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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.
Beschrijving : Mandy Rice Davies op Schiphol Datum : 30 november 1964 Locatie : Noord-Holland, Schiphol Trefwoorden : portretten, schandalen, vrouwen Persoonsnaam : Rice Davies Mandy Fotograaf : Bilsen, Joop van / Anefo Auteursrechthebbende : Nationaal Archief Materiaalsoort : Negatief (zwart/wit) Nummer archiefinventaris : bekijk toegang 2.24 ...
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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.
This became immortalized as "Mandy Rice-Davies applies" or MRDA. It's used to point out that the subject of an accusation has essentially no credibility (what we here on Wikipedia would call "is not a reliable source" ) when denying the accusation, because it's obviously in their own interests to deny it regardless of whether that denial is true.
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.
Stephen Thomas Ward (19 October 1912 – 3 August 1963) was an English osteopath and artist who was one of the central figures in the 1963 Profumo affair, a British political scandal which brought about the resignation of John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, and contributed to the defeat of the Conservative government a year later.
"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.