Grace Moore photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933

Mary Willie Grace Moore (December 5, 1898 - January 26, 1947) was an American operatic soprano and actress. Grace Moore, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Jan. ... Grace Moore, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1933 Jan. ... Photographic self-portrait by Carl Van Vechten, 1934 Carl Van Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein. ... December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Born in Slabtown, Tennessee, she and her parents relocated to Chattanooga, Tennessee when she was a child. She later earned fame as an opera, Broadway and Hollywood star, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1935 for One Night of Love. This article is about a city in the US State of Tennessee. ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera is an art form consisting of a dramatic stage performance set to music. ... This article is about the street in New York City. ... ... The Academy Award for Best Actress is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... One Night of Love is a 1934 musical romance, set in the opera world, starring Grace Moore and Tullio Carminati. ...

She reportedly made racist comments and refused to appear on the same stage as an African-American performer.

She was at one point chosen by Florenz Ziegfeld as one of the most beautiful women in the world. Moore's life story was made into a movie, So This is Love, in 1953, starring North Carolina-born fellow Southerner and singer Kathryn Grayson. 1928 Time cover featuring Ziegfeld Florenz Ziegfeld (March 21, 1869–July 22, 1932) was a Broadway impresario who achieved fame by perfecting the United States revue. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Kathryn Grayson (born February 9, 1922) is an American actress and singer who was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. ...

Grace Moore died in a plane crash in Copenhagen, Denmark Airport on January 26, 1947, at the age of 48. She had been planning to convert to Catholicism, but did not do so by the time she got on the plane, so she died a Protestant. Among the other victims was also Prince Gustav Adolf of Sweden, father of the present Swedish king, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. This article needs cleanup. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article considers Catholicism in the broadest ecclesiastical sense. ...