Ida Moore

• Born: 1883 in Altoona, Kansas
• Died: 1964 09 in California
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '40s-'50s
• Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
• Career Highlights: Money Madness, Rainbow 'round My Shoulder, Leave It to the Marines
• First Major Screen Credit: Money Madness (1947)

Biography

Tiny, bright-eyed character actress Ida Moore made her first film in 1925, but did not actively pursue moviemaking until well into her sixties. Nearly always cast as a twinkly grandma or man-hungry spinster, Ms. Moore enlivened the proceedings of many a film comedy of the 1940s and 1950s. Her most ardent fans treasure those moments wherein Moore was cast against type as a crook or confidence trickster (vide the 1949 Bowery Boys comedy Hold That Baby). Ida Moore somewhat surprisingly became a cult figure to film buffs of the 1960s, warranting a write-up in the encyclopedic The American Movies Reference Book: The Sound Era, a 1968 volume that curiously couldn't find room for several other deserving "Moores" like Victor and Colleen. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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