- Born
- Birth nameAntonia Margaret Caroline Pakenham
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- Antonia Fraser was born on August 27, 1932 in London, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Marie Antoinette (2006), Jemima Shore Investigates (1983) and Tales of the Unexpected (1979). She was previously married to Harold Pinter and Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser.
- SpousesHarold Pinter(November 27, 1980 - December 24, 2008) (his death)Hugh Charles Patrick Joseph Fraser(September 25, 1956 - 1977) (divorced, 6 children)
- Children
- Parents
- RelativesThomas Pakenham(Sibling)Michael Pakenham(Sibling)Judith Kazantzis(Sibling)Rachel Billington(Sibling)Harriet Harman(Sibling)Stella Powell-Jones(Grandchild)
- Children (first marriage): sons Benjamin Hugh (b. 1961), Damian Stafford (b. 1964), and Orlando Gregory (b. 1967); daughters Rebecca Rose (b. 1957) Flora Elizabeth (b. 1958), and Natasha Antonia (b. 1963).
- She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to Literature.
- Daughter of the 7th Earl of Longford and the Countess of Longford, and sister of fellow writers Rachel Billington and Tom Pakenham.
- Attended Dragoon School, and, after her conversion to Roman Catholicism, St. Mary's Convent School in South Ascot, England.
Nearly killed by an IRA car bomb in the 1970s in which her first husband was targeted. Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late President, could have been a passenger in the car that day as she was staying with the Frasers on holiday. - Has 13 grandchildren.
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