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Sybil Thorndike

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British actress (1882-1976)

United KingdomActorsLived 1882 to 1976 · aged 93
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Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson, was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969.

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Thorndike in 1909Thorndike in 1909As Hecuba in Euripides's tragedy The Trojan Women, 1919As Hecuba in Euripides's tragedy The Trojan Women, 1919As Saint Joan, 1924As Saint Joan, 1924With Lewis Casson in Australia, 1932With Lewis Casson in Australia, 1932Thorndike, Casson and their daughter Ann with miners in Wales, 1941Thorndike, Casson and their daughter Ann with miners in Wales, 1941With Casson and their granddaughter Jane Casson in Australia, 1958With Casson and their granddaughter Jane Casson in Australia, 1958Thorndike by Allan Warren, 1972Thorndike by Allan Warren, 1972

Filmography 32

Stage Fright1950 · ★ 6.8
The Prince and the Showgirl1957 · ★ 6.4
Gone to Earth1950
Shake Hands with the Devil1959
Major Barbara1941
The Magic Box1952
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby1947
Jet Storm1959
The Weak and the Wicked1954
Hand in Hand1961
Tudor Rose1936
Alive and Kicking1959
The Big Gamble1961
The Forbidden Street1949
The Lady with a Lamp1951
A Gentleman of Paris1931
Uncle Vanya1963
Melba1953
Smiley Gets a Gun1958
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens1970
A Passage to India1965
Hindle Wakes1931
Bleak House1922
Esmeralda1922
Dawn1928
To What Red Hell1929
Macbeth1922
Don't Utter a Note1966
The Prince, The Showgirl and Me2004
Bernard Shaw1957
Riders to the Sea1960
Man and Mirror1965

38 credits on file

Television 6

BBC Play of the Month1965
The Dick Cavett Show1968
Tonight Starring Jack Paar1957
ITV Playhouse1967
Armchair Theatre1956
Armchair Mystery Theatre1960

Awards 4

1970Companion of Honour
1966Honorary Doctor of Letters
1931Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1922honorary degree

In their orbit 6

Connected to Sybil 6

Rosemary HarrisAlso in Uncle Vanya (1963)Irwin ShawAlso in The Big Gamble (1961)Gladys CooperAlso in The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)Lewis MilestoneAlso in Melba (1953)Robert MorleyAlso in Major Barbara (1941)Michael BatesAlso in A Passage to India (1965)

About this person

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1976 · aged 93
Written about in
20 languages

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