Sybil Thorndike

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English actor film actress human stage actress

Sybil Thorndike was a renowned English stage and film actress celebrated for her powerful performances in classical and modern drama, particularly in the works of Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw.

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Label Occurrences
Sybil Thorndike canonical 4
Agnes Sybil Thorndike 1

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English actor ⓘ
film actress ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actress ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1900 ⓘ
awardReceived The Order of the Companions of Honour ⓘ
surface form: Companion of Honour

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
birthName Sybil Thorndike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Agnes Sybil Thorndike
countryOfCitizenship England ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1882-10-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1976-06-09 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
Dictionary of National Biography ⓘ
surface form: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
educatedAt Guildhall School of Music and Drama ⓘ
familyName Thorndike ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
givenName Agnes ⓘ
Sybil ⓘ
hasWorkPeriod 20th century ⓘ
honorificPrefix Dame ⓘ
knownFor classical and modern drama ⓘ
collaboration with George Bernard Shaw ⓘ
performances in Shakespearean drama ⓘ
powerful stage performances ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Old Vic Company ⓘ
name Sybil Thorndike self-link ⓘ
notableRole Gertrude ⓘ
surface form: Gertrude in "Hamlet"

Saint Joan ⓘ
surface form: Joan in "Saint Joan"

Lady Macbeth ⓘ
surface form: Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth"

Medea ⓘ
surface form: Medea in "Medea"

Margaret of Anjou ⓘ
surface form: Queen Margaret in "Richard III"
notableWork King Lear ⓘ
Macbeth ⓘ
Major Barbara ⓘ
Medea ⓘ
Othello (play) ⓘ
surface form: Othello

Pygmalion ⓘ
Saint Joan ⓘ
Stage Fright ⓘ
The Big Sleep ⓘ
surface form: The Big Sleep (1969 film)

The Corn Is Green ⓘ
The Importance of Being Earnest ⓘ
The Madwoman of Chaillot ⓘ
The Nun's Story ⓘ
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957 film) ⓘ
surface form: The Prince and the Showgirl

The Queen's Guards ⓘ
Trojan Women (Euripides) ⓘ
surface form: The Trojan Women
occupation actress ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
parentOf Ann Casson ⓘ
Christopher Casson ⓘ
John Casson ⓘ
Mary Casson ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sibling Frank Thorndike ⓘ
George Thorndike ⓘ
Russell Thorndike ⓘ
spouse Lewis Casson ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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The Prince and the Showgirl (1957 film) → starring → Sybil Thorndike ⓘ
subject surface form: The Prince and the Showgirl
Leatherhead Theatre → namedAfter → Sybil Thorndike ⓘ
Sybil Thorndike → name → Sybil Thorndike self-link ⓘ
Sybil Thorndike → birthName → Sybil Thorndike self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Agnes Sybil Thorndike
Thorndike Theatre → namedAfter → Sybil Thorndike ⓘ