# Nelly Moore

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English actress (1844–1869)

Nelly Moore Eleanora (Nelly) Moore in 1860s Born 1844/5 Died 12 January 1869 London

**Nelly Moore** or **Eleanora Moore** (1844/45 – 12 January 1869) was a British actress who died young.

## Life

Moore died in London in 1869 aged 24 years old from typhoid fever. She first acted in Manchester and appeared in London at the [St James's Theatre](/source/St_James's_Theatre) in the first showing of *Cupid's Ladder* by [Leicester Buckingham](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leicester_Buckingham&action=edit&redlink=1). After that she returned to work under [Alfred Wigan](/source/Alfred_Wigan) as *Margaret Lovell* in [Tom Taylor](/source/Tom_Taylor)'s *Up at the Hills*. In a short life Moore appeared in the first showing of several notable performances at the [Haymarket Theatre](/source/Haymarket_Theatre), the Queen's and the Princesses. One of her performances moved [Henry Sambrooke Leigh](/source/Henry_Sambrooke_Leigh) to write a verse in her honour. She came from an acting family.[1] Her biography was included in the [Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography).[2]

It was said that [Henry Irving](/source/Henry_Irving) who had been a colleague of Moore's died carrying a photograph of Nelly that he had pasted back to back with his own. This caused some speculation but later research identifies the woman in Irving's photograph as Ethel Western aka [Zaré Thalberg](/source/Zar%C3%A9_Thalberg).[3]

## References

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1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Joseph Knight, 'Moore, Eleanora (1844/5–1869)’, rev. J. Gilliland, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [accessed 8 Feb 2015](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19106,)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Moore, Eleanora"](https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Moore,_Eleanora). *[Dictionary of National Biography](/source/Dictionary_of_National_Biography)*. London: [Smith, Elder & Co](/source/Smith%2C_Elder_%26_Co). 1885–1900.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["The Thalbery Mystery by Alex Bisset"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220605164317/https://www.theirvingsociety.org.uk/the-thalbery-mystery-by-alex-bisset/). The Irving Society. 1 June 2002. Archived from [the original](https://www.theirvingsociety.org.uk/the-thalbery-mystery-by-alex-bisset/) on 5 June 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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