Flanagan (model)

Maureen Flanagan, best known by her stage name Flanagan, was an early tabloid model.^[1]

She had an acting career in the late sixties/early seventies, mainly in bit parts on The Benny Hill Show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and several British sex comedies. She also played the lead role in the Danish film The Loves of Cynthia (a.k.a. Cynthia’s Sister) in 1971.

After her acting career ended, Flanagan continued to remain in the public eye, owing to her association with the Kray Twins and her efforts to secure their release. She also wrote the book “Intimate Secrets of an Escort Girl” (Everest books, 1974).^[2] The book was serialized in the magazine Tit-Bits, accompanied by a blurb which said “Britain’s most photographed model lays bare the facts of her working life in the sauciest story of the year.”.

In 1997, Flanagan made a one-off return to nude modeling as a mature woman, posing fully nude in the magazine Men's World. In the accompanying interview she said her second husband had recently died after a heart transplant operation, and that she was busy raising a then-16 year old son.

Acting roles

• Monty Python's Flying Circus (TV, 1969, 1970)
• Groupie Girl (1970)
• The Love Pill (1971)
• The Loves of Cynthia (1971)
• The Love Box (1972)
• Dracula AD 1972 (1972)
• The Benny Hill Show (TV, 1972)
• Zodiac (TV, 1974)
• On the Game (1974)

Magazine covers

• King (1972) Issue 2
• Rex (1971) Vol.1 Issue. 29 “Sex and the Single Actress”
• Titbits (October 1974) Issue. 4625 "Flanagan's Secrets of an Escort Girl"

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