Mary Ure

Mary Ure Headshot

Actress

Birth Date: February 18, 1933

Death Date: April 3, 1975

Birth Place: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Spouses: Robert Shaw

Fiery lead of the London stage, in occasional films. Ure's first husband was playwright John Osborne, for whom she starred in both the stage (1956) and screen (1960) versions of "Look Back in Anger"; she received her widest acclaim for her sensual performance as Clara in "Sons and Lovers" (1960). Her second husband was Robert Shaw, whom she later divorced. Ure died of an overdose of alcohol and barbiturates at age 42.

Credits

The Break

Actor
Movie
1974

A Reflection of Fear

Actor
Katherine
Movie
1973

Where Eagles DareStream

Actor
Mary Elison
Movie
1969
83%

Custer of the West

Actor
Elizabeth Custer
Movie
1968

The Luck of Ginger Coffey

Actor
Vera Coffey
Movie
1964

The Mind Benders

Actor
Oonagh Longman
Movie
1963

Sons and LoversStream

Actor
Clara Dawes
Movie
1960
67%

Look Back in Anger

Actor
Alison Porter
Movie
1958

Windom's Way

Actor
Lee Windom
Movie
1957

Storm Over the Nile

Actor
Mary Burroughs
Movie
1955

What's My Line?Stream

Guest
Game Show
1950