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Mary Ure

Also known as: Eillen Mary Ure

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Eillen Mary Ure - Full name

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Mary Ure Biography

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Died: Thursday 3rd of April 1975 (age 42)

Born: Saturday 18th of February 1933

Years active: 1955-1974 (started around 22 years old; 19 years active)

Birthplace: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Nationality: (Scottish)

Ethnicity: Caucasian

Professions: Actress

Sexuality: Straight

Body

Hair color: Blonde

Eye color: Blue

Height: 5'5" (or 165 cm)

About Mary Ure

She was a British actress. She was the second Scottish-born actress (after Deborah Kerr) to be nominated for an Academy Award, for her role in the 1960 film Sons and Lovers.
Ure experienced alcohol dependence and other mental health challenges throughout the early 1970s. On Wednesday 2 April 1975, she appeared on the London stage with Honor Blackman, Ronald Hines and Brian Blessed in an adaptation of the teleplay The Exorcism by Don Taylor and "within hours of a triumphant opening [night]" was found dead, aged 42, from an accidental overdose of alcohol and barbiturates. Her body was discovered by her husband, Robert Shaw, in their London home.