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Vivienne (photographer)
British photographer and singer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Florence Vivienne Mellish (1889–1982), known simply as Vivienne, was a British photographer and singer.[1]
She was married to the artist Ernest George Entwistle (1877–1963), and took up photography in 1934, in order to assist him and their photographer son, Antony Beauchamp, (pronounced Beecham).[1] Another son, Clive Entwistle, was an architect and civil engineer.[1]
Her autobiography, They Came to My Studio: Famous People of Our Time was published in 1956.[2]
She appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 22 July 1963.[3]
208 of her works are in the National Portrait Gallery, as is one photograph of her, and works by Beauchamp.[1]
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- They Came to My Studio: Famous People of Our Time. Hall Publications. 1956.
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