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Ivy Lilian Close (15 June 1890 – 4 December 1968) was a British actress. She acted in 44 films between 1912 and 1929.
Ivy Close. Actress: Adam Bede. Ivy Close began a dynasty that has now covered four generations of the history of Cinema and Television.
- January 1, 1
- Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK
- January 1, 1
- Goring, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Ivy Close. Actress: Adam Bede. Ivy Close began a dynasty that has now covered four generations of the history of Cinema and Television. She married the photographer Elwin Neame (1885-1923) and reared two sons Ronald Neame (1911-2010), a successful cinematographer, screenwriter, producer and director and Derek Neame (1915-1979), an author who ...
- June 15, 1890
- December 4, 1968
Jan 14, 2017 · Ivy Close won Britain's first national beauty contest, was a trailblazing actress and the matriarch of one of Britain's most illustrious showbusiness dynasties. She faded into obscurity...
Ivy Close: The Forgotten Icon Of Teesside | Short Documentary. Ivy Close was a big star of silent films in the days before Hollywood ever existed.Why has she been forgotten in the town where...
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- Callum Simpson
Ivy Close (1890 - 1968) With a head of blonde ringlets, sultry knowing look and porcelain skin, it's easy to see why 18-year-old Ivy Close became the Scarlett Johansson of her day. She beat 1,500...
Ivy died in a nursing home in Goring, Oxfordshire in 1968. A silent movie star, famed beauty and a fierce entrepreneur. Her career may have ended sharply, however she founded a dynasty of film and T.V making producers and directors, spanning four generations.
