Liz Moore (sculptor)
Elizabeth Moore | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 September 1944 |
| Died | 13 August 1976 (aged 31) |
| Known for | Film work |
Elizabeth Moore (15 September 1944 – 13 August 1976) was a British sculptor, known for devising props for various classic films.[1]
Biography
Having trained at Kingston College of Art, Moore first came to public notice when making busts of The Beatles in 1966.[2] The following year she sculpted the actress Sybil Thorndike and her actor husband Lewis Casson.[3] The busts were subsequently donated to the Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead on its opening in 1969,[4] and now form part of the Garrick Club collection.[5]
Moore's best-known film credits include 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), for which she created the Starchild, Anne of the Thousand Days (1969), Cromwell (1970), A Clockwork Orange (1971), The Omen (1976) and Star Wars (1977), for which she sculpted C-3PO and the stormtrooper helmets.[1]
On 13 August 1976, while working on A Bridge Too Far, Moore died in the Netherlands in a road accident, in a car driven by special effects designer John Richardson.[1][6]
References
- ^ a b c "Liz Moore". RS Prop Masters. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
- ^ 'The girl with her own Beatles', Sunday Mirror, 13 March 1966, p. 6.
- ^ 'Dame Sybil, immortalised by the girl who did the same for the Beatles', Daily Mirror, 8 May 1967, p. 5.
- ^ 'Thorndike Theatre: Much more than a playhouse', The Stage, 18 September 1969, p. 19.
- ^ 'Boom and bust for UK theatre', The Stage, 30 August 2007, p. 7.
- ^ "Liz Moore - a tribute - Brian Muir Vader Sculptor". Brian Muir Vader Sculptor. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012.
External links
- "Making the Starchild in '2001': a tribute to Liz Moore". 2001 Italia.