What Happened To Marjorie Stewart After The Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare

Summary Eiza González plays Marjorie Stewart in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Guy Ritchie's latest film.

Marjorie Stewart was married to Henry Cavill's character, Gus March-Phillipps, after the events of the film.

Marjorie Stewart's role in Operation Postmaster was played up for entertainment purposes, but there were real female spies involved.

Eiza González plays Marjorie Stewart in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a historical figure whose fascinating story continues long after the film's events. Guy Ritchie's latest film is based on a true World War II story where Winston Churchill assembled a special operations unit to carry out unique tasks in desperate times. The film covers Operation Postmaster, an actual operation that was made far more bombastic for the film's purposes but with characters loosely based on the real historical figures involved with the event. For example, Henry Cavill's Gus March-Phillipps is another real person.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare ending briefly shows what happens to several of the main characters, or at least those based on real people. Babs Olusanmokun plays Mr. Heron, an entirely fictional character created for the movie. Given that it's an action movie and a Guy Ritchie film, several creative liberties are taken for stylistic and dramatic purposes, but there's real information about Marjorie Stewart that ties into her character. While she likely wasn't involved in the actual mission, she lived an interesting life worth knowing about!

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Did Marjorie Stewart Keep Working For The SOE?

Marjorie Stewart's Involvement With The Special Operations Executive Is Unclear

Though the term isn't used in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, the unit depicted in the film was part of the SOE or the Special Operations Executive, founded in 1940 as an espionage and reconnaissance division. One of the biggest changes to Ministry's historical events was that the SOE was a far more significant organization that went on many missions, utilizing over 13,000 agents and soldiers throughout World War II. However, it's unclear what Marjorie Stewart's role was in the real-life SOE.

Marjorie Stewart is portrayed as an actress turned SOE agent who was sent undercover to gather information and distract the Nazi antagonist. She was indeed an actress and involved in SOE missions in some manner, but there's no evidence supporting her taking part in Operation Postmaster. By extension, there's no information that confirms her future with the SOE following the mission aside from her relationship with Gus March-Phillipps.

Marjorie Stewart & Gus March-Phillipps Got Married

Henry Cavill's Gus March-Phillipps Married Marjorie Stewart After Operation Postmaster

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare's ending text reveals that, after Operation Postmaster, Marjorie Stewart was married to Gus March-Phillipps. The pair were married on April 18, 1942, which unfortunately ended in tragedy. Another aspect left out of the film was that Gus March-Phillipps was killed in action in September 1942, meaning their marriage only lasted five months before his premature death.

Gus March-Phillipps's real-life story is quite unfortunate, and it's surprising they left such a monumental detail out of the film. His real-life relationship with Marjorie Stewart was undocumented, but The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare depicts them only meeting one another through the mission. It's possible they met before the mission in actual history, meaning they may have had more time together, but the details are unclear. The Guy Ritchie film sensationalized his story, but the real Gus March-Phillipps seems to have been just as exciting of a war hero.

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Marjorie Stewart Continued Her Career As An Actress

Marjorie Stewart Has Over 20 Credits In Film & Television

Marjorie Stewart lived far longer than Gus March-Phillipps, managing to have a career in television and film through the 1940s and 1950s. Marjorie Stewart never made it big as a performer, mostly appearing in minor roles in movies like The Master Plan, Little Big Shot, and Young and Willing. She also had roles in TV shows like No Hiding Place.

In The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, Marjorie Stewart is claimed to be a trained actress and singer, though her first documented credit is from 1947, years after Operation Postmaster. It's possible she was a stage actor and performer years before her first film/TV roles. Interestingly, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds has a similar character in Diane Kruger's Bridget Von Hammersmark, an entirely fictional film star turned spy for the UK. Celebrities, including Josephine Baker, were actually used as spies in World War II.

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Marjorie Stewart Died In 1988

Marjorie Stewart Passed Away At Age 76 In London

Marjorie Stewart lived a long life, passing away on November 9, 1988, at the age of 76. She passed away in Kensington, London, where she was born. Though she wasn't technically involved in the actual mission, her role was played out for more importance in the film, which was because "she could stand in for all of the female spies who never got their due," according to writer Arash Amel (via LA Times). Apparently, actual female spies were involved with the mission, and Marjorie Stewart was used as a character to represent them in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.