12 Facts About Anne Cumming

Anne Cumming was a British translator, public relations officer, polyamorist and writer.

Anne Cumming had an indulgent childhood courtesy of her grandfather, James Grimble Groves, a member of parliament and a brewery owner.

Anne Cumming spent much of her childhood in South Africa, where her father had bought a farm.

Anne Cumming studied contemporary dance and later acting at Dartington Hall with Michael Chekhov.

Anne Cumming married a fellow student, Henry Lyon Young, in 1938.

In 1990, Anne Cumming hosted a dinner party for guests Quentin Crisp, Robert Patrick and Susana Ventura in the film Resident Alien.

Anne Cumming wrote The Love Habit in 1977 and The Love Quest in 1991 and she allowed herself to appear topless in the British tabloid the Sunday Sport.

Anne Cumming had two children from her first marriage, but had no further children.

Anne Cumming helped to catalogue his paintings and, after he died in 1986, she arranged his funeral and for his ashes to be scattered at the Caves of Hercules in Morocco.

Anne Cumming stayed in Britain to receive health care but she was keen to avoid publicity as she did not want to have her condition associated with her life style.

Anne Cumming became a social hostess introducing new talent to useful contacts.

Anne Cumming died at the London Lighthouse in 1993, the same year as she appeared nude on British television in the first nude TV chat show.