Oriel Ross

Oriel Ross (10 June 190720 October 1994), born Muriel Mary Swinstead, was an English actress. In 1933 Cecil Beaton included her in The Book of Beauty saying that she was Jacob Epstein's favorite model.

Biography Muriel Mary Swinstead was born on 10 June 1907 in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire, the daughter of John Howard Swinstead, a clergyman.

She attended the Royal College of Music and in 1923, at 16 years old, made her debut on stage in Karel Čapek's The Insect Play. they were divorced in 1941.

In 1938 she appeared in various productions: A Midsummer's Dream at Regent's Park; Helen in Troilus and Cressida at the Westminster Theatre; On a Summer Day at the Torch Theatre; Touchwood at the "Q" & Embassy Theatre; Alonzo MacTavish at the radio; and as Isolda in the television film Tristan and Isolda.

Ross was a talented amateur artist, making line drawings of friends and colleagues such as Jacob Epstein, the actors Elsa Lanchester and Ernest Thesiger, the gallery owner Arthur Jeffress and the composer Constant Lambert. Seven of her drawings are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery.

She died on 20 October 1994 in Hoxne, Suffolk.