Canadian theatre Dora Mavor Moore
February 17, 2024
Dora Mavor Moore actress, teacher, director and Theater Pioneer
On my walk through Mt. Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto, carrying a French papier-mâché theatre mask I’d recently purchased from the estate of the late Gordon Pinsent, I came upon the grave of a towering figure in Canadian theatre—Dora Mavor Moore. Born Dora Maver in Glasgow, Scotland, she immigrated to Toronto in 1894 when her father […]
