Her older half-sister, Mary, had lost her position as a legitimate heir when Henry annulled his marriage to Mary's mother, Catherine of Aragon, in order to marry Anne and sire a male heir to ensure the Tudor succession.

Her sire was the good stallion, Gallinule who was also a roarer and bleeder.

Her four daughters ( each by a different sire ) were successful as broodmares, founding the classic winning Pretty Polly family which remains important in the stud book.

Her sire was the handy Group Two winning English sire, Desert Sun, a grandson of leading sire Danzig, and her dam was the former capable mare Songline by Western Symphony ( USA ).

* Her Fathers Pride ( 1910, actor )

Her wartime activities in German Occupied France were dramatised in the film Carve Her Name with Pride, starring Virginia McKenna and based on the 1956 book of the same name by R. J. Minney.

Howard Brenton's play Hitler Dances caused some controversy by depicting Szabo as more of a real and vulnerable woman, rather than the heroic, patriotic archetype of Carve Her Name with Pride.

agents, including Odette and Carve Her Name With Pride.

* Carve Her Name with Pride ( 1958 )

Her early work included the second UK adaptation of Pride and Prejudice ( 1952 ) and Hobson's Choice ( 1954 ).

Her film roles include villainous Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day, Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Helen in An Education, Lisa in Made in Dagenham, Miriam Grant-Panofsky in Barney's Version, Kate Sumner in Johnny English Reborn and Andromeda in Wrath of the Titans.

Her theatre career flourished with her portrayals of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice ( 1940 ) and the second Mrs. de Winter in Rebecca ( 1940 ); the production of the latter was halted when the theatre was destroyed by a bomb in September 1940.

However some films of note were produced during this era including: Carve Her Name With Pride, Sapphire and Victim, as well as a clutch of prestige topics such as the coronation of Elizabeth II and filmed performances by The Royal Ballet.

However some films of note were produced during this era including Carve Her Name with Pride, Sapphire and Victim, as well as a clutch of prestige topics such as the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and filmed performances by The Royal Ballet.

* Carve Her Name with Pride ( 1958 )

* She was played by Avice Landone in the 1958 film Carve Her Name with Pride.

These include Becker, Carpoolers, Comedy Central Presents, Committed, Desperate Housewives, Dinner for Five, Father of the Pride, Grounded for Life, Hot Properties, I Love the ' 70s, I'm with Her, In Plain Sight, Jimmy Kimmel Live !, Joey, Just Shoot Me !, L. A. Blues, Las Vegas, Less Than Kind, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, Little Mosque on the Prairie, Lovespring International, MADtv, Mr. Show, Odd Job Jack, Saturday Night Live, Scrubs, Sketch Pad, South Park, Testing Bob, The King of Queens, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The New Adventures of Old Christine, The Prodigious Hickey, Stargate Atlantis, The Tick, Tom Goes to the Mayor, What's Up Peter Fuddy ?, What's New, Scooby-Doo ?, Brothers & Sisters, Will & Grace, Hot in Cleveland, True Jackson VP, Eureka and Leverage.

Her book Pride, Prejudice and Proops ( Time Remembered ) was published in 1975, followed by Dear Marje a year later.

The Parachute Training School, and RAF Abingdon generally, featured heavily in the 1953 Alan Ladd film " The Red Beret " ( aka " Paratrooper " in the USA ), and the Parachute Training School was used as a location for some scenes for the films " Carve Her Name With Pride " ( 1958 ) and " Operation Crossbow " ( 1965 ) as well as the French comedy " Babette s ' en va-t-en guerre " ( 1959 ) which starred Brigitte Bardot.

* The Anvil of Her Pride — Lawrence Schimel

Examples include Reach for the Sky ( 1956 ) ( based on the life of air ace Douglas Bader ), Carve Her Name with Pride ( 1958 ) ( the story of SOE agent Violette Szabo ) and Sink the Bismarck!

* Carve Her Name with Pride ( 1958 )

* Carve Her Name with Pride ( 1958 )

Her performance as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice gained her a British Academy of Film and Television Arts ( BAFTA ) award.

Her more recent film work includes Before the Rains, an Indian-US co-production directed by Santosh Sivan, and Pride and Glory with Edward Norton and Colin Farrell.

