Vera Pearce

Vera Pearce (1895–1966) was an Australian stage and film actress.^[1][2] She was born in Broken Hill and moved to Adelaide, working on stage as a dancer. After making her film debut with The Shepherd of the Southern Cross she went to England in 1914 but returned to Australia for a time.^[3] She then went back to England for the remainder of her career.

Personal Life

For a number of years she had an affair with promoter Hugh D. McIntosh. She was also the niece of future Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt.^[4]

Filmography

• The Shepherd of the Southern Cross (1914)
• The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1917)
• Just My Luck (1933)
• Yes, Mr. Brown (1933)
• That's a Good Girl (1933)
• So You Won't Talk (1935)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935)
• Heat Wave (1935)
• Southern Roses (1936)
• Please Teacher (1937)
• What a Man! (1938)
• Yes, Madam? (1939)
• Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
• One Wild Oat (1951)
• The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
• The Night We Got the Bird (1961)
• The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1961)
• Nothing Barred (1961)

References

1. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/182039
2. ↑ "THE STAGE.". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 4 July 1914. p. 10 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS.SECTION. Retrieved 4 February 2012. 
3. ↑ "WEST'S. GALA NIGHT.". The Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 11 July 1914. p. 10 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION. Retrieved 4 February 2012. 
4. ↑ Hugh D. McIntosh at Live Performance Hall of Fame

External links

• Vera Pearce at the Internet Movie Database
• Australian theatre credits at Ausstage