Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike

Born: October 22, 1882
Died: June 9, 1976
in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK

Movies for Sybil Thorndike...

Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Don't Utter a Note
Title: Don't Utter a Note
Character: Florence Pringle
Released: April 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Two well meaning spinsters' plans in reforming an old jailbird, receive a set back, when unexpectedly into their possession comes a substantial amount of money, which was not made by the Royal Mint.
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A Passage to India
Title: A Passage to India
Character: Mrs Moore
Released: November 16, 1965
Type: Movie
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.
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Title: BBC Play of the Month
Character: Mrs Moore
Released: October 19, 1965
Type: TV
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
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Uncle Vanya
Title: Uncle Vanya
Character: Marina, the nurse
Released: November 20, 1963
Type: Movie
Adaptation of Chekhov's play from the Chichester Festival.
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The Big Gamble
Title: The Big Gamble
Character: Aunt Cathleen
Released: July 25, 1961
Type: Movie
Irish seaman Vic Brennan persuades his Dublin family to finance a truck-hauling business in the remote African town of Jebanda. The only stipulation is that his cousin Samuel, a timid bank clerk, accompany Vic and his Corsican bride, Marie, to Africa and protect the family fortune.
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Hand in Hand
Title: Hand in Hand
Character: Lady Caroline
Released: February 6, 1961
Type: Movie
Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be parted for never and never". Unfortunately, the society that Michael and Rachel live in is one of religious intolerance. The fact that Michael is Irish Catholic and Rachel is Jewish is a point of conflict for just about everyone in the community.
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Jet Storm
Title: Jet Storm
Character: Emma Morgan
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: Movie
Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
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Alive and Kicking
Title: Alive and Kicking
Character: Dora
Released: July 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island.
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Shake Hands with the Devil
Title: Shake Hands with the Devil
Character: Lady Fitzhugh
Released: June 24, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization...under his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.
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Smiley Gets a Gun
Title: Smiley Gets a Gun
Character: Granny McKinley
Released: May 1, 1958
Type: Movie
The happy-go-lucky young Smiley gets into more strife as he attempts to prove himself a responsible citizen by helping others - all so he can earn a new gun from Sergeant Flaxman.
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The Prince and the Showgirl
Title: The Prince and the Showgirl
Character: The Queen Dowager
Released: June 13, 1957
Type: Movie
An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
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Bernard Shaw
Title: Bernard Shaw
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
George Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.
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The Weak and the Wicked
Title: The Weak and the Wicked
Character: Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
Released: February 2, 1954
Type: Movie
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
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Melba
Title: Melba
Character: Queen Victoria
Released: August 7, 1953
Type: Movie
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.
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The Magic Box
Title: The Magic Box
Character: Sitter in Bath Studio
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
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The Lady with a Lamp
Title: The Lady with a Lamp
Character: Miss Bosanquet
Released: September 22, 1951
Type: Movie
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
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Gone to Earth
Title: Gone to Earth
Character: Mrs. Marston
Released: November 6, 1950
Type: Movie
Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack Reddin a fox hunting squire who vies for her affection and pursues her even after her marriage to the local pastor.
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Stage Fright
Title: Stage Fright
Character: Mrs. Gill
Released: February 23, 1950
Type: Movie
A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
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The Forbidden Street
Title: The Forbidden Street
Character: Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey
Released: March 31, 1949
Type: Movie
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.
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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Title: The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Character: Mrs. Squeers
Released: March 12, 1947
Type: Movie
A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.
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Major Barbara
Title: Major Barbara
Character: The General
Released: May 14, 1941
Type: Movie
Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.
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Tudor Rose
Title: Tudor Rose
Character: Ellen
Released: September 1, 1936
Type: Movie
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
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A Gentleman of Paris
Title: A Gentleman of Paris
Character: Lola Duval
Released: December 4, 1931
Type: Movie
A prominent Parisian judge is a witness to a murder while he is at a rendezvous with his mistress. A woman is arrested for the crime and brought before him for trial. It turns out that the woman is his ex-mistress, and the judge knows that she is not the killer - but if he comes forward, he stands a good chance of ruining his marriage and his career.
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Hindle Wakes
Title: Hindle Wakes
Character: Mrs. Hawthorne
Released: October 2, 1931
Type: Movie
A Lancashire mill girl has an illicit adventure with the owner's son while on holiday. Based on the once notorious Houghton play.
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To What Red Hell
Title: To What Red Hell
Character: Mrs Fairfield
Released: November 1, 1929
Type: Movie
'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Dawn
Title: Dawn
Character: Nurse Edith Cavell
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.
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Bleak House
Title: Bleak House
Character: Lady Dedlock
Released: June 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Part of serial Tense Moments from Great Plays.
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Esmeralda
Title: Esmeralda
Character: Esmeralda
Released: June 1, 1922
Type: Movie
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Macbeth
Title: Macbeth
Character: Lady Macbeth
Released: January 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Macbeth is a black and white 1922 film adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Macbeth. It was the last silent film version of that play produced, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. It was directed by H. B. Parkinson and produced by Frank Miller.