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Portrait of Sybil Thorndike

Acting

Sybil Thorndike

Career

Active from 1922 to 1970, busiest in 1922 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
14
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score65/100
Highest rated
Poster for Hand in Hand
Hand in Hand
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 11 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Sybil Thorndike Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    2.7, average 4.8
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Uncanny
    1.0, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 2
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Psychological Drama 2
  • Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens
The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970)

as Elizabeth Ball Dickens

1960s

10 titles · average score 64
ITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse (1967)

TV show · as The Nurse

Don't Utter a Note
Don't Utter a Note (1966)

as Florence Pringle

A Passage to India
A Passage to India (1965)

as Mrs Moore

Man and Mirror
Man and Mirror (1965)

as Isabel Manners

BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Mrs Moore

Uncle Vanya
Uncle Vanya (1963)
GoodWatch score 64

as Marina, the nurse

The Big Gamble
The Big Gamble (1961)
GoodWatch score 59

as Aunt Cathleen

Hand in Hand
Hand in Hand (1961)
GoodWatch score 73

as Lady Caroline

Riders to the Sea
Riders to the Sea (1960)

as Maurya

Armchair Mystery Theatre
Armchair Mystery Theatre (1960)

TV show · as Mrs. Isabel Manners

1950s

12 titles · average score 66
Alive and Kicking
Alive and Kicking (1959)
GoodWatch score 69

as Dora

Shake Hands with the Devil
Shake Hands with the Devil (1959)
GoodWatch score 71

as Lady Fitzhugh

Jet Storm
Jet Storm (1959)
GoodWatch score 67

as Emma Morgan

Smiley Gets a Gun
Smiley Gets a Gun (1958)

as Granny McKinley

The Prince and the Showgirl
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
GoodWatch score 57

as The Queen Dowager

Armchair Theatre
Armchair Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Florence Pringle

The Weak and the Wicked
The Weak and the Wicked (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend

Melba
Melba (1953)

as Queen Victoria

The Magic Box
The Magic Box (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

as Sitter in Bath Studio

The Lady with a Lamp
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

as Miss Bosanquet

Stage Fright
Stage Fright (1950)
GoodWatch score 71

as Mrs. Gill

Gone to Earth
Gone to Earth (1950)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mrs. Marston

1940s

3 titles · average score 65
The Forbidden Street
The Forbidden Street (1949)
GoodWatch score 67

as Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
GoodWatch score 64

as Mrs. Squeers

Major Barbara
Major Barbara (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

as The General

1930s

3 titles · average score 73
Tudor Rose
Tudor Rose (1936)
GoodWatch score 73

as Ellen

Hindle Wakes
Hindle Wakes (1931)

as Mrs. Hawthorne

A Gentleman of Paris
A Gentleman of Paris (1931)

as Lola Duval

1920s

5 titles
To What Red Hell
To What Red Hell (1929)

as Mrs Fairfield

Dawn
Dawn (1928)

as Nurse Edith Cavell

Bleak House
Bleak House (1922)

as Lady Dedlock

Esmeralda
Esmeralda (1922)

as Esmeralda

Macbeth
Macbeth (1922)

as Lady Macbeth