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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 ...
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 ...
Dame Sybil Thorndike. Dame Sybil Thorndike, actress, is buried in the south choir aisle of Westminster Abbey. Her ashes were buried on 2nd July 1976 and the gravestone was unveiled on 23rd October. The lines were composed by J.B. Priestley, the first to be specially composed for an Abbey memorial for over a century.
Sybil Thorndike nel 1943. Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike (1882 – 1976), attrice teatrale e cinematografica britannica.. Citazioni di Sybil Thorndike [modifica] [Su Marilyn Monroe] Abbiamo un assoluto bisogno di lei. È l'unica tra noi che sappia davvero come comportarsi di fronte alla macchina da presa.
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.
6 giorni fa · THORNDIKE, Dame Sybil (1882-1976) Plaque erected in 1998 by English Heritage at 6 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London, SW3 6EX, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The actress Dame Sybil Thorndike was one of the outstanding figures in British theatre in the first half of the 20th century. She is best remembered as a Shakespearean tragic ...
