Manora Alice Thew (12 April 1891 – 12 April 1987) was an English actress. She was born in

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, Madras Presidency,

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, the daughter of Alice Maude ''née'' Turner (1865–1925) and Cuthbert Harrison Thew (1859–1928). In 1911 she was a student at a boarding school in

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in Surrey. In 1915 she married John Davidson (1890–1954), a medical doctor, and with him had a daughter, Manora Joy Davidson (1920–1999). After the birth of her daughter she largely retired from acting. In 1939 she and her family were living at 140 Manchester Road in

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. Manora Thew died in

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, England in 1987. In her will she left £116,050.England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Manora Alice Davidson 1987 - Ancestry.com
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Partial filmography

* '' The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * '' The Shulamite'' (1915) * '' Honour in Pawn'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1916) * '' The New Clown'' (1916) * '' The Broken Melody'' (1916) * '' His Daughter's Dilemma'' (1916) * '' The Grit of a Jew'' (1917) * '' Not Negotiable'' (1918) * ''

The Man and the Moment ''The Man and the Moment'' is a formerly lost 1929 part-talkie romantic comedy film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Billie Dove. The film is mainly a silent film, with talking sequences as well as a synchronized music score and sound ...

'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * '' The Splendid Folly'' (1919) * '' When It Was Dark'' (1919) * '' The Polar Star'' (1919) * ''

The Homemaker ''The Homemaker'' is a 1919 British silent romance film directed by George Dewhurst and starring Manora Thew, Basil Gill and Gwynne Herbert.Connelly p.363 Cast * Manora Thew as Lysbeth * Basil Gill as Wilbur Benson * Gwynne Herbert as L ...

'' (1919) * '' Fettered'' (1919) * '' The Toilers'' (1919) * '' At the Villa Rose'' (1920) * '' A Romance of Old Baghdad'' (1922)

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* 1891 births 1987 deaths English film actresses English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses British people in colonial India {{UK-film-actor-stub