Sybil Thorndike
British actress (1882-1976) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 93
Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson, was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969.
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1976Died9 June 19761970Companion of HonourAward1968
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1967
ITV PlayhouseSeries, The Nurse1966Honorary Doctor of LettersAwardDon't Utter a NoteFilm, 1966Florence Pringle1965
BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Mrs Moore
A Passage to IndiaFilm, 1965Mrs Moore1961
Hand in HandFilm, Lady Caroline1960Armchair Mystery TheatreSeries, Mrs. Isabel Manners1959
Alive and KickingFilm, Dora1958
Smiley Gets a GunFilm, Granny McKinley1957
Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries1956
Armchair TheatreSeries, Florence Pringle1954
The Weak and the WickedFilm, Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend1952
The Magic BoxFilm, Sitter in Bath Studio1950
Gone to EarthFilm, Mrs. Marston1949
The Forbidden StreetFilm, Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey1941
Major BarbaraFilm, The General1931Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward
A Gentleman of ParisFilm, 1931Lola Duval1929
To What Red HellFilm, Mrs Fairfield1922Honorary DegreeAwardBleak HouseFilm, 1922Lady Dedlock1882Born24 October 1882
The Dick Cavett ShowSeries1967ITV PlayhouseSeries, The Nurse1966Honorary Doctor of LettersAwardDon't Utter a NoteFilm, 1966Florence Pringle1965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Mrs MooreA Passage to IndiaFilm, 1965Mrs Moore1961Hand in HandFilm, Lady Caroline1960Armchair Mystery TheatreSeries, Mrs. Isabel Manners1959Alive and KickingFilm, Dora1958Smiley Gets a GunFilm, Granny McKinley1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSeries1956Armchair TheatreSeries, Florence Pringle1954The Weak and the WickedFilm, Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend1952The Magic BoxFilm, Sitter in Bath Studio1950Gone to EarthFilm, Mrs. Marston1949The Forbidden StreetFilm, Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey1941Major BarbaraFilm, The General1931Dame Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAwardA Gentleman of ParisFilm, 1931Lola Duval1929To What Red HellFilm, Mrs Fairfield1922Honorary DegreeAwardBleak HouseFilm, 1922Lady Dedlock1882Born24 October 1882People around Sybil
Stanley Holloway Also in Alive and Kicking and Major Barbara- Miles Malleson Also in Stage Fright and Major Barbara
Laurence Olivier Directed The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
Glynis Johns Also in The Magic Box (1952)
Joan Plowright Duets: Portia, also in Uncle Vanya (1963)
Michael Redgrave Also in Uncle Vanya and The Magic Box
Fay Compton Also in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Herbert Wilcox Produced Dawn (1928)- Kathleen Harrison Also in Major Barbara and The Magic Box
- H. B. Parkinson Directed Macbeth (1922)
Charles Victor Also in The Magic Box (1952)
Alfred Hitchcock Produced Stage Fright (1950)
George Bernard Shaw Wrote Saint Joan and Major Barbara
Maggie Smith Duets: Portia
Bessie Love Also in The Magic Box (1952)
Henny Porten Duets: Portia
Richard Fleischer Directed The Big Gamble (1961)
Cyril Cusack Also in Gone to Earth (1950)- Robert Stevenson Directed Tudor Rose (1936)
- Gabriel Pascal Directed Major Barbara (1941)
Emlyn Williams Also in Major Barbara and The Magic Box
Felix Aylmer Also in Major Barbara and Tudor Rose
Joyce Grenfell Also in Stage Fright and The Magic Box- Muir Mathieson Wrote Melba (1953), also in The Magic Box (1952)
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
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Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1882 to 1976 · aged 93
