Mary Agnes Moore Explained

Mary Agnes Moore
Birth Date:23 July 1890
Birth Place:County Meath, Ireland
Death Place:Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne, France
Other Names:Mary Moore
Occupation:Actress
Known For:silent films
Mother:Rosanna Moore
Relatives:Joe Moore (actor), Tom Moore (actor), Owen Moore, Matt Moore (actor) (brothers),
Mary Pickford (sister-in-law), Grace Cunard (sister-in-law), Renée Adorée (sister-in-law), Alice Joyce (sister-in-law), Katherine Perry (sister-in-law)

Mary Agnes Moore (23 July 1890 – 3 February 1919) was an Irish-born American actress in silent films, part of a family of film actors.

Early life and education

Moore was born in County Meath, Ireland, the daughter of Rosanna Moore. She immigrated to the United States with her brothers and their widowed mother in 1896.[1] Her brothers Tom, Owen, Matt, and Joe were all silent film actors too.[2] Her sisters-in-law were also actors, including Grace Cunard, Alice Joyce, and Mary Pickford during her lifetime.[3]

Career

Moore was an actress in silent films, with roles in Lena Rivers (1914), The Mad Mountaineer (1914),The Adventure at Briarcliff (1915), Prohibition (1915), The Stubbornness of Geraldine (1915), Under Southern Skies (1915),[4] The Meddler (1915),[5] The Great Divide (1915),[6] A Million a Minute (1916),[7] Without a Soul (1916), The Unconventional Girl (1916), Weighed in the Balance (1916), Ignorance (1916), The Warfare of the Flesh (1917), and Miss Deception (1917).[8] She was also a scenario writer for films.[9] She was associated with Francis X. Bushman's production company in 1916,[10] and with Edward Warren's "Transgressor" production company in 1917.[11]

Moore went to France as a volunteer with the American Red Cross during World War I.[12]

Death

Moore died in Tours, France, in February 1919,[13] at the age of 28, from pneumonia during the worldwide influenza pandemic.[14] She was temporarily buried with military honors at Tours.[15] In 1922 her remains were re-interred at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial.[16]

Notes and References

  1. News: 1924-10-03 . Mrs. Rosanna Moore . 47 . The Tidings . Newspapers.com. 2023-09-12.
  2. News: 1924-09-09 . Film Stars' Mother Ill . 2 . Los Angeles Evening Citizen News . Newspapers.com. 2023-09-12.
  3. News: 1919-02-08 . Mary Moore, Moving Picture Actress, Dies . 2 . San Francisco Chronicle . Newspapers.com . 2023-09-12.
  4. October 2, 1915 . Under Southern Skies . Moving Picture World . 26 . 1 . 146 . Internet Archive.
  5. October 23, 1915 . The Meddler . Moving Picture World . 26 . 1 . 670 . Internet Archive.
  6. October 16, 1915 . Lubin Players Go West . Moving Picture World . 26 . 1 . 418 . Internet Archive.
  7. News: 1916-06-07 . Francis X. Bushman at Strand Theatre . 8 . The Long Beach Telegram and The Long Beach Daily News . Newspapers.com. 2023-09-12.
  8. February 9, 1918 . Miss Deception . Moving Picture World . 35 . 871 . Internet Archive.
  9. News: 1919-03-16 . Scenario Writer Dies . 27 . The Journal and Tribune . Newspapers.com. 2023-09-12.
  10. April 15, 1916 . Mary Moore in Bushman Company . Moving Picture World . 28 . 470 . Internet Archive.
  11. March 17, 1917 . Edward Warren's 'Transgressor' Company . Moving Picture World . 31 . 1754 . Internet Archive.
  12. March 17, 1919 . List of Red Cross Women Who Died in Foreign Service . Official U. S. Bulletin . 7.
  13. News: 1919-02-13 . Mary Moore, Moving Picture Actress, Dies . 2 . Concord Transcript . Newspapers.com. 2023-09-12.
  14. March 1, 1919 . Sister of Moores Dead . Moving Picture World . 31 . 1186.
  15. March 29, 1919 . Buried with Military Honors . Moving Picture World . 31 . 1794 . Internet Archive.
  16. Web site: Mary A. Moore . 2023-09-12 . American Battle Monuments Commission . en.