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The Christine Keeler Story: Directed by Robert Spafford. With Yvonne Buckingham, John Drew Barrymore, Alicia Brandet, Mel Welles. A teenage prostitute in England gets involved with high-level politicians and becomes enmeshed in a sex-and-spy scandal.
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- Robert Spafford
- Who Was Christine Keeler, and How Did She Know Stephen Ward?
- How Did Christine Keeler Meet John Profumo?
- Who Were 'Lucky' Gordon and Johnny Edgecombe?
- Why Were The Newspapers Interested in Christine Keeler?
- Who Was Mandy Rice-Davies?
- Did Christine Keeler Have An Affair with Captain Yevgeny 'Eugene' Ivanov?
Christine Keeler (1942-2017) was a model and topless dancer who at 19-years-old had brief sexual relationships with both John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War, and Captain Yevgeny 'Eugene' Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, during a similar time period. Taking place during the Cold War, the Profumo Affair of 1963 rocked the country and the sitt...
The story goes that on 8th July 1961, a 19-year-old Christine Keeler emerged naked from a swimming pool at Cliveden, the Buckinghamshire mansion, owned by Lord Astor, where she was visiting. It was there during a pool party, also attended by Stephen Ward, that she was spotted by John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War- they were introduced whi...
Jamaican-born jazz singer Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon and Antiguan jazz promoter Johnny Edgecombe('the Edge') were both Christine Keeler's lovers following her affair with John Profumo; both would prove intensely jealous of one another and of Keeler's affections. It was an altercation between the two men that would catalyse the eventual exposure of the...
Christine Keeler first attracted the media's attention and appeared in the papers after the shooting incident at Stephen Ward's flat, when her ex-lover Johnny Edgecombe fired at the front door. Both Keeler and her friend, Mandy Rice-Davies, were inside the flat at the time. The sensationalised story of violence and 'pretty girls' proved popular; bo...
Mandy Rice-Davieswas Christine Keeler's friend and fellow showgirl, described in the papers following the Johnny Edgecombe shooting as an "aspiring actress". Rice-Davies worked at Murray's Cabaret Club in Soho, where she met Keeler and was introduced to osteopath Stephen Ward and slum landlord Peter Rachman, whom she began a relationship with. She ...
In the BBC series, Christine Keeler says that she believes that she had a short, drunken sexual relationship with Captain Yevgeny 'Eugene' Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, referring to the night in question as a "blur" due to the amount of whisky she drank. At the time, there was some speculation as to whether or not Keeler had really slept with Iva...
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Jan 26, 2020 · Keeler, Profumo, Ward and Me - Media Centre. Secret audio tapes reveal the true story behind the 1963 Profumo Affair in this exclusive documentary. The tapes, which have been uncovered after more...
Call girl Christine Keeler sees herself in a terrified court, to whom she tells her life story: how she went from fashion model to animating girl and through the decadent Dr. Stephen Ward was introduced to diplomatic circles. After a public scandal, Doctor Ward commits suicide. Full Cast & Crew.
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- Robert Spafford
Nov 29, 2016 · In 1963, Harold Macmillan’s government became engulfed by a scandal concerning John Profumo’s relationship with Christine Keeler. The Profumo affair was a political, media and cultural event, and i...
- Richard Farmer
- 2017
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