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Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike was an English actress who toured internationally in Shakespearean productions, often appearing with her husband Lewis Casson. Bernard Shaw wrote Saint Joan specially for her, and she starred in it with great success. She was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1931, and Companion of Honour in 1970.
Birth Name
Agnes Sybil Thorndike
Born
Tuesday, 24 October 1882
Died
Wednesday, 09 June 1976
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Time to Remember | Self | 2010 |
| The Scottish Play | Lady Macbeth | 2001 |
| The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens | Elizabeth Ball Dickens | 1970 |
| ITV Playhouse | The Nurse | 1967 |
| NET Playhouse | Marina | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Mrs. Moore | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Uncle Vanya | Marina, the nurse | 1963 |
| That Was the Week That Was | Self | 1962 |
| The Big Gamble | Aunt Cathleen / 'Aunt Cathleen' | 1961 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Time to Remember | Self | 2010 |
| The Scottish Play | Lady Macbeth | 2001 |
| The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens | Elizabeth Ball Dickens | 1970 |
| ITV Playhouse | The Nurse | 1967 |
| NET Playhouse | Marina | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Mrs. Moore | 1965 |
| Call My Bluff | Self | 1965 |
| Uncle Vanya | Marina, the nurse | 1963 |
| That Was the Week That Was | Self | 1962 |
| The Big Gamble | Aunt Cathleen / 'Aunt Cathleen' | 1961 |
| Hand in Hand | Lady Caroline | 1961 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Mrs. Isabel Manners | 1960 |
| Jet Storm | Emma Morgan | 1959 |
| Alive and Kicking | Dora | 1959 |
| Shake Hands with the Devil | Lady Fitzhugh | 1959 |
| Smiley Gets a Gun | Granny McKinley | 1958 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| The Prince and the Showgirl | The Queen Dowager | 1957 |
| Armchair Theatre | Florence Pringle | 1956 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Mrs. Whyte | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Blanche Skinner | 1955 |
| This Is Your Life | Self | 1955 |
| Young and Willing | Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend | 1954 |
| Melba | Queen Victoria | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Miss Cicely / Catherine | 1953 |
| The Wild Heart | Mrs. Marston | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Sitter in Bath Studio | 1952 |
| The Lady with a Lamp | Miss Bosanquet | 1951 |
| Gone to Earth | Mrs. Marston | 1950 |
| Stage Fright | Mrs. Gill | 1950 |
| The Forbidden Street | Mrs. 'The Sow' Mounsey | 1949 |
| The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | Mrs. Squeers | 1947 |
| Major Barbara | The General | 1941 |
| Nine Days a Queen | Ellen | 1936 |
| A Gentleman of Paris | Lola Duval | 1931 |
| Hindle Wakes | Mrs. Hawthorne | 1931 |
| To What Red Hell | Mrs. Fairfield / Mrs Fairfield | 1929 |
| Dawn | Nurse Edith Cavell | 1928 |
| Moth and Rust | Mrs Brand | 1921 |
