Lesley Langley
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Born | Lesley Doreen Hill (1944-03-26) 26 March 1944 (age 80) Weymouth, Dorset, England |
Occupation(s) | Actress, Dental practice Assistant |
Spouse | Alan Haven (divorced) |
Children | 1 |
Lesley Doreen Langley (born 26 March 1944 in Weymouth, Dorset, with the name Lesley Hill, which she changed to Leslie Langley to make it more artistic) is a British actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss World 1965 she previously was crowned Miss United Kingdom 1965.[1] She became the third woman from her country to win the title,[2] and the second Miss United Kingdom in a row, thus making the United Kingdom the second country to have back-to-back winners. Sweden was the first, winning the inaugural pageant in 1951 and the second pageant in 1952.
Career
Langley attended the Royal Merchant Navy School—now known as Reddam House, Berkshire—in the 1950s.
In the mid-1960s she played a small part as a member of an all-female team of pilots in the James Bond film Goldfinger as well as a Thal in the Doctor Who serial The Daleks.[2]
She also became the front cover in 1967 on Weymouth's Official Holiday Guide, with photos inside.
Personal life
During her tenure Langley met and married jazz organist Alan Haven—known for his collaborations with John Barry in the James Bond films From Russia with Love and Goldfinger—and they had one daughter named Chloë. They divorced and Lesley later worked as a dental practice assistant.[3]
References
External links
- Lesley Langley at IMDb
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Preceded by![]() | Miss World 1965 | Succeeded by![]() |
Preceded by Ann Sydney | Miss United Kingdom 1965 | Succeeded by Jennifer Lowe Summers |
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- Kiki Håkansson (1951)
- May-Louise Flodin (1952)
- Denise Perrier (1953)
- Antigone Costanda (1954)
- Susana Duijm (1955)
- Petra Schürmann (1956)
- Marita Lindahl (1957)
- Penelope Coelen (1958)
- Corine Rottschäfer (1959)
- Norma Cappagli (1960)
- Rosemarie Frankland (1961)
- Catharina Lodders (1962)
- Carole Crawford (1963)
- Ann Sidney (1964)
- Lesley Langley (1965)
- Reita Faria (1966)
- Madeleine Hartog-Bel (1967)
- Penelope Plummer (1968)
- Eva Rueber-Staier (1969)
- Jennifer Hosten (1970)
- Lúcia Petterle (1971)
- Belinda Green (1972)
- Marjorie Wallace (1973)
- Helen Elizabeth Morgan/Anneline Kriel (1974)
- Wilnelia Merced (1975)
- Cindy Breakspeare (1976)
- Mary Stävin (1977)
- Silvana Suárez (1978)
- Gina Swainson (1979)
- Gabriella Brum/Kimberley Santos (1980)
- Pilín León (1981)
- Mariasela Álvarez (1982)
- Sarah-Jane Hutt (1983)
- Astrid Carolina Herrera (1984)
- Hólmfríður Karlsdóttir (1985)
- Giselle Laronde (1986)
- Ulla Weigerstorfer (1987)
- Linda Pétursdóttir (1988)
- Aneta Kręglicka (1989)
- Gina Tolleson (1990)
- Ninibeth Leal (1991)
- Julia Kourotchkina (1992)
- Lisa Hanna (1993)
- Aishwarya Rai (1994)
- Jacqueline Aguilera (1995)
- Irene Skliva (1996)
- Diana Hayden (1997)
- Linor Abargil (1998)
- Yukta Mookhey (1999)
- Priyanka Chopra (2000)
- Agbani Darego (2001)
- Azra Akın (2002)
- Rosanna Davison (2003)
- María Julia Mantilla (2004)
- Unnur Vilhjálmsdóttir (2005)
- Taťána Kuchařová (2006)
- Zhang Zilin (2007)
- Ksenia Sukhinova (2008)
- Kaiane Aldorino (2009)
- Alexandria Mills (2010)
- Ivian Sarcos (2011)
- Yu Wenxia (2012)
- Megan Young (2013)
- Rolene Strauss (2014)
- Mireia Lalaguna (2015)
- Stephanie Del Valle (2016)
- Manushi Chhillar (2017)
- Vanessa Ponce (2018)
- Toni-Ann Singh (2019)
- Karolina Bielawska (2021)
- Krystyna Pyszková (2023)
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