- Mother of actor/director Ronald Neame and Derek Neame, grandmother of Christopher Neame, and great-grandmother of Gareth Neame.
- Won 'The Most Beautiful Woman in the World' contest organised by The Daily Mirror
- There is a plaque commemorating her on the wall of the Swallow Hotel in Stockton which was unveiled by her son Ronald Neame.
- Entered films with Britain's Hepworth Company.
- Her parents were John, a jeweller, and Emma.
- She had a brother, Raymond and a sister, Dorothy.
- She was born in Durham Street, Stockton on Tees 2 doors away from Will Hay.
- Her full name was Ivy Lillian Close.
- Ivy Close came to the US in 1916 and made a dozen films for the Kalem Company in New York, then returned to England to continue her film career.
- Her second husband was Curly Batson a make up man.
- She had 2 sons by her first husband,.
- Her husband photographer Elwin Neame died 14 August 1923 in a car accident.
- Her brother Raymond died in France during the First World War, She had a second brother born about 1903.
- She had fair hair, blue eyes and was 5' 4''.
- Had 2 sons by Elwin Neame.
- She made 44 films between1912 and 29.
- She spent a week at the Castle Theatre in Stockton , her home town, soon after wining her beauty title.
- Her mother was Emma.
- She entered a beauty contest in 1908.
- Her father was a jeweller.
- She was born in Durham Street, Stockton on Tees, just 2 doors away from Will Hay.
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