# Lucia Moore

> Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lucia_Moore
> Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Lucia_Moore.md
> Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Moore
> Source revision: 1347644499
> License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

{{Short description|American actress (1867–1932)}}
'''Lucia Moore''' (December 10, 1867 – April 1, 1932)<ref name="SP">{{cite book|page=255|title=The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers: A Necrology of Births and Deaths and Essays on 50 Lost Players|author=Billy H. Doyle, Anthony Slide|year=1995|isbn=9780810829589|publisher=[Scarecrow Press](/source/Scarecrow_Press)}}</ref> was an American stage and [silent film](/source/silent_film) actress. She appeared in plays on [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) from 1900 through 1932; often in works written by women [playwrights](/source/playwrights), such as [Rachel Crothers](/source/Rachel_Crothers), [Anita Loos](/source/Anita_Loos), [Clare Kummer](/source/Clare_Kummer), [Jean Webster](/source/Jean_Webster), and [Rida Johnson Young](/source/Rida_Johnson_Young). She also appeared in original plays by [Maxwell Anderson](/source/Maxwell_Anderson), [Barry Conners](/source/Barry_Conners), [George Scarborough](/source/George_Scarborough_(writer)), and [Edgar Selwyn](/source/Edgar_Selwyn).

==Life and career==
Born in [Shreveport, Louisiana](/source/Shreveport%2C_Louisiana),<ref name="SP"/> Moore made her [Broadway](/source/Broadway_theatre) debut as Paulina in [Stanislaus Stange](/source/Stanislaus_Stange)'s ''[Quo Vadis](/source/Quo_Vadis_(play))'' at the [New York Theatre](/source/Olympia_Theatre_(New_York_City)) which opened in April 1900.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Cast|page=23|date=April 23, 1900|title=Quo Vadis|volume=2|number=5}}</ref> Later that year she appeared as Alice Palmer in [Theodore Kremer](/source/Theodore_Kremer)'s ''The Slaves of the Orient'' at the [Star Theatre](/source/Wallack's_Theatre).<ref>{{cite book|page=342|title=A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901, Volume 2|author=Thomas Allston Brown|year=1903|publisher=[Dodd, Mead & Co.](/source/Dodd%2C_Mead_%26_Co.)}}</ref> She did not return to Broadway again until 1910 when she starred as Mrs. Comstock in [Maurice Campbell](/source/Maurice_S._Campbell)'s ''Where There's a Will'' with the American Play Company at Weber's Music Hall.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=The Theatre Magazine Advertiser|volume=11|page=6|year=1910|editor=W. J. Thorold |editor2=Arthur Hornblow |editor3=Perriton Maxwell|title=WEBER'S Where There's a Will}}</ref> That same year she toured nationally as Mrs. Wright in [Rida Johnson Young](/source/Rida_Johnson_Young)'s ''[The Lottery Man](/source/The_Lottery_Man)''.<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Denver Municipal Facts|page=10|date=November 5, 1910|volume=2|number=45|title=Auditorium Theatrical Season Commences}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[Ogden Evening Standard](/source/Ogden_Evening_Standard)|date=August 17, 1910 |page= 6 | title=The Lottery Man}}</ref>

In 1911 Moore was engaged at the [Theatre Royal, Nottingham](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Nottingham) where she starred opposite the British actress Winifred Delevanti in Arthur S. Gill's ''The Kiss of Isis''.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Era Annual: Dramatic and Musical, 1912|year=1911 |editor=[Frank Desprez](/source/Frank_Desprez)|location=London|page=120|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lsU_AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Lucia+Moore%22+%22theatre%22&pg=RA1-PA120}}</ref> In 1913 she starred in [George Scarborough](/source/George_Scarborough_(writer))'s Broadway play ''The Lure'', and reprised her role in the [1914 silent film of the same name](/source/The_Lure_(1914_film)).<ref>{{cite book|title=The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film|year=2011|isbn=9783110951943|publisher=Bowker-Saur|editor=Alan Goble|page=410|chapter=The Lure}}</ref> In 1914 she returned to Broadway in another play penned by Scarborough, ''What is love?'', in the role of Mrs. Samuel Hoyt.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1914/09/21/archives/a-new-scarborough-in-what-is-love-author-of-the-lure-gives-a-comedy.html|title=A NEW SCARBOROUGH IN 'WHAT IS LOVE?'; Author of "The Lure" Gives a Comedy Full of Promise of Fine Work Ahead|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|page=7|date=September 21, 1914}}</ref>

