Manora Thew

English actress

  • Cuthbert Harrison Thew (father)
  • Alice Maude Turner (mother)

Manora Alice Thew (12 April 1891 – 12 April 1987) was an English actress.[1]

She was born in Negapatam, Madras Presidency, British India, the daughter of Alice Maude née Turner (1865–1925) and Cuthbert Harrison Thew (1859–1928). In 1911 she was a student at a boarding school in Frimley in Surrey.[2] In 1915 she married John Davidson (1890–1954), a medical doctor, and with him had a daughter, Manora Joy Davidson (1920–1999).[3] After the birth of her daughter she largely retired from acting. In 1939 she and her family were living at 140 Manchester Road in Sheffield.[4]

Manora Thew died in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England in 1987. In her will she left £116,050.[5]

Partial filmography

  • The Shulamite (1915)
  • Honour in Pawn (1916)
  • Arsène Lupin (1916)
  • The New Clown (1916)
  • The Broken Melody (1916)
  • His Daughter's Dilemma (1916)
  • The Grit of a Jew (1917)
  • Not Negotiable (1918)
  • The Man and the Moment (1918)
  • Once Upon a Time (1918)
  • The Splendid Folly (1919)
  • When It Was Dark (1919)
  • The Polar Star (1919)
  • The Homemaker (1919)
  • Fettered (1919)
  • The Toilers (1919)
  • At the Villa Rose (1920)
  • A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922)

References

  1. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | THEW, Manora". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  2. ^ 1911 England Census for Manora Thew - Surrey, Frimley - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  3. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Manora A Thew 1915 - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  4. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register for Manora A Davidson - Yorkshire (West Riding), Sheffield - Ancestry.com (subscription required)
  5. ^ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Manora Alice Davidson 1987 - Ancestry.com (subscription required)

External links

  • Manora Thew at IMDb


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