Manora Thew

Manora Alice Thew (12 April 1891 – 12 April 1987) was an English actress.^[1]

Manora Alice Thew
Thew in 1916
Born	(1891-04-12)12 April 1891 Negapatam, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	12 April 1987(1987-04-12) (aged 96) Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Nationality	English
Occupation	actress
Years active	1915-1922
Spouse	John Davidson
Children	Manora Joy Davidson
Parents	Cuthbert Harrison Thew (father) Alice Maude Turner (mother)

She was born in Negapatam, Madras Presidency, British India, the daughter of Alice Maude née Turner (1865–1925) and Cuthbert Harrison Thew (1859–1928). In 1911 she was a student at a boarding school in Frimley in Surrey.^[2] In 1915 she married John Davidson (1890–1954), a medical doctor, and with him had a daughter, Manora Joy Davidson (1920–1999).^[3] After the birth of her daughter she largely retired from acting. In 1939 she and her family were living at 140 Manchester Road in Sheffield.^[4]

Manora Thew died in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England in 1987. In her will she left £116,050.^[5]

Partial filmography

• The Shulamite (1915)
• Honour in Pawn (1916)
• Arsène Lupin (1916)
• The New Clown (1916)
• The Broken Melody (1916)
• His Daughter's Dilemma (1916)
• The Grit of a Jew (1917)
• Not Negotiable (1918)
• The Man and the Moment (1918)
• Once Upon a Time (1918)
• The Splendid Folly (1919)
• When It Was Dark (1919)
• The Polar Star (1919)
• The Homemaker (1919)
• Fettered (1919)
• The Toilers (1919)
• At the Villa Rose (1920)
• A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922)