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Moira Lister (born 1923) was born in South Africa where her acting career began. There, in 1935, she appeared in Vintage Wine with Sir Seymour Hicks who was so impressed by her that he invited her to England to make a film with him. They arrived on the day that Edward VII abdicated. The film was cancelled. She did, however, appear, at the age of 14, in Post Road (1936) at London’s Queen’s Theatre before returning to South Africa to continue her education.
In 1944, she sailed again to England to begin her film career and was given roles in several productions. The following year, she was invited to participate in the Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare season, playing Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Desdemona in Othello and Olivia in Twelfth Night. She then toured Europe with the company playing in Much Ado about Nothing and King Lear.
For the next 20 years, she was a successful and popular stage, film and TV actress. Her films included The Yellow Rolls Royce (1964) with Rex Harrison, and The Double Man (1967) with Yul Brynner. In the West End, she starred in many plays, including The Love of Four Colonels, The Gazebo and Getting Married. She frequently appeared on TV and radio (including the first series of Hancock’s Half Hour). She retired from the stage in 1967 and, since then, has made only occasional appearances in film and TV programs.
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| 000911 |
Theatre: Programs (UK) - post 1939 | THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR (by Shakespeare) with John Gielgud & Moira Lister |
| 012360 |
Theatre: Programs (UK) - post 1939 | THE GAZEBO (by Alec Coppel) with Ian Carmichael & Moira Lister |
| 013235 |
Theatre: Programs (UK) - post 1939 | A WOMAN NAMED ANNA by Henry Cecil |
| 014822 |
Theatre: Programs (UK) - post 1939 | DEVIL MAY CARE (by Alan Melville) with IAN CARMICHAEL & MOIRA LISTER |
| 008249 |
Theatre: Photos - Signed | MOIRA LISTER - signed photo |
| 008250 |
Theatre: Photos - Signed | MOIRA LISTER - signed photo |
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