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Our Magnificent Building. With its splendid Art Deco facade, Nell Gwynn House was designed in the '30s by architect G. Kay Green as a glamorous central London home for those who travelled or lived outside the capital. In addition to the sumptuous apartments, the building hosted a restaurant-ballroom for 250 people, a cocktail bar, a lounge and ...
Nell Gwyn: Directed by Herbert Wilcox. With Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton, Juliette Compton, Sydney Fairbrother. An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a servicemen's home.
Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne) (1650 - 14 November 1687), was one of the earliest English actresses to receive prominent recognition, and a long-time mistress of King Charles II. Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys , she has been called a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine , with a story echoing the rags-to ...
JS: Nell became a popular actress in her own right before her relationship with Charles. Pepys referred to her as 'pretty, witty Nell' and she enjoyed a good deal of success in comedy (less so in dramatic roles) independently of him. However, it's likely that, once she became involved with him, audience members would have found that fact ...
2 February 1650 - 14 November 1687. The remarkable life of Nell Gwynne, most famous of the many mistresses of 'the Merry Monarch', Charles II, a classic rags to riches story, began on 2 February 1650. Nell was was the daughter of Thomas and Ellen Gwynn, her place of birth is disputed, with some sources stating Pipe Well Lane in Hereford, which ...
Nell Gwyn was an X-Rated Cinderella. Born in abject poverty, she became a professional actress, the beloved mistress of King Charles II, and died as an icon of the Restoration. However, all Nell's legendary insults and remarkable beauty couldn't save her from drama, scandal, and sorrow. Take a bow to these fierce facts about Nell Gwyn, England ...
21 de dic. de 2005 · A new book recreates the story behind one of England's greatest love affairs — the 17-year relationship between Charles II and Nell Gwyn. Charles Beauclerk is a direct descendant of the pair ...
