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Martine Beswick Profile
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(Mary Beswick) |
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26 September 41 | is born in Port Antonio, Jamaica |
53 | goes to England to attend school in Richmond at age 12 |
? | returns to Jamaica |
? | works as a secretary |
61 | is a “Miss Jamaica” beauty pageant contestant but does not place |
? | heads to London with the money received from the sale of a Mini-Minor motorcar won as a first prize in a local beauty contest |
c. 62 | changes her name from Mary to Martine Beswick |
62 | director Terence Young considers her for Dr. No, but the part part goes to Ursula Andress |
Spring 63 | her Daily Mirror cover wins her a part in From Russia With Love |
May 66 | she and her sister Lorelli model fashions designed by Lorelli, who is a nurse by profession |
67 | is married to actor John Richardson |
films in Italy |
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November 68 | will make her US TV debut in an episode of "It Takes a Thief" |
71 | on a visit to England, producer Michael Carreras casts her for his upcoming Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde. Afterwards she’s back to Italy. |
? | divorces Richardson |
85 | visits her homeland Jamaica and Portland for the first time in 21 years |
? | moves to the United States |
90s | her address is 10637 Burbank Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91601 |
29 May 99 | attends a Hammer Reunion party at Bray |
Sources: "Battling Beswick" by Steve Biodrowski in Filmfax, The Daily Gleaner, Flair Magazine, The Coshocton Tribune, Playground Daily News, The House that Hammer Built, www.IMDb.com | |
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