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Grace Moore
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American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film (1898-1947)
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Grace Moore was an American actor, opera singer, and soprano, born on 5 December 1898 in Cocke County. She began her career in 1920 and taught Dorothy Kirsten. Moore was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, received the Legion of Honour, and holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She spoke English and died on 26 January 1947 at Copenhagen Airport in the 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash.
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Film & TV
Slabtown, Tennessee, USA
Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 – January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in One Night of Love. Description above from the Wikipedia article Grace Moore, licensed…
Known for
- Going Hollywood: The '30s — Self (archive footage)1984
- Louise — Louise1939
- When You're in Love — Louise Fuller1937
- I'll Take Romance — Elsa Terry1937
- The King Steps Out — Princess Elizabeth / Cissy1936
- Love Me Forever — Margaret Howard1935
- A Dream Comes True — Herself (uncredited)1935
- One Night of Love — Mary Barrett1934
- Strange Case of Hennessy — The Maid1933
- Jenny Lind — Jenny Lind1931
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1898
- Active to
- 1947
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- Listeners
- 1,760
- Total plays
- 4,571
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Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 - January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and Academy Award-nominated actress in musical theatre and film, nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience. Born December 5, 1898 (but some sources give her birth year as 1901) to Richard Lawson Moore and Jane (Stokely) Moore in the community of Slabtown (now considered part of Del Rio) in Cocke County <a href="https://www.last.fm/m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Grace
- Family name
- Moore
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cocke County
- Place of death
- Copenhagen Airport
- Occupation
- Ziegfeld girl
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- opera
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Grace Moore.jpg
- Voice type
- soprano
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- Commons category
- Grace Moore
- date of birth
- 1898-12-05
- date of death
- 1947-01-26
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- name in native language
- Grace Moore
- start of work period
- 1920-00-00
- cause of death
- 1947 KLM Douglas DC-3 crash
- writing language
- English language
- student
- Dorothy Kirsten
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Encyclopedic overview
Grace Moore in the 1930s
Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 – January 26, 1947) was an American operatic lyric soprano and actress in musical theatre and film. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in One Night of Love.
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