Acting
Sybil Thorndike
- Titles
- 32movies6TV shows
- Career
Active from 1922 to 1970, busiest in 1922 with 3 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 14top three billing
- Average score
65/100
- Highest rated
Hand in Hand73/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical7.3average 2.6
- Class & Capitalism5.7average 3.3
- Wit & Wordplay5.3average 3.7
- Nostalgia5.2average 3.7
- Politics4.1average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.3average 4.9
- Pathos6.3average 5.2
- Wholesome4.4average 3.3
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism1.7, average 5.4
- Adrenaline2.7, average 4.9
- Violence2.4, average 4.2
- Scare1.0, average 2.6
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Tragic Romance 2
- Character Study 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Historical Drama 2
- Psychological Drama 2
- Character-Driven 2
- Historical Setting 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Cyril CusackActorGone to Earth, Shake Hands with the Devil, A Passage to India
Fay ComptonActorUncle Vanya, The Forbidden Street
Michael RedgraveActorShake Hands with the Devil, Uncle Vanya
Stanley HollowayActorThe Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens, Alive and Kicking
Laurence OlivierActorThe Prince and the Showgirl, Uncle Vanya
Robert MorleyActorMajor Barbara, Melba
Michael WildingActorStage Fright, The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens- MMutz GreenbaumCinematographerHindle Wakes, A Gentleman of Paris
- PPatrick DromgooleDirectorDon't Utter a Note, Man and Mirror
- HHarry B. ParkinsonDirectorBleak House, Macbeth
Movies and TV shows
341970s
1 title
as Elizabeth Ball Dickens
1960s
10 titles · average score 64
TV show · as The Nurse
as Florence Pringle
as Mrs Moore
TV show · as Mrs Moore
as Isabel Manners
as Marina, the nurse
as Lady Caroline
as Aunt Cathleen
as Maurya
TV show · as Mrs. Isabel Manners
1950s
12 titles · average score 66
as Dora
as Lady Fitzhugh
as Emma Morgan
as Granny McKinley
as The Queen Dowager
TV show · as Florence Pringle
as Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
as Queen Victoria
as Sitter in Bath Studio
as Miss Bosanquet
as Mrs. Gill
as Mrs. Marston
1940s
3 titles · average score 65
as Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey
as Mrs. Squeers
as The General
1930s
3 titles · average score 73
as Ellen
as Mrs. Hawthorne
as Lola Duval
1920s
5 titles
as Mrs Fairfield
as Nurse Edith Cavell
as Lady Dedlock
as Esmeralda
as Lady Macbeth