In 1919 Moore created the role of Mrs. Smith in the original Broadway production of [Rachel Crothers](/source/Rachel_Crothers)'s ''[39 East](/source/39_East)'';<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1919/04/01/archives/drama.html|title=Drama|author= John Corbin|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=April 1, 1919}}</ref> a role she also performed in the [1920 silent film](/source/39_East_(film)).<ref>{{cite book|last=Roberts|first=Jerry|title=The Great American Playwrights on the Screen: A Critical Guide to Film, TV, Video, and DVD|year=2003|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=1-55783-512-8|page=126}}</ref> She created roles in several more plays written by women on Broadway, including Mrs. Wolfe in Laura Hinkley and Mabel Ferris's ''Another Man's Shoes'' (1918),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/09/13/archives/mystery-comedy-is-another-mans-shoes-aphasia-the-theme-and-mistaken.html|date=September 13, 1918|page= 9|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|title=MYSTERY COMEDY IS 'ANOTHER MAN'S SHOES'; Aphasia the Theme and Mistaken Identity the Humor of Play with Lionel Atwill Hero}}</ref> The Governor's Wife in Cora Dick Gantt's ''The Tavern'' (1920), Mary Vaughan in [Clare Kummer](/source/Clare_Kummer)'s ''The Mountain Men'' (1921), and Mrs. Simmons in [Anita Loos](/source/Anita_Loos) and [John Emerson](/source/John_Emerson_(filmmaker))'s ''The Whole Town's Talking'' (1923).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mmr35sTB0AoC&dq=%22Lucia+Moore%22+%22theatre%22&pg=PA212|title=American theatre : a chronicle of comedy and drama, 1914-1930|page=212|author=Gerald Bordman|year= 1995|publisher=[Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press)|isbn=9780195090789}}</ref> She also portrayed Miss Pritchard in the 1918 Broadway revival of [Jean Webster](/source/Jean_Webster)'s ''[Daddy-Long-Legs](/source/Daddy-Long-Legs_(play))''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1918/11/18/archives/daddy-long-legs-is-back-again-jean-websters-sentimental-comedy-of.html|title='DADDY LONG LEGS' IS BACK AGAIN; Jean Webster's Sentimental Comedy of the Foundling Home Heroine Triumphantly Revived|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=November 18, 1918|page=13}}</ref>

Moore's other film credits include ''[Caprice of the Mountains](/source/Caprice_of_the_Mountains)'' (1916),<ref>{{cite book|title=The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36|publisher=December Press|author=Robert B. Connelly|year=1998|page=42}}</ref> Nancy Allen in ''[Little Miss Happiness](/source/Little_Miss_Happiness)'' (1916),<ref>{{cite book|page=235|title=The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography|author=Aubrey Solomon|year=2014|isbn=9780786486106|chapter=Little Miss Happiness|publisher=[McFarland & Company](/source/McFarland_%26_Company)}}</ref> Lady Clifford in ''[Her Double Life](/source/Her_Double_Life)'' (1916),<ref>{{cite book|page=251|title=Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara|isbn=9781887322003|author=Eve Golden|year=1996|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EaZITxJIFq8C&dq=%22Lucia+Moore%22+%22Her+Double+Life%22&pg=PA251|publisher=Emprise Publishing}}</ref> and the Mother in ''[The Small Town Girl](/source/The_Small_Town_Girl)'' (1917).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XaoiAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Lucia+Moore%22+%22The+Small+Town+Girl%22&pg=RA9-PA65|title=The Small Town Girl|magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))|date=June 9, 1917|page=65}}</ref> Her other roles in original plays on Broadway included Mrs. Springer in [Edgar Selwyn](/source/Edgar_Selwyn)'s ''Anything Might Happen'' (1923), Mrs. Harrington in [Barry Conners](/source/Barry_Conners)'s ''The Patsy'' (1925), Mrs. Halevy in [Maxwell Anderson](/source/Maxwell_Anderson)'s ''[Saturday's Children](/source/Saturday's_Children_(play))'' (1927), Mrs. Weaver in [J. C.](/source/J._C._Nugent) and [Elliott Nugent](/source/Elliott_Nugent)'s ''Take My Advice'' (1927), Mrs. James Russell Lockhart Sr. in Barry Conners's ''Girl Trouble'' (1928), and Mrs. Farquhar in Don Mullally and H. A. Archibald's ''[Coastwise](/source/Coastwise)'' (1931).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1931/12/01/archives/the-play-frimls-early-tunes-revived.html|title=The Play: Honor in the Big Woods|author=[Brooks Atkinson](/source/Brooks_Atkinson)|work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|page=23|date=December 1, 1931}}</ref>

Moore died in New York City on April 1, 1932.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.playbill.com/person/lucia-moore-vault-0000092319|title=Lucia Moore|work=[Playbill](/source/Playbill_(magazine))|accessdate=May 29, 2023}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IBDB name|id=53559}}
*{{IMDb name|id=0601534}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Lucia}}
Category:1867 births
Category:1932 deaths
Category:Actresses from Shreveport, Louisiana
Category:American silent film actresses
Category:20th-century American actresses
Category:American stage actresses

---
Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Lucia Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Moore) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucia_Moore?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.