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Dame Sybil Thorndike and her husband Sir Lewis Casson were a popular and celebrated theatrical couple from the 1920s onwards. Both acted from an early age; Thorndike beginning her professional career with Ben Greet, Casson with Poel and the Vedrenne-Barker company at the Royal Court. They met acting in Annie Horniman's repertory company at the ...
THIS IS YOUR LIFE - Dame Sybil Thorndike, actress, was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the BBC Television Centre, having been led to believe she was there to read a speech from Shakespeare's play Henry VIII.. Sybil, who studied at London's Guildhall School of Music, toured the United States in Shakespearean repertory before becoming a leading figure in Annie Horniman's Repertory Company in ...
Dame Sybil Thorndike, född 24 oktober 1882 i Gainsborough i Lincolnshire, död 9 juni 1976 i London, var en brittisk skådespelare. Thorndike var först och främst en framstående aktris på den brittiska scenen, men medverkade även i ett antal filmer.
1 de feb. de 2009 · Outside the theatrical profession Sybil Thorndike is no longer the household name she once was; she has become a historical figure. Yet her combative, inspiring life, her passionate concern for the state of the world as well as for her art, resonates with any age. As the actor Michael Macliammóir put it: 'Essentially English, she is yet nationless; essentially of her period, she is yet timeless.'
Sybil Thorndike reçoit une formation de pianiste avant de s'orienter vers le théâtre (à l'instigation de son frère, l'auteur Russell Thorndike (en)), où elle est très active de 1904 à 1969. Elle se produit notamment dans des pièces de William Shakespeare et de George Bernard Shaw (ce dernier écrira Sainte Jeanne pour elle).
Sybil Thorndike. 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. She began her professional acting ...
Leben. Sybil Thorndike wurde in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, als Tochter des Kanonikers der Rochester Kirche Arthur Thorndike und dessen Frau Agnes Macdonald geboren. In Rochester besuchte sie die Grundschule für Mädchen. Gleichzeitig erhielt sie klassischen Klavierunterricht mit wöchentlichen Besuchen in London und Unterrichtsstunden an der Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
