Yvonne Buckingham

Yvonne Buckingham
Born Elizabeth D Buckingham
1937
Yorkshire, England
Nationality English
Occupation Actress
Years active 1950s to 1980s

Yvonne Buckingham is an English actress who appeared in the films which include, Next to No Time in 1958, Sapphire in 1959, Urge to Kill in 1960, Murder in Eden in 1961, The Sinister Man in 1961, Solo for Sparrow in 1962. She also appeard in the Sir Francis Drake TV series in April 1962.

Career

1950s

In an early role, Buckingham played the part of a saloon girl in the Jack Lee direct film Robbery Under Arms.[1] In 1958, she played Mario's girlfriend in the comedy Next to No Time.[2] In 1959, Buckingham played the part of Sapphire in the film Sapphire about a mysterious woman who had a relationship with a man called Harry Fiddle. This was a film about girl murdered woman (Sapphire) who passed for white.[3] Harry Baird, Nigel Patrick, Paul Massie and Earl Cameron also appeared in it.[4][5]

1960s

In 1962, she she was one of three Yvonne's in the Neo Noir film, The Frightened City. The other two were Yvonne Romain and Yvonne Ball.[6] In 1963, Buckingham played the lead role in the The Keeler Affair, a film about Christine Keeler.[7][8] Before Buckingham had secured the role, it was offered to Keeler who accepted it but because the Actors Equity didn't accept her, it meant that cast members couldn't have appeared with her.[9]

1970s and 80s

In the late 1980's she had a role in the Marcio Kogan, Isay Weinfeld directed fim, Fogo e Paixão, which was a film about a bus tour through Sao Paulo where strange people are encountered. One of the tourists, a Japanese man called Kankeo (Played by Ken Kaneko) filmed the event and shows it to his friends when he returns home.[10][11][12]

Filmography

Selective

Film
Title Role Director Year Notes #
Robbery Under Arms Saloon Girl Jack Lee 1957
Grip of the Strangler Whore Robert Day 1958
Next to No Time Mario's Girl Friend Henry Cornelius 1958
Blood of the Vampire Serving Wench Henry Cass 1958
Passport to Shame Tart Alvin Rakoff 1958
The Captain's Table Yvonne Jack Lee 1959
Room at the Top Girl at Window Jack Clayton 1959
No Trees in the Street Girl J. Lee Thompson 1959
Sapphire Sapphire Robbins Basil Dearden 1959
Desert Mice Waitress Michael Ralph 1959
Our Man in Havana Woman Carol Reed 1959
Urge to Kill Gwen Vernon Sewell 1960
The Tell-Tale Heart Mina Ernest Morris 1960
The Frightened City Pretty girl at 'Taboo Club' John Lemont 1961
The Sinister Man Miss Russell Clive Donner 1961

Refernces

  1. ↑ Movie Westerns: Hollywood Films the Wild, Wild West by John Howard Reid Page 126 Robbery Under Arms
  2. ↑ LETTERBOXD Next to No Time
  3. ↑ The Baltimore Afro-American November 14, 1959 Page 19 AS SAPPHIRE
  4. ↑ The Baltimore Afro-American November 21, 1959 Page 26 SAPPHIRE IS a mystery girl
  5. ↑ The BFI Companion to Crime By Phil Hardy Page 294 Le Samouraï - Scandal, Sapphire
  6. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes The Frightened City
  7. ↑ Filmkritik, Volume 8 - Filmkritiker Kooperative, 1964 Page 222
  8. ↑ Scandinavian Blue By Jack Stevenson Page 49
  9. ↑ The Age April 3, 1963 Page 3 Australians Can See Keeler Film
  10. ↑ International Film Guide, 1990 Page 95
  11. ↑ 39ª MOSTRA Fogo e Paixão, Fogo e Paixão
  12. ↑ Imdb Fogo e Paixão (1988)

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