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28 de abr. de 2013 · The actress Sybil Thorndike was surprised by Eamonn Andrews in October 1960 for the television programme This Is Your Life.In an exclusive interview for the ...
"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." "In her youth she toured America and Canada, playing over a hundred Shakespearean parts.
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.
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 ...
Sybil Thorndike : a life in the theatre by Morley, Sheridan, 1941-2007. Publication date 1977 Topics Thorndike, Sybil, Dame, 1882-1976, Actors -- Great Britain -- Biography, Acteurs -- Grande-Bretagne -- Biographies, Actors, Skådespelare, Biografier, Great Britain Publisher
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).
Dame Sybil Thorndike (Agnes Sybil Thorndike), 1882–1976, English actress. Thorndike made her debut with the Ben Greet Players and toured the United States with them (1904–7). She worked with the Old Vic (1914–18) in Shakespearean repertory and thereafter played hundreds of classic roles. Source for information on Thorndike, Dame Sybil: The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. dictionary.
