Christine Norden: Christine Norden. Actress: An Ideal Husband. Britain's first notorious post-war sex siren in films, the enticing, green-eyed blonde bombshell Christine Norden, was a singer and dancer who had been performing since her teens. The story goes that she was "discovered" by agents of the distinguished film mogul Sir Alexander Korda while waiting outside a theatre ticket line. Born Mary Lydia Thornton of humble beginnings to a bus driver three days after...
Known For: An Ideal Husband (Margaret Marchmont), Mine Own Executioner (Barbara Edge), Reluctant Heroes (Gloria Pennie), The Interrupted Journey (Susan Wilding)