Pauline Tennant
Pauline Tennant
Born	Pauline Laetitia Tennant (1927-02-06)6 February 1927 London, England
Died	6 December 2008(2008-12-06) (aged 81)
Nationality	British
Other names	Pauline Graham Pauline Rumbold Lady Rumbold
Occupation	Actress, Poet and Socialite
Years active	1943-1949
Spouse(s)	Julian Pitt-Rivers (1946-1953) Euan Douglas Graham (1954-1970) Sir Anthony Rumbold (1974-1983)
Children	Andrew Graham
Parent(s)	David Pax Tennant Hermione Baddeley
Relatives	Angela Baddeley (aunt) David Tennant (Brother)

Family

Born into an aristocratic family, she was the daughter of David Pax Tennant and Hermione Baddeley. She was married three times, to Julian Pitt-Rivers (1946–53); Euan Douglas Graham, grandson of the fifth Duke of Montrose (from 1954-70); and then Sir Anthony Rumbold (1974–83).[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
1945	Great Day	Vicky Calder
1949	The Queen of Spades	Young 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

External links

• Pauline Tennant at IMDb

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