Her first film was zoltan korda's storm over the nile (1955), a misfiring remake of the four feathers (1939) Born feb 18, 1933, in glasgow, scotland Mary ure, a leading british stage and screen actress who won her first critical acclaim for “look back in anger” in 1957 and an academy award nomination in 1961, died in london yesterday ony.
NPG x88036; Mary Ure - Portrait - National Portrait Gallery
Eileen mary ure was born on february 18, 1933 in glasgow, scotland to civil engineer colin mcgregor ure and his wife edith swinburne
Colin’s father, and eileen’s grandfather, was the prosperous flour merchant john ure, who lived in the magnificent leiper designed cairndhu house in helensburgh, and served for three years as the lord provost of glasgow and was also the city’s first.
Born in glasgow, ure was the daughter of civil engineer colin mcgregor ure and edith swinburne She went to the independent mount school in york, where in 1951 she played the role of the virgin mary in the york cycle of mystery plays, revived for the festival of britain She trained for the stage at the royal central school of speech and drama, then based at the royal albert hall, london. Eileen mary ure was a scottish actress of stage and film
