Mariella Novotny Explained

Mariella Novotny (born Stella Marie Capes, 9 May 1941 – 1 February 1983) was an English socialite and prostitute who was part of Christine Keeler's social circle and mixed extensively with British establishment figures in the events leading up to the Profumo affair.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Novotny was born in Yorkshire in 1941.^[4] She married the club owner Horace Dibben in January 1960.^{[5] [6]}

She has been said to have had relationships with John F. Kennedy and Robert Kennedy,^[2] and to have worked with MI5.^[1]

In the 1989 film Scandal about the Profumo affair, she was portrayed by Britt Ekland.

She died in 1983 of a drug overdose, aged 41.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Whitfield. David. 2018-07-20. Mariella Novotny, Kennedy and Profumo are tied up in this unsettling portrait. 2021-02-01. NottinghamshireLive. en.
2. Web site: Mariella Novotny. 2021-02-01. Spartacus Educational.
3. Web site: 2013-11-22. The Chief Whip And The Man In The Mask. 2021-02-01. Standpoint. english.
4. Book: Summers. Anthony. The Secret Worlds of Stephen Ward: Sex, Scandal and Deadly Secrets in the Profumo Affair. Dorril. Stephen. 2013-12-06. Headline. 978-1-4722-1663-2. en.
5. Book: Knightley. Phillip. An Affair of State: The Profumo Case and the Framing of Stephen Ward. Kennedy. Caroline. 1987. Cape. 978-0-224-02347-4. en. 97.
6. Web site: Baker. Rob. 2014-10-20. Caxton Hall in Westminster - Where the Stars Got Married. 2021-02-01. Flashbak. en-US.