Art & Hue

Moira Lister

Born in South Africa, Moira Lister became a regular leading lady in British film, especially in productions by Ealing Studios, from Ealing comedy “A Run for Your Money” (with Donald Houston, Meredith Edwards, Alec Guinness, Hugh Griffith, & Joyce Grenfell) to dramas such as the Brit noir “Pool of London” with Earl Cameron, and “The Cruel Sea” with Stanley Baker & Virginia McKenna.

One of Moira’s earliest films for Ealing was the comedy film “Another Shore” (with Stanley Holloway & Wilfrid Brambell) which premiered at the Leicester Square Theatre in London on the 25th of November 1948.

Other film credits include “The Agitator” with WIlliam Hartnell & John Laurie; “Wanted for Murder” with Dulcie Gray; “So Evil My Love” with Zena Marshall; “Once a Jolly Swagman” with Dirk Bogarde; “Love Story” with Margaret Lockwood & Patricia Roc; “White Corridors” with Googie Withers & Basil Radford; “Something Money Can’t Buy” with Anthony Steel; “Grand National Night” with Noel Purcell; “The Limping Man” with Rachel Roberts & Jean Marsh; “Trouble in Store” with Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, & Joan Sims; “John & Julie” with Sid James, Peter Sellers, Katie Johnson, & Molly Weir featuring footage from the day of The Queen‘s coronation; “Seven Waves Away” with Stephen Boyd, Gordon Jackson, & Eddie Byrne; “The Yellow Rolls Royce”; “Joey Boy” with Harry H. Corbett & Stanley Baxter; “The Double Man” with Britt Ekland; “Not Now, Darling” with Julie Ege & Barbara Windsor; and “Ten Little Indians” with Herbert Lom.

TV credits include “Stage by Stage” with Kenneth Connor; “Sunday Night Theatre” with Jack Hawkins; “Danger Man” with Patrick McGoohan & Frank Thornton; “Somerset Maugham Hour” with Ric Young; “Theatre Night” with Ian Carmichael; “The Avengers” episode “The See-Through Man” with Diana Rigg & Patrick Macnee; “A Touch of Venus” with Rachel Roberts & Fenella Fielding; “The Very Merry Widow” with Sally Thomsett & Beryl Reid; and “Only When I Laugh” with James Bolam.