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6 unusual facts about Sylvestra Le Touzel


Debby Bishop

She has been a patron of Montage Theatre Arts in London since 2005, along with fellow British actress Sylvestra Le Touzel.

Patricia Hornsby-Smith

She was portrayed as a character in the 2008 drama The Long Walk to Finchley, played by Sylvestra Le Touzel.

RMS Titanic Lifeboat No. 1

In the 2012 television series Titanic, Lady Duff Gordon (Sylvestra Le Touzel) was shown urging her secretary Laura Francatelli to get in the boat by saying, "Don't be a fool Francatelli, this boat Lifeboat isn't sinking, that one Titanic is." She was later shown telling the officer to allow some men to board, including her husband, then forcing the officer, alongside Cosmo, to lower the boat.

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Le Touzel has also been seen on the small screen in shows as diverse as Dixon of Dock Green, The Brontes of Haworth, The Uninvited, The Professionals, Lovejoy, Alas Smith and Jones, Midsomer Murders, My Family and The Long Walk to Finchley (as Patricia Hornsby-Smith).

She also appeared in a classic Heineken advert "The Water in Majorca" with Bryan Pringle.

She is a supporter of charitable theatre and is currently (as of 2012) a patron of Montage Theatre Arts in London along with fellow British actress Debby Bishop.



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