Vera Doria (born Veronica Eyton) was an Australian actress and opera singer active in Hollywood during the silent era.[1][2]
Vera Doria | |
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Born | Veronica Fosbery Eyton 20 March 1882 Tasmania, Australia |
Died | 22 June 1957 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, USA |
Occupation | Actress, opera singer |
Spouse(s) | Juan de la Cruz (m. 1908–??) John Snodgrass (m. 1921–??) Harold Wavell (m. 1924–1932) |
Relatives | Alice Eyton (sister) Charles Eyton (brother) |
Vera was born in Tasmania, Australia, to New Zealanders Robert Eyton and Maude Fosbery. She began singing opera in her native Australia as a young woman and toured Europe in the early 1910s.[3]
Eventually followed her older siblings, Alice Eyton (a screenwriter) and Charles Eyton (a film producer) to Los Angeles in 1915 seeking a career as an actress.[3][4] At the time, she was married to fellow opera singer Juan de la Cruz.[5][6]
She appears to have retired from acting in the late 1910s to focus on her singing career.[7] She eventually moved to Shanghai, where she met and married her second and third husbands, John Snodgrass and Harold Wavell.[8][9] after she returned, she became a children's author.
She died on 22 June 1957.
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