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Elizabeth Miller ELOUI, alias PENROSE, alias Lee MILLER: American. Using the professional...

Catalogue reference: KV 6/82

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This record is about the Elizabeth Miller ELOUI, alias PENROSE, alias Lee MILLER: American. Using the professional... dating from 1939 Dec 16 - 1958 May 08 in the series The Security Service: List (L Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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KV 6/82

Date

1939 Dec 16 - 1958 May 08

Description
Elizabeth Miller ELOUI, alias PENROSE, alias Lee MILLER: American. Using the professional name Lee MILLER, ELOUI was from 1939 a fashion photographer for 'Vogue' magazine. She came to notice in 1941 as being in contact with W F R MACARTNEY, a communist who in 1925 had been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment as a Soviet spy, and was herself an idealistic communist. In 1947 she married the artist Roland PENROSE
Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

L 158-1591 VOL 1

Legal status

Public Record(s)

Access conditions

Retained Until 2009

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Subjects
Topics
Art, architecture and design
Clothing
Photography and film
Marriage and divorce
Communism
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11497073/

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KV 6

The Security Service: List (L Series) Files

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