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updated: 27/05/2002

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blackface: Lady Caroline Lamb

Sarah Miles (more famous for advocating the beneficial effects of drinking one’s own urine than for her acting) played Lady Caroline Lamb who scandalised society with her stalking of Lord Byron. In one scene she appeared bare-breasted and blacked-up at a ball: God knows why she though this would endear her to Byron or who told her it was a fancy-dress party.

George Frost was the makeup artist on the movie.