Margaret Nolan

Margaret Nolan

Margaret Ann Nolan was an English actress, visual artist and glamour model. She was best known for her appearances in Goldfinger, A Hard Day’s Night and six Carry On films. As a visual artist, Nolan produced graphic-montages assembled from cut-outs of her early photos.

About Margaret Nolan in brief

Summary Margaret NolanMargaret Ann Nolan was an English actress, visual artist and glamour model. She was best known for her appearances in Goldfinger, A Hard Day’s Night and six Carry On films, and also regularly appeared on screen from the 1960s to the 1980s. Nolan began training as a teacher but began dating Tom Kempinski, who was acting with the Royal National Theatre at the time, who persuaded her to begin a career in acting. As her glamour modelling career took off, she was briefly known as Vicky Kennedy in the early 1960s. She reverted to her birth name as soon as acting roles beckoned; appearing in numerous television shows, theatre productions and films.

Nolan appeared on the front cover of both the US and UK versions of the 2005 book Robert Brownjohn: Sex and Typography. In 2011, Nolan’s work as a comedy actress was recognised with her name included on Gordon Young’s Comedy Carpet installation in front of Blackpool Tower. In 2019, Edgar Wright cast her in his upcoming 2021 film Last Night in Soho. As a visual artist, Nolan produced graphic-montages assembled from cut-outs of her early photos.