Josephine Mary Brandell ( September 1887 &ndash; 27 June 1977 ) was an Austrian-Jewish musical actress and actress notable for surviving the torpedoing of the RMS '' Lusitania '' in 1915 . Following her marriage in 1945 to Beresford Cecil Bingham , 8th Earl Annesley she became Josephine , Countess of Annesley
the torpedoing
Sinking of the RMS Lusitania
Josephine Brandell