Barnett's The Pride and Fall sequence comprises: The Collapse of British Power ; The Audit of War: The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation ; The Lost Victory: British Dreams, British Realities, 1945-50 ; and The Verdict of Peace: Britain Between Her Yesterday and the Future.

Her theatrical work includes many comedies, dramas and musicals such as The Jungle Book, Stranger in the House, Bakerloo to Paradise, The Owl and the Pussycat, The Rumpus, Pride and Prejudice, Inadmissible Evidence, Enrico, Expresso Bongo, Sleeping Beauty, You Never Can Tell, Ned Kelly, Mother, MacBett, The Boy Friend, Have You Seen Manchester, and Private Lives.

According to Ben Pimlott, biographer of Queen Elizabeth II, the Aga Khan presented Her Majesty with a filly called Astrakhan, who won at Hurst Park Racecourse in 1950.

Her 1995 re-recording of " I Will Always Love You " ( performed as a duet with Vince Gill ), from her album Something Special won the Country Music Association's Vocal Event of the Year Award for Parton and Gill.

Her ambition, personal wit and cleverness won her a distinguished position in society, in spite of her humble origin.

Her novella The Mountains of Mourning won both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award.

In 2000, Encore une fois, si vous le permettez ( For The Pleasure of Seeing Her Again ) won a Chalmers Award and a Dora Mavor Moore Award.

Her retirement coincided with the ending of her party's federal parliamentary representation ; the Democrats ' support had collapsed after 2002 and they won no seats at the 2004 and 2007 half-senate elections.

Her novel The Farthest Shore won the 1973 National Book Award in category Children's Books.

Her novels were especially popular and included the Pulitzer Prize-winning So Big ( 1924 ), Show Boat ( 1926 ; made into the celebrated 1927 musical ), Cimarron ( 1929 ; made into the 1931 film which won the Academy Award for Best Picture ), and Giant ( 1952 ; made into the 1956 Hollywood movie ).

Her performance won her a Youth In Film Award.

Her outstanding performance won her the attention of producers, who cast her in a series of films.

Her portrayal of main antagonist Cathy Ames won her a Golden Globe.

Hawn is known for her roles in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Shampoo, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, Death Becomes Her, The First Wives Club, and Cactus Flower, for which she won the 1969 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her second book, A Way of Looking, won the Somerset Maugham award and marked a turning point, as the prize money allowed her to spend nearly three months in Rome, which was a revelation.

Her next event was the 2000 Australian Open, which she won in singles without the loss of a set.

Her performance won her her first Academy Award nomination.

Her early films cast her as the girl-next-door but for most of the Pre-Code film era beginning with the 1930 film The Divorcee, for which she won an Oscar for Best Actress, she played sexually liberated women in sophisticated contemporary comedies.

Her performance won her widespread acclaim ; Hal Hinson of the Washington Post saw Pfeiffer's role as " the least obvious and the most difficult.

Her environmentalism has been especially well received ; several episodes featuring her have won Genesis and Environmental Media Awards, including a special " Board of Directors Ongoing Commitment Award " in 2001.

Her aristocratic manners and artistic integrity won her the titles " Queen of the Neva " and " Soul of the Silver Age ," as the period came to be known in the history of Russian poetry.

Her first year back she won eight of eighteen events, but the following year she won every event she entered, a total of twenty-two races.

Her role as the grand Russian princess in a huge commercial success, Murder on the Orient Express ( 1974 ), won her international acclaim and the Evening Standard British Film Award as Best Actress.

Her big break came in 1983 when she was cast by Martin Scorsese to star as stalker and kidnapper Masha in the film The King of Comedy for which she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Her father, Walter Augustus de Havilland ( 31 August 1872 – 23 May 1968 ; aged 95 ), was a patent attorney with a practice in Japan, and her mother, Lilian Augusta ( née Ruse ; 11 June 1886 – 20 February 1975 ; aged 88 ) was a stage actress who had left her career after going to Tokyo with her husband – she would return to work after her daughters had already won fame in the 40s, with the stage name of Lillian Fontaine.

Her victory won her the respect and admiration of her peers, among them her own sister Joan Fontaine, who later commented, " Hollywood owes Olivia a great deal ".