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Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson, CH, DBE (24 October 1882 – 9 June 1976) was an English actress whose stage career lasted from 1904 to 1969. Trained in her youth as a concert pianist, Thorndike turned to the stage when a medical problem with her hands ruled out a musical career.
Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976) was a distinguished British actress who starred in classic plays and films, such as Saint Joan and The Prince and the Showgirl. She was created a Dame of the British Empire and a Companion of Honor, and performed in theatres around the world until her death at 93.
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Learn about the life and career of Sybil Thorndike, a distinguished British actress who starred in George Bernard Shaw's "Saint Joan" and many other classic roles. Find out her awards, family, trivia and filmography on IMDb.
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Jun 5, 2024 · Dame Sybil Thorndike was an English actress of remarkable versatility. The daughter of a canon of Rochester Cathedral, she performed with Annie Horniman’s company in Manchester (1908–09 and 1911–13), and then joined the Old Vic Company in London (1914–18), where she helped to establish not only the.
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Oct 24, 2019 · Dame Sybil Thorndike (1882-1976) is best known to modern audiences for a handful of screen roles, supporting parts in the film versions of Shaw’s Major Barbara (1941) and Dickens’ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947), and Alfred Hitchcock’s Stage Fright (1950).
"Sybil Thorndike was one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth century. Loved and admired as a leading actress, she was also an ardent feminist, socialist and pacifist, who fought throughout her life for a better and more peaceful world."
Thorndike, Sybil (1882-1976) Actor Most majestic of the great British theatre ladies, whose successes embraced virtually all the challenging classical roles for women (Medea, Lady Macbeth, etc) and who, in 1924, indelibly stamped Shaw 's St Joan (which he wrote for her) with her own kind of moral power.
