Oriel Ross

[2][3][4] 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.

[3] Middle of the 1920s, Ross lived in Jacob Epstein's bohemian house in Guildford Street, London, together with his wife, mistress, children, models and followers.

In 1932 she appeared as Connie in the British musical romance film The First Mrs. Fraser directed by Thorold Dickinson and Sinclair Hill and as Catherina of Russia in the play Casanova.

[4] In 1941 she appeared as Lady Willoughby in the British anti-Nazi thriller "Pimpernel" Smith produced and directed by its star Leslie Howard.

[6] Ross was a talented amateur artist, making line drawings of friends and colleagues such as Jacob Epstein, the actors Elsa Lanchester[4] and Ernest Thesiger, the gallery owner Arthur Jeffress and the composer Constant Lambert.