Moore, Jessie (1865–1910)
Moore, Jessie (1865–1910)
English actress. Born 1865 in Brighton, Sussex, England; died Nov 28, 1910, in London; dau. of Emily (Strachan) Moore and Edmund Henry Moore; sister of Bertha Moore, Decima Moore (actress and singer) and Eva Moore (actress); aunt of Jill Esmond (actress); m. Cairns James (D'Oyly Carte baritone).
Toured with D'Oyly Carte (1889–91), appearing as Yum-Yum in The Mikado, Elsie Maynard in The Yeomen of the Guard, and Gianetta in The Gondoliers; replaced younger sister Decima Moore at the Savoy as Polly in Captain Billy (1891); subsequently appeared in comedy and light operas (1892–1905), most notably as Theresa in The Mountebanks.
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