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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.
"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.
Mandy Rice-Davies was a key figure in the Profumo affair, a notorious British political scandal of the 1960s. While giving evidence at the trial of Stephen Ward, ...
Ms Goodwin had earlier appeared to quote Mandy Rice-Davies’s infamous quote about the Profumo scandal when asked about Mr Korski’s denials. “He would say that, wouldn’t he?” she told the ...
Keeler left Ward after a few months to become the mistress of the property dealer Peter Rachman, [14] [n 2] and later shared lodgings with Mandy Rice-Davies, a fellow Murray's dancer two and a half years her junior. The two girls left Murray's and attempted without success to pursue careers as freelance models.
Yvonne Buckingham is a winsome Christine, and Barrymore delineates the tragic Ward figure with an impressive style. Alicia Brandet, as Mandy Rice-Davies, Christine's girl friend, and Mel Welles, as the Soviet naval attache with a wandering eye, contribute adequately.
Ellie Bamber as Mandy Rice-Davies, model, showgirl and friend of Keeler. [2] Ben Miles as John Profumo, a Conservative MP and Secretary of State for War who is plunged into a scandal after his affair with Keeler is exposed. Emilia Fox as Valerie Hobson, the actress wife of Profumo. [2]
In 1988, Keeler was featured in Bryan Ferry's promotional video for the single "Kiss and Tell" (originally released on Ferry's seventh solo album, Bête Noire, in 1987) with Mandy Rice-Davies; this was meant to draw more attention to the song's theme. [26] In June 1988 she made an extended appearance on Channel 4 discussion programme After Dark ...