Yvonne Buckingham


Yvonne Buckingham is an English actress who appeared in a number of minor or background roles on episodes of British television series or in British films. She played the title role, though only briefly appearing as the deceased victim, in the 1959 film Sapphire, but did appear in the lead role as Christine Keeler in the critically panned 1963 film The Christine Keeler Story.

Career

1950s

In an early role, Buckingham played the part of a saloon girl in the Jack Lee direct film Robbery Under Arms. In 1958, she played Mario's girlfriend in the comedy Next to No Time.
In 1959, Buckingham played the eponymous role in the film Sapphire about a young woman found murdered on Hampstead Heath, but she did not have a speaking part and appears only briefly, as a dead body and in photographs.

1960s

In 1962, she had a minor background role as “pretty girl” in the Neo Noir film, The Frightened City. In 1963, Buckingham played the lead role in The Keeler Affair, a film about Christine Keeler. Before Buckingham had secured the role, it was offered to Keeler who accepted it but because the Actors Equity did not accept her application, it meant that the other cast members could not perform with her.

1970s and 80s

In the late 1980s, she had a role in the Marcio Kogan, Isay Weinfeld directed fim, Fogo e Paixão, which was a film about a bus tour through São Paulo where strange people are encountered. One of the tourists, a Japanese man called Kankeo, filmed the event and shows it to his friends when he returns home.

Filmography

TitleRoleDirectorYearNotes #
Robbery Under ArmsSaloon GirlJack Lee1957
Grip of the StranglerWhoreRobert Day1958
Next to No TimeMario's Girl FriendHenry Cornelius1958
Blood of the VampireServing WenchHenry Cass1958
Passport to ShameTartAlvin Rakoff1958
The Captain's TableYvonneJack Lee1959
Room at the Top Girl at WindowJack Clayton1959
No Trees in the StreetGirlJ. Lee Thompson1959
SapphireSapphire RobbinsBasil Dearden1959
Desert MiceWaitressMichael Ralph1959
Our Man in HavanaWomanCarol Reed1959
Urge to Kill GwenVernon Sewell1960
The Tell-Tale Heart MinaErnest Morris1960
The Frightened City Pretty girl at 'Taboo Club'John Lemont1961
The Sinister ManMiss RussellClive Donner1961
Murder in EdenVicky WolfMax Varnel1961
A Question of SuspenseJean ForbesMax Varnel1961
Solo for SparrowJennyGordon Flemyng1962
A Kind of LovingBarmaidJohn Schlesinger1962
The Keeler AffairChristine KeelerRobert Spafford1963Title role
Missão: MatarIracema Freire CamposAlberto Pieralisi1972
Fogo e PaixãoMarcio Kogan, Isay Weinfeld1988