Jane Lumb

Jane Katherine Lumb (November 23, 1942 – February 8, 2008) achieved fame in Great Britain and internationally as a fashion model and actress in the 1960s. She was well known for appearing in series of advertisements for Fry's Turkish Delight. cite news |first=|last=|title= Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser-reported - characters of the past month. |url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7324854.stm |work= BBC News |publisher=|date=2008-04-02 |accessdate=2008-04-02]

Background

Jane Lumb was born near Hebden Bridge, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Her father was a mill owner. Lumb was educated at a private boarding school where her unruly behaviour tended to mask her academic ability. She passed 4 A levels at the age of 17 and won a place at Oxford University to read English, but never took this up, having attended a tutorial college for a year, from where she absconded with a medical student. In the 1970s Lumb took an English degree from the Open University.

winging Sixties

Lumb found work as a fashion model, appearing in the first international edition of the Pirelli Calendar in 1964, [ [http://www.pirellical.com/noflash/jsp/Modella.jsp?Year=1964&Model=1&Lang=en Pirelli Calendar 1964 ] ] for which she was photographed by Robert Freeman on a beach in Majorca.Fact|date=August 2008 Her friends during the "Swinging Sixties", of which she has been described as "one of the iconic faces", ["The Times", obituary, 15 March 2008] included models Twiggy and Paulene Stone. According to the "Liverpool Daily Post" over forty years later, Lumb had "long legs, a short skirt, a come-hither pout, a rich dad and a boarding school voice". [David Charteris, "Liverpool Daily Post", 18 March 2008]

Lumb mixed also in musical circles, appearing in a promotional film for the Rolling Stones’ song "Ruby Tuesday". Other film credits included "Goldfinger" (1964), "Carry On Cleo" (1964), "Carry On Spying" (1964), "Dr Who and the Daleks" (uncredited, 1965) and a fleeting appearance in Joe Massot’s 13-minute short "Reflections on Love" (1966), with Jenny Boyd, whose sister Pattie had married George Harrison after meeting him on the set of "A Hard Day's Night". [Pattie Boyd (2007) "Wonderful Today"] Lumb appeared in television advertisements for Fry's Turkish Delight, [David Charteris, "Liverpool Daily Post", 18 March 2008] famous for their sensuality and slogan, "full of Eastern promise".

Lumb posed again for Pirelli in 1973, the calendar for that year being shot by Brian Duffy, [ [http://www.pirellical.com/noflash/jsp/Calendario.jsp?Year=1973&Lang=en Pirelli Calendar 1973 ] ] one of a group of sixties' photographers, including David Bailey and Terence Donovan, whom Pattie Boyd has referred to as "rock 'n' rollers without the music". [Pattie Boyd (2007) "Wonderful Today"] Photographer Philip Townsend described Lumb as among the "top five" on any photographer's list of subjects in the 1960s. [ [http://www.philiptownsend.com/archive/product_info.php?products_id=968&osCsid=316dos7di2fs5rfben863ouks4 The Philip Townsend Archive | Sixties London | Celebrity Portrait Photographer 1960 - 1969 | Picture the Sixties ] ]

Family and later work

Lumb’s partner for several years was Tony Hicks of the Hollies. In 1976 she married Tony Gourvish, a manager in the music business, who had previously partnered the writer Germaine Greer. They had a daughter.

Lumb was later involved in public relations, working with, among others, the bands Showaddywaddy and the Bay City Rollers. She also represented the chef Anton Mosimann.

Jane Lumb died from breast cancer in 2008. "The Times" noted in its obituary that she had prided herself on her ability to complete its crossword.

References

See generally, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article3555299.ece "The Times", 15 March 2008]
* [http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7324854.stm BBC News: Jane Lumb: Our regular column covering the passing of significant - but lesser-reported - characters of the past month. ]

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