Moore, Eva (1870–1955)

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Moore, Eva (1870–1955)

English actress. Born Feb 9, 1870, in Brighton, East Sussex, England; died April 27, 1955, in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England; dau. of Emily (Strachan) Moore and Edmund Henry Moore; sister of Jessie Moore and Decima Moore (both actress-singers) and Bertha Moore; m. H.V. Esmond, 1891 (died 1922); children: Jack Esmond; Jill Esmond (1908–1990, actress and 1st wife of Laurence Olivier).

Made stage debut in London in Proposals (1887) and subsequently had highly successful stage and screen career in London before arriving in Hollywood (1931); films include The Law Divine, The Crimson Circle, Chu Chin Chow, Motherland, Brown Sugar, The Old Dark House (as Rebecca Femm), Just Smith, House of Dreams, Jew Suss, Vintage Wine, The Bandit of Sherwood Forest and Of Human Bondage.

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