Rice-Davies, Mandy (1944–)

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Rice-Davies, Mandy (1944–)

British call girl. Born in Birmingham, England, in 1944; m. Rafael Shaul (Israeli airline pilot), 1966; children: 1 daughter.

Quit school at 15 and worked as a shopgirl; moved to London where she befriended Christine Keeler; became embroiled in the Profumo scandal which brought the Tory Party to the brink of disaster (1963); converted to Judaism (1966), married and settled in Tel Aviv.

See also Women in World History.