Editing Christine Keeler (section)

== In popular culture ==
[[Yvonne Buckingham]] portrayed Keeler in a 1963 film variously titled ''[[The Christine Keeler Story]]'', ''The Keeler Affair'', and ''The Christine Keeler Affair'';<ref>{{cite web |title=Alicia Brandet as Mandy Rice-Davies and Yvonne Buckingham as Christine Keeler in 'The Christine Keeler Affair'|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw301240/Alicia-Brandet-as-Mandy-Rice-Davies-and-Yvonne-Buckingham-as-Christine-Keeler-in-The-Christine-Keeler-Affair? |publisher=National Portrait Gallery |access-date=8 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Keeler herself introduced the film in its [[opening sequence]] and read the [[cast list]] in [[voiceover]] at the end.<ref name=Farmer>{{cite journal |last1=Farmer |first1=Richard |title=The Profumo affair in popular culture: The Keeler Affair (1963) and 'the commercial exploitation of a public scandal' |journal=[[Contemporary British History]] |date=3 July 2017 |volume=31 |issue=3 |pages=452–470 |doi=10.1080/13619462.2016.1261698|s2cid=152257427 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

In the 1989 film about the Profumo affair, ''[[Scandal (1989 film)|Scandal]]'', actress [[Joanne Whalley]] portrayed Keeler.<ref>{{cite news |last1=von Tunzelmann |first1=Alex |author-link=Alex von Tunzelmann |title=Scandal: someone was taking notes |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/jul/11/scandal-keeler-profumo |access-date=8 January 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=11 July 2012 |language=en}}</ref>

In [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]'s stage musical ''[[Stephen Ward (musical)|Stephen Ward]]'', which opened at the [[Aldwych Theatre]] in 2013, Keeler was portrayed by [[Charlotte Spencer (actress)|Charlotte Spencer]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Casting Announced for World Premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Stephen Ward|url= http://www.playbill.com/news/article/181822-Casting-Announced-for-World-Premiere-of-Andrew-Lloyd-Webbers-Stephen-Ward-Starring-Alexander-Hanson|work= [[Playbill]]|date= 6 September 2013|access-date= 2 February 2014|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131005012531/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/181822-Casting-Announced-for-World-Premiere-of-Andrew-Lloyd-Webbers-Stephen-Ward-Starring-Alexander-Hanson|archive-date= 5 October 2013|df= dmy-all}}</ref>

Keeler is portrayed by [[Gala Gordon]] during the [[The Crown season 2|second season]] of the [[Netflix]] drama series ''[[The Crown (TV series)|The Crown]]'' in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Crown season 2: how the Netflix drama deals with Christine Keeler and the Profumo Affair |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/crown-season-2-netflix-drama-deals-christine-keeler-profumo/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/0/crown-season-2-netflix-drama-deals-christine-keeler-profumo/ |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=8 January 2022 |work=The Telegraph |date=8 December 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Keeler is portrayed by [[Sophie Cookson]] in ''[[The Trial of Christine Keeler]]'', a six-part television series screened on [[BBC One]] from 2019 to 2020.<ref name="trialbbc">{{cite web |title=The Trial of Christine Keeler |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ct7b/episodes/guide |website=BBC One |publisher=BBC |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218195711/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ct7b/episodes/guide |archive-date=18 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Funded by the [[Arts Council England]] and [[Arts Council of Wales]], a [[touring exhibition]] called ''Dear Christine'' opened in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] in June 2019<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vane.org.uk/past-exhibitions/dear-christine |title=Dear Christine at Vane |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103133915/http://vane.org.uk/past-exhibitions/dear-christine |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and toured to [[Swansea]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.elysiumgallery.com/events/event/50fifty |title=Dear Christine – A Tribute to Christine Keeler |date=4 October 2019 |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103133940/http://www.elysiumgallery.com/events/event/50fifty/ |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> in October 2019, finishing at Arthouse1 in London in February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ArthouseSE1. |url=https://www.arthouse1.co.uk/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103134009/https://www.arthouse1.co.uk/index.html |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=dead |publisher=Arthouse1 |access-date=4 June 2022}}</ref> The culmination of a four-year project by artist/curator Fionn Wilson to reclaim and re-frame Keeler, it features work from twenty women artists "in order to put a female perspective on a narrative that has mostly been led by men".<ref>{{cite periodical |magazine=Garageland |issue=22 |title=Difficult Women |date=October 2018 |issn=1749-9267}}</ref> The exhibition has been described by journalist and writer [[Julie Burchill]] as "a thing of beauty without cruelty".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Burchill |first=Julie |author-link=Julie Burchill |title=Dear Christine |url=https://artnorth-magazine.com/news/dear-christine-julie-burchill |magazine=Art North |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103134004/https://artnorth-magazine.com/news/dear-christine-julie-burchill |archive-date=3 January 2020 |date=18 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Critic and writer [[Ian McKay (writer)|Ian McKay]] wrote: "In several important ways, ''Dear Christine'', the exhibition, seeks with some noble intent to ... rescue Christine's image and experience and reprocess it, rescuing it from the newspaper front-page-Keeler that is etched into the collective consciousness".<ref>{{cite magazine |last=McKay |first=Ian |title=The Boy Looked at Christine |url=https://artnorth-magazine.com/the-boy-looked-at-christine |magazine=Art North |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618130430/https://artnorth-magazine.com/the-boy-looked-at-christine |archive-date=18 June 2019 |date=n.d. |url-status=dead}}</ref> The exhibition also featured in the ''[[Morning Star (British newspaper)|Morning Star]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/image-restoration-vane-gallery-pix-come |title=Image restoration |work=Morning Star |date=30 May 2019 |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103133932/https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/c/image-restoration-vane-gallery-pix-come |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20190528/282299616645509 |title=Christine Keeler is being reframed – about time |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 May 2019 |via=[[PressReader]] |url-access=registration |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103134008/https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-daily-telegraph/20190528/282299616645509 |archive-date=3 January 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the ''[[International Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://internationaltimes.it/dear-christine |title=Dear Christine |work=IT |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626032119/http://internationaltimes.it/dear-christine/ |archive-date=26 June 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In ''[[Wales Arts Review]]'', writer Craig Austin interviewed Fionn Wilson who says:

