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Sybil Thorndike

1882 - 1976

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Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike, Lady Casson (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 career with the company of the actor-manager Ben Greet, with whom she toured the US from 1904 to 1908. In Britain she played in old and new plays on tour and in the West End, often appearing with her husband, the actor and director Lewis Casson. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Sybil Thorndike is the 7,973rd most popular actor (down from 7,003rd in 2024), the 5,774th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,067th in 2019) and the 899th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Sybil Thorndike ranks 7,973 out of 13,578. Before her are Sonya Walger, Maggie Siff, Reginald Denny, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Gregory Harrison, and Wang Yibo. After her are Kenneth Choi, Rob Paulsen, Finn Cole, Caroll Spinney, Katie Leung, and Marilu Henner.

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Among people born in 1882, Sybil Thorndike ranks 283. Before her are Johnny Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, George Bonhag, Herbert E. Ives, Ethel Clayton, and Arnstein Arneberg. After her are Holmes Herbert, Ricardo J. Alfaro, Charles Brabin, James Gleason, Guy Kibbee, and Albert Bogen. Among people deceased in 1976, Sybil Thorndike ranks 267. Before her are Joe Fulks, Vasile Chiroiu, Nils Middelboe, Alan Baxter, Nikolai Ekk, and Renata Viganò. After her are Sid James, Cathy Downs, Donald Howard Menzel, Paul Russo, Bobby Hackett, and Barbara Nichols.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sybil Thorndike ranks 5,776 out of 8,785. Before her are Sonya Walger (1974), James Vaughan (1988), Stephen South (1952), Reginald Denny (1891), Archie Scott Brown (1927), and Dan Abnett (1965). After her are Finn Cole (1995), Katie Leung (1987), Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851), Thomas Allen (1944), Tom Chaplin (1979), and Steve-O (1974).

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Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sybil Thorndike ranks 899. Before her are Emma Chambers (1964), Josephine Tewson (1931), Kenneth Williams (1926), Margaret Wycherly (1881), Sonya Walger (1974), and Reginald Denny (1891). After her are Finn Cole (1995), Katie Leung (1987), Steve-O (1974), Sophia Myles (1980), Tom Payne (1982), and Joan Greenwood (1921).

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