Vera Doria

Vera Doria (born Veronica Eyton) was an Australian actress and opera singer active in Hollywood during the silent era.[1][2]

Vera Doria
Born
Veronica Fosbery Eyton

March 20, 1882
Tasmania, Australia
DiedJune 22, 1957 (aged 65)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationActress, opera singer
Spouse(s)Juan de la Cruz (m. 1908–??)
John Snodgrass (m. 1921–??)
Harold Wavell (m. 1924–1932)
RelativesAlice Eyton (sister)
Charles Eyton (brother)

Biography

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 June 22, 1957.

Selected filmography

References
  1. "Musical Offering by Artists". Los Angeles Evening Express. 16 Nov 1912. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  2. The Playgoer. Dawbarn & Ward. 1901.
  3. "Vera Doria". The Lima News. 27 Jun 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  4. "Soprano Is Lured Into the Movies". The Sunday Telegram. 27 Jun 1915. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  5. "Club Does Honor to Opera Stars". Los Angeles Evening Express. 3 Oct 1912. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  6. "Ex-Wife Left Fund by Eyton". The Los Angeles Times. 9 Jul 1941. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  7. "Vera Doria's N.Y. Engagement". The Los Angeles Times. 31 Aug 1913. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  8. "Sugar and Spice". The Los Angeles Times. 8 Oct 1933. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  9. "Beautiful Russian is Co-Respondent". Arizona Daily Star. 24 Aug 1933. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
  10. Motography. 1916.
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