Grace Moore

Grace Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933

Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 - January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress. Born in Slabtown, Tennessee, she won fame as an opera, Broadway and Hollywood star, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1935 for One Night of Love.

She was at one point chosen by Florenz Ziegfeld as one of the most beautiful women in the world.

Moore's life story was made into a movie, So This is Love, in 1953, starring Kathryn Grayson.

Grace Moore died in a plane crash in Copenhagen Airport on January 26, 1947. Among the victims was also Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, father of the present Swedish king, Carl XVI Gustaf.


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Grace Moore died in a plane crash in Copenhagen Airport on January 26, 1947. Among the victims was also Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, father of the present Swedish king, Carl XVI Gustaf. More recently, O'Neill started to write, and has published From Fallen To Forgiven, a book of biographical notes and philosophical thoughts about life and existence. Moore's life story was made into a movie, So This is Love, in 1953, starring Kathryn Grayson. O'Neill had more success in TV movies, including notable performances in Love's Savage Fury and in Bare Essence. She was at one point chosen by Florenz Ziegfeld as one of the most beautiful women in the world. After her success in Summer of '42 in 1971, in which she plays the young widow of a soldier killed in war, O'Neill became a well-known Hollywood actress, and continued acting for the next two decades, but was seldom offered roles which challenged her abilities. Born in Slabtown, Tennessee, she won fame as an opera, Broadway and Hollywood star, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1935 for One Night of Love. In 1970 she played a minor role in Rio Lobo, starring John Wayne.

Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 - January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress. In 1968 she landed a small role in For the Love of Ivy. As a teenager, O'Neill started to work as a model and appeared in TV commercials and on magazine covers. She was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil as the daughter of a Spanish-Irish businessman and his English wife. Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is an American actress.

For the Love of Ivy (1968). Futz! (1969). Rio Lobo (1970). Summer of '42 (1971).

Such Good Friends (1971). Glass Houses (1972). The Carey Treatment (1972). Lady Ice (1973).

Whiffs (1975). The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975). Gente di rispetto (1975). L'innocente (1976).

Call Girl (1976). 7 Note in Nero (1977). Caravans (1978). A Force of One (1979).

Steel (1980). Cloud Dancer (1980). Scanners (1981). I love NY (1988).

Committed (1988). Discretion assured (1993). Love is Like That (1996). The Corporate Ladder (1997).

The Ride (1997). The Prince and the Surfer (1999). Time Changer (2002).