Minah Bird

For the bird, see Myna. For the cartoon bird, see Inki.
Minah Bird

Detail of photo by Lewis Morley (1970)
© National Portrait Gallery
Born Minah Ogbenyealu Bird
(1950-03-11)March 11, 1950
Nigeria
Died July 1995

Minah Ogbenyealu Bird, (11 March 1950 – July 1995) [1] was a Nigerian model and actress active in the UK in the 1970s.[2] After appearing in such films as Up Pompeii (1971), Four Dimensions of Greta (1972), The Love Box (1972), Layout for 5 Models (1972), Percy's Progress (1974), Vampira (1974), Alfie Darling (1976), The Stud (1978), The London Connection (1979) and A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979), she vanished from public view from the late 1970s and was found dead in her London council flat, a few weeks after suffering an apparent heart attack in 1995.[3]

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  1. ↑ "National Portrait Gallery - Person - Minah Ogbenyealu Bird".
  2. ↑ "Minah Bird". BFI.
  3. ↑ "With Balls and Chutzpah".


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