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Maria Britneva, Baroness St Just, (2 July 1921 – 15 February 1994) was a Russian-British actress who was a close friend of Tennessee Williams. As co-trustee of the trust which he set up for his sister, she became his literary executor.
Maria Britneva was born on 2 July 1921 in Petrograd [now St. Petersburg], Russia. She was an actress, known for A Room with a View (1985), Maurice (1987) and Studio One (1948). She was married to Grenfell, Peter. She died on 15 February 1994 in Newton Toney, Witshire, England, UK.
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- Petrograd [now St. Petersburg], Russia
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- Newton Toney, Witshire, England, UK
Maria Britneva was born on July 2, 1921 in Petrograd [now St. Petersburg], Russia. She was an actress, known for A Room with a View (1985), Maurice (1987) and Suddenly, Last Summer (1959). She was married to Grenfell, Peter. She died on February 15, 1994 in Newton Toney, Witshire, England, UK.
- July 2, 1921
- February 15, 1994
Jul 28, 2014 · Maria Britneva in 1948, the year she met Tennessee Williams. He knew an embattled romantic when he saw one—and let her re-create her life through their relationship.
Feb 25, 1994 · Maria Britneva, actress: born Petrograd 2 July 1921; married 1956 Peter Grenfell, second Lord St Just (died 1984; two daughters); died London 15 February 1994. MARIA St JUST never revealed...
Britneva, a former ballerina, was barely five-foot but made up for it by her personality and indomitable spirit. “Maria was so outspoken and so definite,” says Hampton. In 1990, when promoting Five O’Clock Angel—Letters of Tennessee Williams to Maria St.
Maria Britneva (later Lady St. Just) was a close friend and confidante of Tennessee Williams, who gave her his typewriter on which he wrote A Streetcar Named Desire. She also inherited his papers and became his literary executor after his death.
