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Marilyn Foreman (21 October 1944 – 18 December 2014), better known as Mandy Rice-Davies, was a Welsh model and showgirl best known for her association with Christine Keeler and her role in the Profumo affair, which discredited the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963.
While giving evidence at the trial of Stephen Ward, charged with living off the immoral earnings of Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice-Davies, Rice-Davies (18 years old at that time) made the remark for which she is now best remembered: when the defence counsel, James Burge, pointed out that Lord Astor denied an affair or having even met her, she ...
"Hot Rod Lincoln" is a song by American singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan, first released in 1955. It was written as an answer song to Arkie Shibley 's 1950 hit " Hot Rod Race " (US #29). It describes a drive north on US Route 99 (predecessor to Interstate 5 ) from San Pedro, Los Angeles , and over " Grapevine Hill " which soon becomes a hot rod ...
"Well he would, wouldn't he?", [n 1] occasionally referenced as Mandy Rice-Davies Applies (shortened to MRDA), is a British political phrase and aphorism that is commonly used as a retort to a self-interested denial. The Welsh model Mandy Rice-Davies used the phrase while giving evidence during the 1963 trial of the English osteopath Stephen Ward.
Neran Persaud as Emil Savundra, a notorious swindler treated by Ward and who met Keeler and Rice-Davies. Amanda Drew as Julie Ellen Payne, Keeler's mother. Tim McInnerny as Martin Redmayne MP, the Chief Whip of the ruling Conservative Party. Michael Maloney as Viscount Astor, with whom Rice-Davies claimed in court to have had sexual intercourse.
The Christine Keeler Story (1963) as Mandy Rice-Davies; I maniaci (1964) as Rosetta; The Twelve-Handed Men of Mars (1964) as Frida; What Ever Happened to Baby Toto (1964) as Inga; I due evasi di Sing Sing (1964) as Ruth Allenby; I ragazzi dell'hully-gully (1964) The Dolls (1965) as Armenia (segment: La telefonata)
Gordon later worked as a cook at Island Records' Basing Street Studios near Ladbroke Grove, [5] his employers including Bob Marley. [3] After the studio changed ownership to become Sarm West Studios in the mid-1980s, Gordon contributed "skank" vocals to a cover version of "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" by pop duo Act (under the name of "Casbah"), [5] and a rare vocal mix [citation needed] of ...
The club was first opened in 1913, on the site of the old Blanchards restaurant at 1-7 Bleak Street, [2] by an American, Jack Mays, and an Englishman, Ernest A. Cordell. [3]