Dora mavor moore biography

          Dora Mavor Moore, OC was a Canadian actress, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theatre.

        1. Dora Mavor Moore, OC was a Canadian actress, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theatre.
        2. Dora Mavor Moore, actress, teacher (b at Glasgow, Scot 8 Apr ; d at Toronto 15 May ).
        3. Life and work .
        4. Born in Glasgow in , teacher and director Dora Mavor Moore arrived in Toronto eight years later.
        5. In this first biography of Dora Mavor Moore, Paula Sperdakos examines the life and career of a key figure in the development of the theatre in Canada.

          6. Life and work ....

          Dora Mavor Moore

          Canadian actress (1888–1979)

          Dora Mavor Moore

          Born

          Dora Mavor


          (1888-04-08)8 April 1888

          Glasgow, Scotland

          Died15 May 1979(1979-05-15) (aged 91)

          Toronto, Canada

          NationalityCanadian
          Other namesDora Mavor
          Occupations
          SpouseFrancis Moore (1915-1928; separated)
          Children3, including Mavor Moore
          RelativesCharlotte Moore and Tedde Moore (grandchildren)

          Dora Mavor Moore, OC (néeMavor; 8 April 1888 – 15 May 1979) was a Canadian actress, teacher and director who was a pioneer of Canadian theatre.

          Life and work

          Born Dora Mavor in Glasgow, Scotland, she moved with her family to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1894, when her father, James Mavor (1854-1925), became a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto.[1] She was the first Canadian student ever to be accepted at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and graduated in 1912.[citation needed]

          In 1915, she marrie