Eileen Mary Ure (February 18, 1933 - April 3, 1975) was a British
actress.
Mary Ure in the film Where Eagles Dare (1968)Born in Glasgow, where
she studied at the School of Drama, she would go on to train for the
stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Known for
her beauty, Ure began performing on the London stage and quickly
developed a reputation for her abilities as a dramatic actress.
While starring in John Osborne's play, Look Back in Anger, she began a
relation****p with the married Osborne and after he obtained a divorce
they married in 1957. Mary Ure went to New York City in 1958 to star
in the Broadway production of Look Back in Anger and earned a Tony
Award nomination for "Best Dramatic Actress." The highly successful
play would be translated to film in which Ms. Ure reprised her role
alongside Richard Burton. In the meantime, her marriage to John
Osborne was already in difficulty and in 1959 she began an affair with
actor Robert Shaw, whom she would eventually marry.
In 1960, she appeared in the film Sons and Lovers for which she was
nominated for both the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for
Best Sup****ting Actress. In 1961 she took time off to begin a family
and only returned to motion pictures two years later. In 1967, she
appeared in a film with her husband Robert Shaw then the following
year teamed up again with Richard Burton and up-and-coming actor Clint
Eastwood in the box office success, Where Eagles Dare.
Mary Ure did not return to film for another five years but did perform
on stage. However, her personal life was in turmoil and her growing
alcoholism affected her career to the point where she was fired from
the 1974 pre-Broadway production of Love for Love and replaced by her
understudy, Glenn Close.
In April of 1975, she appeared on the London stage with Honor Blackman
and Brian Blessed in the Don Taylor play, The Exorcism. After the
opening night, Mary Ure died from what was said to be an accidental
overdose from a combination of alcohol and barbiturates. However,
because of her personal problems, there has always been considerable
speculation that the 42-year-old actress committed suicide. The
cir***stances of her death led the press to talk of a "curse" on the
production in which she was appearing.
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