{{blockquote|Christine Keeler has always fascinated me, since I first became aware of her story via the 1989 film ''Scandal''. When I started painting, I decided to do a series of paintings of her, and as I researched Christine's life story, it struck me that, even though she is a culturally significant figure in British history, there is very little recent artistic reference to her. I decided that I would try to rectify this and add to the visual narrative around her. And so the project was born. It's also a very personal project. I have great sympathy for Christine Keeler.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.walesartsreview.org/dear-christine/ |title='Dear Christine' – A Tribute to Christine Keeler |date=6 October 2019 |access-date=3 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006173138/https://www.walesartsreview.org/dear-christine/ |archive-date=6 October 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

The [[exhibition catalogue]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Dear Christine |date=April 2019 |editor-last=Wilson |editor-first=Fionn |others=Designed by Rebecca Fairman |publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform |isbn=978-1-916120-00-6}}</ref> includes writing by [[Amanda Coe]], screenwriter and executive producer of ''The Trial of Christine Keeler''; Keeler's son Seymour Platt; art historian Kalliopi Minioudaki; and artist and [[art critic]] Bo Gorzelak Pedersen.

In the summer of 1963, "Christine", a pop single by [[Joyce Blair]] (released under the pseudonym "Miss X"), which parodied Keeler's involvement with Profumo, reached No.&nbsp;37 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] despite being banned from airplay by the BBC due to its subject matter.<ref name=Farmer /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10775/miss-x/|title=Miss X|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=4 April 2021|archive-date=28 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128111350/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10775/miss-x/|url-status=live}}</ref> The single had also been banned by [[Radio Luxembourg]].<ref name=Farmer />

In 1964, the Jamaican ska band [[The Skatalites]] released the song "Christine Keeler" on the album Ska Authentic.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Skatalites – Ska Authentic, Vol. 1 Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ska-authentic-vol-1-mw0000876030 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=9 March 2023}}</ref>

In 1979, the British [[post-punk]] band [[Glaxo Babies]] released the 7-inch single "Christine Keeler" addressing Keeler and the Profumo affair.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/the-profumo-affair-2012-11 |title=Flashback: At Least Petraeus Wasn't Having An Affair With The Mistress Of A Soviet Spy |first=Gus |last=Lubin |website=[[Business Insider]] |date=13 November 2012 |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

Keeler's affair with Profumo is referenced obliquely as "British politician sex" in [[Billy Joel]]'s song "[[We Didn't Start the Fire]]" from the 1989 album ''[[Storm Front (album)|Storm Front]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Tom |title=Every historical reference in 'We Didn't Start The Fire' |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/billy-joel-we-didnt-start-the-fire-every-event-referenced-history-jfk-bob-dylan/ |access-date=9 January 2022 |work=[[Far Out Magazine]] |date=9 May 2021}}</ref> Keeler is referenced in the song "Post World War Two Blues" from the 1973 album ''[[Past, Present and Future (Al Stewart album)|Past, Present and Future]]'' by [[Al Stewart]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peeples |first1=Stephen K. |title=Al Stewart: 'Past, Present And Future' – Liner Notes, 1992 Reissue |url=https://stephenkpeeples.com/news-and-reviews/al-stewart-past-present-and-future-liner-notes-1992-reissue/ |website=<!-- Stephen K. Peeples --> |access-date=9 January 2022 |date=1 April 2021}}</ref>