Yvonne Buckingham (, married name Slezynger; born 28 March 1936) is a former British actress based in Brazil, known for portraying Christine Keeler in the 1963 film The Christine Keeler Story.
Early life and family Buckingham was born Elizabeth D V Buckingham on the 28 March 1936 in Ripon, Yorkshire to Edward Buckingham and Mary Buckingham (née Atkinson). In 1965, Buckingham married Belgian-Brazilian businessperson in London. The couple subsequently moved to São Paulo and had four children before later divorcing.
Career
1950s In an early role, Buckingham played the part of a saloon girl in the Jack Lee direct film Robbery Under Arms.John Howard Reid. Movie Westerns: Hollywood Films the Wild, Wild West. Page 126 Robbery Under Arms. In 1958, she played Mario's girlfriend in the comedy Next to No Time.LETTERBOXD Next to No Time In 1959, Buckingham played the eponymous role in the film Sapphire about a young woman found murdered on Hampstead Heath, but she did not have a speaking part and appears only briefly, as a dead body and in photographs.The Baltimore Afro-American 14 November 1959 Page 19 AS SAPPHIREThe Baltimore Afro-American 21 November 1959 Page 26 SAPPHIRE IS a mystery girlPhil Hardy. The BFI Companion to Crime. Page 294 Le Samouraï – Scandal, Sapphire.
Following her uncredited role in Our Man in Havana (1959), Buckingham enrolled at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. In 1960, Buckingham graduated with a diploma in acting.
1960s Buckingham had prominent roles in two 1961 films, A Question of Suspense and Murder in Eden. As a result, she forfeited £4,000 which might have been paid from an insurance policy she took out in 1958 when she was aged 20, against failure to become a star within five years.
In 1962, she had a minor background role as "pretty girl" in the Neo Noir film, The Frightened City. In 1963, Buckingham played the lead role in The Keeler Affair, a film about Christine Keeler.Filmkritik, Volume 8 – Filmkritiker Kooperative, 1964 Page 222Jack Stevenson. Scandinavian Blue. Page 49. Before Buckingham had secured the role, it was offered to Keeler who accepted it but because the Actors Equity did not accept her application, it meant that the other cast members could not perform with her.The Age 3 April 1963 Page 3 Australians Can See Keeler Film
1970s and 80s In the late 1980s, she had a role in the Marcio Kogan, Isay Weinfeld directed film, Fogo e Paixão, which was a film about a bus tour through São 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.International Film Guide, 1990 Page 9539ª MOSTRA Fogo e Paixão, Fogo e PaixãoFogo e Paixão (1988), IMDb
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1957 Robbery Under Arms 1958 Grip of the Strangler Next to No Time Mario's girlfriend Uncredited Blood of the Vampire Serving Wench Uncredited Passport to Shame 1959 The Captain's Table Yvonne, chosen life-jacket volunteer Room at the Top Girl at tote window No Trees in the Street Sapphire Sapphire Robbins Desert Mice Waitress Our Man in Havana Striptease girl Urge to Kill Gwen Season 1, episode 1 1960 The Tell-Tale Heart Mina 1961 The Frightened City Pretty girl at 'Taboo Club' The Sinister Man Miss Russell Murder in Eden Vicky Wolf A Question of Suspense Jean Forbes 1962 Solo for Sparrow Jenny A Kind of Loving Barmaid 1963 The Keeler Affair Christine Keeler Title role 1972 Missão: Matar Iracema Freire Campos Directed by . Adapted from Always Kill a Stranger (1967) by Robert L. Fish 1988 Martha Miller Directed by and Marcio Kogan
Television Title Episode # Role Director Year Notes ITV Television Playhouse The Heat of the Evening Muriel David Boisseau 1958 Season 4, Episode 15 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre Urge To Kill Gwen Foley Vernon Sewell 1959 (Dec.) Season 1, Episode 1 Inside Story A Girl for George Gloria 1960 Season 1, Episode 5 Arthur's Treasured Volumes A Slight Case of Deception Cynthia 1960 Season 1, Episode 5 Arthur Haynes The Benny Hill Show Episode #5.1 Various roles 1961 Season 5, Episode 1 Sir Francis Drake (TV series) Mission to Paris Heloise David Greene 1962 Season 1, Episode 20 Z Cars Winner Take All Pam Eric Hills 1962 Season 1, Episode 19 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre The Sinister Man Miss Russell Clive Donner 1961 Season 2, Episode 7 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre Solo for Sparrow Jenny Gordon Flemyng 1962 Season 3, Episode 5 No Hiding Place Corpse for the Cup Nora Heneghan Richard Doubleday, Richard Sidwell 1962 Season 4, Episode 26 The Valiant Varneys Episode #1.9 Peter Whitmore 1962 Season 1, Episode 9
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