Dame Dorothy Tutin (1931-2001) was an actress of stage and screen whose film and TV credits include The Beggar’s Opera (1953), A Tale of Two Cities (1958); The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970) and The Shooting Party (1985). She was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London and made her stage debut as Lady Margaret in The Thistle and Rose in September 1949. She was starring as Hedwig in a production of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck when she met Gordine through their mutual friend Trader Faulkner and agreed to pose for this portrait head.