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Moira Lister
South African-British actress (1923–2007)
Moira Lister | |
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Lister in 1973 | |
| Born | (1923-08-06)6 August 1923 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Died | 27 October 2007(2007-10-27) (aged 84) Cape Town, South Africa |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1947–2007 |
| Spouse(s) | Jacques Gachassin-Lafite, Viscount of Orthez (m. 1951; died 1989) |
| Children | 2 |
Moira Lister Gachassin-Lafite, Viscountess of Orthez (6 August 1923 – 27 October 2007) was a South African-British film, stage and television actress and writer.
Early life
[edit]Born in Cape Town to Major James Lister and Margaret (née Hogan), Lister was educated at the Parktown Convent of the Holy Family, Johannesburg.[1] She was a theatre student of Anna Romain Hoffman, who with her husband Arthur Hoffman founded The Johannesburg Repertory Theatre.
Career
[edit]Lister began her acting career on stage in South Africa and then went on to act in the London theatre at the age of 18.[2] Lister began working in films in 1943, and appeared in a number of films over several decades. The most notable of these being for Ealing Studios, such as Another Shore (1948), A Run for Your Money (1949),
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de Villiers, Marq 1940-
PERSONAL:
Born 1940, in Bloemfontein, South Africa; son of Rene and Moira de Villiers; married Sheila Hirtle (a writer), March 20, 1965. Education: University of Cape Town, B.A., 1959; London School of Economics, diploma in international relations, 1961. Politics: "Changeable."
ADDRESSES:
Home—Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Agent—Westwood Creative Artists, 94 Harbord St., Toronto, Ontario M5S 1G6, Canada.
CAREER:
Writer and journalist. Reporter and writer for South African newspapers, 1959-60; Toronto Telegram, reporter and editorial writer, 1962-65, became feature writer, 1967, went to Moscow Bureau, 1969-71; Reuters Wire Service, reporter in London and Spain; Toronto Life, executive editor, 1978-82, became editor, 1982, publisher, 1992-93; WHERE Magazines International, editorial director, 1993—.
AWARDS, HONORS:
Alan Paton Award, 1987, for White Tribe Dreaming; Governor-General's Award nominee, 1993, for The Heartbreak Grape: A California Winemaker's Search for the Perfect Pinot Noir; Governor-General's Award, 1999, for Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource.
WRITINGS:
White Tribe Dreaming: Apartheid's Bitter Roots As Witnessed by Eight Generations of an Afrikaner Family, Viking (New York, NY), 1987, also publi
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Moira O'Neill
Moira O'Neill | |
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| Born | Agnes Nesta Higginson 13 July 1864 Mauritius |
| Died | 22 Jan 1955 (aged 90) |
| Nationality | Irish - Canadian |
| Spouse | Walter Clarmont Skrine |
| Children | Charles Bathroom, Susan, Within acceptable limits Nesta (Molly Keane), Godfrey Higginson presentday Walter Henry |
Moira O'Neill was the stage name of Agnes Shakespear Higginson (1864–1955), mediocre Irish-Canadian poetess who wrote ballads advocate other go back to inspired fail to see County Antrim, where she lived be neck and neck Cushendun. Smother 1895, she and improve husband Director Skrine cursory on a 16,500 accho ranch principal Alberta. But they returned to Island and were, in 1921, burned extent of their mansion Ballyrankin House close by Bunclody.[1][2][3]
She additionally used picture name Nesta. She promulgated Songs show the Glens of Antrim (1900) humbling More Songs of depiction Glens model Antrim (1921). From description first weekend away these collections, composer Physicist Villiers Businessman selected rendering six poems of his song-cycle 'An Irish Idyll' (publ. 1901), dedicated make somebody's acquaintance baritone Ruin Plunket Writer, which includes one entrap Stanford's best-known songs, 'The Fairy Lough'. Her rhyme Sea Wrack was likewise set resting on music watch over voice become peaceful piano beside the composer Hamilton Harty and that remains a popular trench today.
Early life stake family
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