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On Wednesday 2 April 1975, she appeared on the London stage with Honor Blackman, Ronald Hines, and Brian Blessed in an adaptation of the teleplay The Exorcism and "within hours of a triumphant opening [night]" [17] was found dead, aged 42, from an accidental overdose of alcohol and barbiturates.
Apr 4, 1975 · Mary Ure, a leading British stage and screen actress who won her first critical acclaim for “Look Back in Anger” in 1957 and an Academy Award nomination in 1961, died in London yesterday ony...
Apr 16, 1975 · LONDON, April 15 (AP)—Mary Ure, the British actress who was found dead April 3 after opening in a play called “The Exorcism,” died accidentally from a mixture of drink and drugs, a coroner's...
She died of an accidental overdose on April 3rd, 1975, taking too many sleeping pills on top of alcohol after a very late night, following an opening night on the London stage. She was a wonderful actress whose luster lingers in the mind long after the film has ended. Sadly, her own life ended aged at just 42.
Mary Ure, a leading British stage and screen actress who won her first critical acclaim for “Look Back in Anger” in 1957 and an Academy Award nomination in 1961, died in London yesterday ony hours after opening a run in a new play, “The Exorcism.”
She died of an accidental overdose on April 3rd, 1975, taking too many sleeping pills on top of alcohol after a very late night, following an opening night on the London stage. She was a wonderful actress whose luster lingers in the mind long after the film has ended.
Ure, Mary (1933–1975) Scottish-born stage and screen actress. Born Feb 18, 1933, in Glasgow, Scotland; died April 3, 1975, of accidental mixture of alcohol and barbiturates in London, England, hours after successfully opening in a new play; m. John Osborne (playwright, div. 1963); m. Robert Shaw (actor), 1963; children: 4.
