Erin O'Brien-Moore

Erin O'Brien-Moore

Birth : 1902-05-02, Los Angeles, California

Death : 1979-05-03

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Erin O'Brien-Moore (born May 2, 1902, Los Angeles, California - died May 3, 1979, Los Angeles, California) was an American actress. Moore's acting career began onstage. Noticed in a Broadway stage production, she was signed to a movie contract. Her early movies placed her in second-lead roles, including Little Men (1934) and Ring Around the Moon (1936), alongside actors such as Barbara Stanwyck (The Plough and the Stars, 1936), Humphrey Bogart (Black Legion, 1937) and Paul Muni (The Life of Emile Zola, also 1937). Her rising career was interrupted by a fire accident, that forced years of surgeries and rehabilitation. Returning as a character actress, Moore appeared first on television (Philco Television Playhouse, NBC Presents, General Electric Theater, The Ruggles), then again in movies, including Destination Moon (1950), Sea of Lost Ships (1954), and Peyton Place (1957). Her television career included appearances in Lux Video Theater, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dennis the Menace, The Time Tunnel, Adam-12, and for three seasons on the television version of Peyton Place as Nurse Esther Choate. Description above from the Wikipedia article Erin O'Brien-Moore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Erin O'Brien-Moore

Movies

How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Mrs. Frump (uncredited)
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Mooncussers
Mooncussers
Mrs. Feather
A young boy discovers the existence of a group called the Mooncussers - a gang of pirates that work at night and sends out false homing signals to ships at sea. The ships then crash on the shore, where they are looted by the gang.
Peyton Place
Peyton Place
Mrs. Page
In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual. In spite of herself, Constance can't help but be attracted to handsome new teacher Michael Rossi. Meanwhile, the restless Allison, who'd like to be as footloose and fancy-free as the town's "fast girl" Betty Anderson, falls sincerely in love with mixed-up mama's boy Norman Page.
The Long Gray Line
The Long Gray Line
Mrs. Koehler
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Wardrobe Woman
When several women are found mutilated and murdered, the Paris police are baffled as to who the killer may be. All evidence points to Dupin, but soon it becomes apparent that it is someone (or something) stronger and deadlier than a human.
Sea of Lost Ships
Sea of Lost Ships
Mrs. Nora O'Malley
The son of a deceased Coast Guard hero is raised by a Coast Guard NCO, who also has a son the same age. When they get older both are accepted into the Coast Guard Academy, but the hero's son winds up being thrown out, bringing disgrace to his adopted family.
General Electric Theater: Wedding Day
General Electric Theater: Wedding Day
An elderly couple of naturalized Germans living in the U. S. discovers after 60 years of marital bliss that, technically, they were never married.
The Family Secret
The Family Secret
Ellen Clark
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
Destination Moon
Destination Moon
Emily Cargraves
Postulates the first manned trip to the moon, happening in the (then) near future, and being funded by a consortium of private backers. Assorted difficulties occur and must be overcome in-flight. Attempted to be realistic, with Robert A. Heinlein providing advice.
The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola
Nana
Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair.
Green Light
Green Light
Pat Arlen
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.
Black Legion
Black Legion
Ruth Taylor
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates foreigners through violence.
The Plough and the Stars
The Plough and the Stars
Rosie Redmond
A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army during the Easter rebellion.
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Mrs. Summers
A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.
Ring Around the Moon
Ring Around the Moon
Gloria Endicott
Ring Around the Moon was based on the once-popular novel by Vera Hobart. The story endeavors to invite comparisons between the high-toned romantic adventures of wealthy Gloria Endicott and more earthy amours of low-born Kay Duncan. Caught between both ladies is confused hero Ross Graham.
The Leavenworth Case
The Leavenworth Case
Gloria Leavenworth
Director Lewis D. Collins' 1936 whodunit is about the investigation into the death of an elderly tycoon, who is murdered shortly after announcing he plans to change his will and give away his fortune.
Two in the Dark
Two in the Dark
Olga Konar
Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been murdered.
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Myra Thornhill
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things he gets, as there are some very strange goings-on at the establishment.
Streamline Express
Streamline Express
Mary Bradley
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive blackmailer and the stage director he intends to frame, a woman chasing her husband who is running away with the blackmail victim, and the stage director's feisty leading lady.
Our Little Girl
Our Little Girl
Sarah Boynton
Don Middleton is so caught up with his work he neglects his wife Elsa. Lonely Elsa begins to spend more time with Don's best friend and they become attracted to one another. Don and Elsa decide to get a divorce, unaware of the effect their problems are having on their daughter Molly. When Elsa announces plans to remarry, Molly runs away from home.
Dangerous Corner
Dangerous Corner
Mrs. Freda Chatfield
Friends uncover a dark secret when they compare notes about a theft and suicide.
His Greatest Gamble
His Greatest Gamble
Florence
A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
Little Men
Little Men
Jo Bhaer
The former Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for homeless boys. One of the boys, Nat, invites Dan, a street kid, to come to the school, where the boys are all loved and well cared for. Dan is a young tough, but his heart is good, and when he is accused of theft at the school, Jo continues to believe in him and that the true thief will be found out.