Moira Lister
Actress

Moira Lister Net Worth

She was a regular in British films of the 1950s and 1960s, and also appeared in some American films. Moira Lister was a South African-born actress who began her career on the stage in her home country before moving to London at the age of 14. She was a popular actress in British films of the 1950s and 1960s, often playing the role of a 'posh' lady, and also appeared in some American films.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actress
Birth Day August 06, 1923
Birth Place  Cape Town, South Africa, South Africa
Age 97 YEARS OLD
Died On 27 October 2007(2007-10-27) (aged 84)\nCape Town, South Africa
Birth Sign Virgo
Occupation Actress
Years active 1947–2004
Spouse(s) Vicomte d’Orthez (1951–1989) (his death) (2 children)
Children Chantal Christobel

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1943

She began her acting career on stage in South Africa and then went on to act in the London theatre at the age of 18. Lister began working in films in 1943, and appeared in such films as The Limping Man (1953), The Cruel Sea (1953) and The Deep Blue Sea (1955).

1946

In 1946, Lister went on a date in London with Neville Heath, a former South African Air Force captain who murdered two women in London only months later. Heath was convicted after a sensational trial, and he was hanged in October 1946.

1951

In 1951, Moira Lister married Jacques de Gachassin-Lafite Vicomte d’Orthez, a French officer of the Spahis, owner of a champagne vineyard and hero of the Rif War; they had two daughters, Chantal and Christobel. Lister also had two grand-daughters, Christina d'Orthez and Marina d'Orthez.

1954

She had a regular role in the first series of the BBC radio comedy Hancock's Half Hour in 1954–55, and was also one of the girlfriends in A Life of Bliss starring George Cole as David Bliss, a perpetual bachelor. She starred in the BBC television series The Whitehall Worrier and The Very Merry Widow from 1967 to 1968. (Later series of this programme were titled The Very Merry Widow — and How!) Lister also appeared on various other British TV series such as Danger Man and The Avengers ("The See-Through Man", 1967). In 1980, she made a guest appearance as a film star in the sitcom Only When I Laugh.

2007

Moira Lister died at the age of 84 in 2007. Both she and her husband are interred in the churchyard of St Edward's Catholic Church in Sutton Green, Surrey.

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