Nyree Dawn Porter

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Nyree Dawn Porter OBE (born January 22, 1940 in Napier as Ngaire Dawn Porter , † April 10, 2001 in London , England ) was a New Zealand actress .

Life

Porter got the first name Ngaire ( Māori for "small heart-shaped flower") from her parents . She later changed her name to Nyree, which was the phonetically correct pronunciation of her real name. In 1958 she took part in a talent competition organized by The Rank Organization and won a trip to London. There she played theater and made her debut in London's West End a year later . For several decades she appeared on British stages and starred in productions of William Shakespeare's What You Want , Neil Simons When My Bedroom Could Talk , Francis Durbridge's Deadly Nightcap and Stephen Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George . She made her feature film debut in 1960 in the drama Identity Unknow, written by Brian Clemens . Her other film roles include the Terry Thomas comedy A Kingdom for a Monkey by Robert Day , the horror film Dance of Death of the Vampires and the biography Hilary & Jackie . She played her only leading role in 1963 on the side of Charlie Drake and George Sanders in No Castle Is Safe From Him .

Awareness and wide popularity gained Porter in 1967 by her portrayal of Irene Forsyte in the BBC - miniseries The Forsyte Saga , the most expensive at £ 250,000 by then BBC production. The production based on the trilogy of novels by John Galsworthy about the life of the Forsyte family, who belonged to the upper middle class of England in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was not only a great success in Great Britain. It was broadcast in 26 countries and was the first BBC television production sold to the Soviet Union . Subsequently, Porter was inducted into the Order of the British Empire in 1970 for her services to British television and made an officer. She subsequently starred alongside Robert Vaughn in the crime series No Pardon for Guardian Angels , of which two seasons were produced from 1972 to 1973. In later years she was rarely seen in films and television.

Porter was married twice; her first husband died in 1970, the second marriage divorced in 1987. From the second marriage she had a daughter (Tassy, ​​* 1975).

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  1. ↑ Nyree Dawn Porter, 61, Actress In The Forsyte Saga of the 60's , The New York Times (English)
  2. ↑ Nyree Dawn Porter , The Guardian (English)
  3. ↑ Nyree Dawn Porter; TV, Theater Actress , The Los Angeles Times (English)
  4. ↑ Nyree Porter dies aged 61 , Daily Mail (English)
personal data
SURNAME Porter, Nyree Dawn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand actress
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Napier , New Zealand
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 2001
Place of death London , England