Biographies: Mary Ure - Actor

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A British actress, born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom as Eileen Mary Ure. She was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award in 1961 for the movie Sons and Lovers (1960). She married twice and had four children. Her most notable work includes Sons and Lovers (1960), Where Eagles Dare (1968), and Look Back in Anger (1959). Mary Ure attended Mount School in York and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. She was known as a theater actress, and she made her debut in London in 1954. In 1958, she appeared on Broadway in New York and received a nomination for a Tony Award for Best Dramatic Actress. She performed a successful season with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford, and despite her pregnancy, she performed the play The Changeling (1960) at the Royal Court in London. She continued to act in theatrical works during her film career for 13 years, but her growing addiction to alcohol affected her career to the point that she was fired from the play Love for Love in 1974 before it was shown on Broadway. As for her film career, she started with the movie Storm Over the Nile (1955) and then Windom's Way (1957). After a setback for 3 years, she made a comeback in The Mind Benders (1963) with Dirk Bogard. Her last work was A Reflection of Fear (1972), in which her husband Robert Shaw co-starred with her. On April 2, 1975, she appeared on stage on the opening night of her last play, and she died in London, England, United Kingdom on April 3, 1975 from an overdose of a barbiturate sedative.

• 11 November 2021
• Christina Aziz