Trivia

Sat for 13 portraits now housed at the National Portrait Gallery.

According to an interview with Louise Jameson for the website "Broadwayworld" in 2018, Lehmann, when she was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, gave her the acting advice "Never stand where you can sit, never sit when you can lie down, and never f*** a bad actor".

British doyenne of the classical stage who, later in life, appeared with more frequency in selected films and TV programs as a character support. Also known for her writings.

Trained for acting at RADA. Theatrical debut at the Lyric Hammersmith in 1924 in 'The way of the World'.

From a highly distinguished family: Her father was humorist Rudolph Chambers Lehmann, her great-uncle was the painter Henri Lehmann, her brother was essayist and poet John Lehmann, and her sister was novelist Rosamond Lehmann.

From 1946, director of the Arts Council Midland Theatre Company.

Father: Rudolph C. Lehmann; Mother: Alice M. Davis.

Lehmann was a British actress, theatre director, writer and novelist.

She wrote short stories and two novels, including Rumour of Heaven, first published in 1934 (ISBN 014016166X).

Beatrix Lehmann played Susan Calvin in "The Prophet" (1967), a now lost episode of the British science fiction television series Out of the Unknown.

She was awarded Britain's Radio Actress of the Year in 1977.