Grace Moore(1898-1947)

Actress
Soundtrack

Grace Moore, the internationally famous star of the Metropolitan Opera, Broadway, motion pictures, radio and recordings, was born December 5, 1898, in Del Río near Newport, Tennessee. Her family moved to Jellico when she was a young girl. She attended Jellico High School where she was captain of the girls basketball team in 19l6. She was selected by Florenz Ziegfeld of Ziegfeld Follies fame as one of the ten most beautiful women in the world. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her motion picture, "One Night of Love", and was the subject of a movie titled, "So This is Love", in which Kathryn Grayson portrayed the "Tennessee Nightingale", as Grace was called. She died tragically in an airplane crash in 1947 at the height of her career.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 1 nomination total

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Known for

One Night of Love

5.6

Mary

1934

A Lady's Morals

5.2

Jenny Lind

1930

New Moon

6.0

Princess Tanya Strogoff

1930

When You're in Love

6.2

Louise Fuller(as Miss Grace Moore)

1937

Credits

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Actress

Louise
6.4
- Louise
- 1939
I'll Take Romance
5.9
- Elsa Terry
- 1937
When You're in Love
6.2
- Louise Fuller (as Miss Grace Moore)
- 1937
The King Steps Out
6.2
- Princess Elizabeth
- Cissy (as Miss Grace Moore)
- 1936
Love Me Forever
5.9
- Margaret Howard (as Miss Grace Moore)
- 1935
One Night of Love
5.6
- Mary
- 1934
Jenny Lind
6.6
- Jenny Lind
- 1931
New Moon
6.0
- Princess Tanya Strogoff
- 1930
A Lady's Morals
5.2
- Jenny Lind
- 1930

Soundtrack

Hollywood and the Stars
8.4
TV Series
- performer: "One Night of Love" (uncredited)
- 1963
I'll Take Romance
5.9
- performer: "I'll Take Romance", "Gavotte", "Drinking Song", "First Act Duet from 'Madame Butterfly'"
- 1937
When You're in Love
6.2
- performer: "Our Song", "Vissi D'Arte"
- 1937
The King Steps Out
6.2
- performer: "Stars in My Eyes", "Madly In Love", "What Shall Remain", "Learn How To Lose", "The End Begins"
- 1936
One Night of Love
5.6
- performer: "One Night of Love" (1934), "Chi mi frena (The Sextet)" (1835), "Sempre libera" (1853), "Ah! fors' è lui" (1853), "Ciri-Biri-Bin" (1898), "The Last Rose of Summer" (1808), "Habanera" (1875), "Un bel di" (1904) (uncredited)
- 1934
New Moon
6.0
- Soundtrack
- performer: "Farmer's Daughter" (1929), "One Kiss" (1928) ("Lover Come Back to Me" (1928), "Wanting You" (1928), uncredited, uncredited)
- 1930
A Lady's Morals
5.2
- Soundtrack
- performer: "It Is Destiny" (1930), "Rataplan" (1840), "Student's Song" (1930), "Oh Why" (1930), "Casta Diva" (1831), "Lovely Hour" (1929) ("It Is Destiny" (1930), uncredited, uncredited)
- 1930

Personal details

Alternative name
- Miss Grace Moore
Height
- 5′ 4½″ (1.64 m)
Born
- December 5, 1898
- Slabtown, Tennessee, USA
Died
- January 26, 1947
- Copenhagen, Denmark(plane crash)
Spouse
- Valentín PareraJuly 15, 1931 - January 26, 1947 (her death)
Other works
Active on Broadway in the following productions:
Publicity listings

Did you know

Trivia
She was known as the comedian's comedian, and one of the few capable of making Jack Benny laugh at the drop of a hat. Anyway, Edward G. Robinson was hosting a private party for Grace Moore about the time her movie (One Night of Love) was coming out in 1934. At some point during the party, Grace was asked to sing the title song from the movie for the guests, to which she obliged. As the guests set up a couple of rows of chairs to listen to her sing, George Burns leaned forward and told Jack Benny that "it would be very rude of him to laugh when she starting singing". Of course the minute Grace started to sing, Benny began to laugh... and continued to laugh. George's punch line... "See, I don't make Jack Benny laugh... Grace Moore makes Jack Benny laugh".