Name Vera Pearce | Role Film actress | |
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Movies One Wild Oat, The Life and Adventur, The Men of Sherwood Forest, The Night We Dropped, The Shepherd of the So Similar People Alberto Cavalcanti, Jack Buchanan, William Beaudine, Val Guest, Darcy Conyers | ||
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Vera Pearce (1895–1966) was an Australian stage and film actress whose lengthy career was carried out in both her home country and in England.
Contents
- Musical comedy star vera pearce sings excersise from please tteacher film 1937
- Bobby howes bertha belmore vera pearce gymnasium scene from please teacher film 1937
- Biography
- Personal life
- Historical note
- Filmography
- References
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Biography
Born in Broken Hill (New South Wales), Pearce spent much of her youth in Adelaide, and made her stage debut there at age five with the World's Entertainers She went on to train as a juvenile performer in pantomimes and musical comedies produced by J.C. Williamson Ltd, and in 1910 scored much acclaim for her role in the Firm's hit production Our Miss Gibbs (1910).
After making her film debut in The Shepherd of the Southern Cross (1914), Pearce went to England with the aim of carving out a career there but was induced to return to Australia shortly afterwards by Hugh D. McIntosh, General Manager of Harry Rickards Tivoli Theatres Ltd.
Pearce made her return to the Australian stage in November 1914 as one of the stars of the Tivoli Follies revue, and remained with the show throughout its two and a half year tour around the country. Among the other productions she appeared in over the next seven years were The Beauty Shop (1917), My Lady Frayle (1919), The Officers' Mess (1919), His Little Widows (1920) and Chu Chin Chow (1920), in which she played Zahrat-al-Kulub opposite Charles H. Workman (as Ali Baba).
Pearce moved to the UK in 1922, with one of her earliest shows being Love's Awakening. She went on to work consistently on the London stage in musicals and pantomimes up until her death. Her last notable appearance, though, was in a 1957 New York City production of Georges Feydeau's farce Hotel Paradise (aka L'Hôtel du libre échange). She also appeared in at least 16 films between 1931 and 1966.
Personal life
The niece of future Australian Prime Minister, Harold Holt, Pearce and Hugh D. McIntosh were involved in a "scandalous" liaison for many years.
Historical note
Pearce won two beauty contests in Australia. The first was promoted by West's Pictures in Sydney in 1911. The second event, the 1916 White City Beauty Competition, created controversy when it became known that the judges were linked to the vaudeville industry. The revelation also led to a number of 100-1 bets being placed by well-known "sporting gentlemen" for Pearce to win. When she was announced the winner the huge audience reportedly went "frigidly silent [being] too astounded to take the result seriously"