Manora Thew

{{short description|English actress}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Manora Alice Thew

| image = Manora Thew 1916.jpg

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| caption = Thew in 1916

| othername =

| birth_name =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|4|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Negapatam, Madras Presidency, British India

| death_date = {{death date and age|1987|4|12|1891|4|12|df=yes}}

| death_place = Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England

| burial_place =

| nationality = English

| alma_mater =

| occupation = actress

| years_active = 1915-1922

| known_for =

| spouse = John Davidson

| children = Manora Joy Davidson

| mother = Alice Maude Turner

| father = Cuthbert Harrison Thew

}}

Manora Alice Thew (12 April 1891 – 12 April 1987) was an English actress.{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/109925 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | THEW, Manora |access-date=2011-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023050953/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/109925 |archive-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead }}

She was born in Negapatam, Madras Presidency, British India, the daughter of Alice Maude née Turner (1865–1925) and Cuthbert Harrison Thew (1859–1928). In 1911 she was a student at a boarding school in Frimley in Surrey.[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/2352/rg14_03107_0253_04/41619486?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/30492285/person/412099785080/facts/citation/1122137355273/edit/record 1911 England Census for Manora Thew - Surrey, Frimley - Ancestry.com {{subscription required}}] In 1915 she married John Davidson (1890–1954), a medical doctor, and with him had a daughter, Manora Joy Davidson (1920–1999).[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/8913/ONS_M19153AZ-1443/28457675?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/30492285/person/412099785080/facts/citation/1122137354087/edit/record England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915 for Manora A Thew 1915 - Ancestry.com {{subscription required}}] After the birth of her daughter she largely retired from acting. In 1939 she and her family were living at 140 Manchester Road in Sheffield.[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/61596/tna_r39_3505_3505e_006/21432171?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/30492285/person/412099785080/facts/citation/1122137353679/edit/record 1939 England and Wales Register for Manora A Davidson - Yorkshire (West Riding), Sheffield - Ancestry.com {{subscription required}}]

Manora Thew died in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England in 1987. In her will she left £116,050.[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1904/46452_B294512-00076/24712883?backurl=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/30492285/person/412099785080/facts/citation/1122137354252/edit/record England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Manora Alice Davidson 1987 - Ancestry.com {{subscription required}}]