Maggie d'Abo

Maggie d'Abo
Born Margaret E. Lyndon
1937
England
Occupation Model and actress
Spouse(s) Mike d'Abo (divorced)
Children Olivia d'Abo
Benjamin Byron (Ben)
Relatives Maryam d'Abo (niece)

Maggie d'Abo (real name, Margaret E. Lyndon) is an English model and actress. Her career took place mostly during the Sixties.

Biography

Born in England in 1937, Margaret E. Lyndon took the professional pseudonym Maggie London, later changing her name to Maggie d'Abo after marriage with musician Mike d'Abo, a member of the rock band Manfred Mann.
She worked mainly as a model but in the course of her career, which took place mainly during the Sixties, had the opportunity to take part in some television series and a few blockbusters.
During her marriage, that ended in a divorce, two children were born: Olivia d'Abo and Benjamin Byron (Ben) d'Abo, both actors.
Equally actress her niece, Maryam d'Abo.

Career as a model

In the mid-sixties Maggie d'Abo was included in the catalog fashion agency Jane Bell. These are its features: 5 ft. 6 in. tall, blue eyes, red hair, Bust: 34 in., Waist: 23 in., Hips: 36 in. Specializes in Hair and Legs.

Filmography

TV series

Date Title Episode Character
20 October 1968 The Saint The Desperate Diplomat Julie
12 July 1969 Paul Temple There must be a Mr X Sandra Leighton
3 June 1970 Randall and Hopkirk You can Always Find a Fall Guy Nurse

Films

Year Title Director Character
1964 A Hard Day's Night Richard Lester Disco Girl
1964 Hide and Seek Cy Endfield Party Girl
1967 Maroc 7 Gerry O'Hara Suzie
1968 2001: A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick Hostess in the space station elevator

Career as an actress

Maggie d'Abo's cinema career was small supporting roles. In the Beatles movie A Hard Day's Night, for example, she plays a beautiful blonde girl that during a night party at a club has the opportunity to dance with George Harrison and with Ringo Starr.
To be noted, her participation (not listed in the end credits) in 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick. She plays the role of one of the hostess in the pink uniform in the space station: who accompanies Dr. Heywood Floyd (played by William Sylvester) to the elevator. Even in this occasion, her participation is limited to a few moments and a couple of lines.[1]

(Hostess): Here you are, sir. Main level, please.

(Doctor Floyd): Right. See you on the way back.
(Hostess): Bye.

(Doctor Floyd): Bye.

— (A Space Odyssey", by Stanley Kubrick, 1968)
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However, it is curious to note that in this case the actress is the first character to speak after more than twenty minutes of film, which, up to then, presents no dialogue, but only sounds and background music (during the first part, entitled The Dawn of Man, and subsequently with the arrival of the shuttle at the space station).

Bibliography

In 2011, Maggie d'Abo had plans to publish an autobiography by the title A Girl in the Right Place at the Right Time: to date, however, the book is still unpublished.
However, her participation in "2001: A Space Odyssey" is quoted in an essay by F. Ordway, technical consultant for the film, in the volume:

References

  1. ↑ Dialogue occurred in the DVD version of the film.

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