Mountbatten LadyIris

English actress and model, a member of the Battenberg/Mountbatten family, and a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria. She was the only child of Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, himself eldest of three sons and one daughter of Princess Beatrice (fifth daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert) and Prince Henry of Battenberg. During World War II Lady Iris worked as a nurses aide, later moving to the United States, where she taught dance. She became an actress and model, appearing as a hostess for a live TV childrens programme Versatile Varieties (CBS Television, 1951), which featured actresses Eva Marie Saint and Edie Adams. She also appeared endorsing Ponds Creams and Warrens Mint Cocktail Gum. Lady Iris was married three times. She had one child by her second marriage: Robin Alexander Bryan born 20th December 1957. Lady Iris died on 1 September 1982 at Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from a brain tumour. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less