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Marie Lohr

 
Actor: Marie Lohr
  • Born: Jul 28, 1890 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
  • Died: Jan 21, 1975 in London, England, UK
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
  • Career Highlights: Pygmalion, South Riding, A Town Like Alice
  • First Major Screen Credit: Aren't We All? (1932)

Biography

On stage from the age of 11, Australia-born Marie Lohr eventually toted up more credits than any previous actress in British theatrical history. She settled into the English film industry in 1930, playing many a bejeweled grande dame. Lohr co-starred in the two major pre-war George Bernard Shaw adaptations, Pygmalion (1938; as Mrs. Higgins) and Major Barbara (1941; as Lady Britomart). Marie Lohr's postwar film characterizations included Grace Winslow in The Winslow Boy (1950) and stalwart POW Mrs. Dudley Frost in A Town Like Alice (1956). ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Marie Lohr
Born 28 July 1890(1890-07-28)
Sydney, Australia
Died 21 January 1975 (aged 84)
Brighton, England
Other name(s) Marie Löhr
Occupation Actress
Years active 1894 — 1968

Marie Lohr or Marie Löhr (28 July 1890 — 21 January 1975) was an Australian film and stage actress.

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Biography

Lohr was born in Sydney, Australia to Lewis J. Löhr, treasurer of the Melbourne opera house, and his wife, the English actress Kate Bishop (1848–1923). Lohr's maternal uncle, Alfred Bishop, along with her godparents, William and Madge Kendal, were also actors.

Career

Lohr's first stage appearance was in Sydney, aged 4, in The World Against Her. Her London debut (after the family's move to England), aged 11, in Shockheaded Peter and The Man Who Stole the Castle. Her later stage-work included appearances in a 1929 London stage production of Beau Geste alongside Laurence Olivier, husband of Vivien Leigh, and in the original production of the 1930 play The Bread-Winner. Her first film appearance was in the 1932 film version of Aren't we All?, and — having appeared in several of George Bernard Shaw's works onstage - her subsequent films included two Shaw adaptations. She died at the age of 84, and was buried in the Brompton cemetery in West London.

Filmography

Marie Lohr. Early 1900s.
  • Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945), Emma Blood
  • Went the Day Well? (1942), Mrs. Fraser
  • Major Barbara (1941), Lady Britomart
  • George and Margaret (1940), Alice
  • A Gentleman's Gentleman (1939), Mrs. Handside-Lane
  • Pygmalion (1938), Mrs. Higgins
  • South Riding (1938), Mrs. Beddows
  • Dreams Come True (1936), Helen von Waldenau
  • Whom the Gods Love: The Original Story of Mozart and His Wife (1936), the Empress
  • It's You I Want (1936), Constance Gilbert
  • Reasonable Doubt (1936), uncredited
  • Cock o' the North (1935), Mary Barton
  • Royal Cavalcade (1935), Mother
  • Foreign Affaires (1935), Mrs. Cope
  • Lady in Danger (1935), Lady Brockley
  • Oh, Daddy! (1935), Lady Pye
  • Fighting Stock (1935), Mrs. Barbara Rivers
  • Mon Coeur t'Appelle (1934), Modiste - English version: My Heart is Calling You
  • Road House (1934), Lady Hamble
  • Aren't We All? (1932), Lady Frinton
  • Victory and Peace (1918), Barbara Rowntree
  • The Real Thing at Last (1916), Murdered Woman

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