Kieron Moore Filmography

Kieron Moore was an Irish film and television actor whose career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. He may be best remembered for his role as Count Vronsky in the 1948 film adaptation of Anna Karenina opposite Vivien Leigh. He grew up in County Cork in an Irish-speaking household. His father, Peadar Ó hAnnracháin was a writer and poet, and a staunch supporter of the Irish language. Peadar, a son of Seaghan Ó hAnnracháin and Máire Ní Dhonabháin and who was one of the first organisers for Conradh na Gaeilge , was twice imprisoned by the British... during the Irish Civil War. Peadar lived with his parents and his sister, Áine Ní Annracháin , and his niece, Máirín Ní Dhiomasaig , at 14 Poundlick, Skibbereen, County Cork in 1911. He also wrote for the Southern Star newspaper for many years and had been its editor. Several members of Kieron's family pursued careers in the arts.
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