Sydney Fairbrother (31 July 1872 – 4 January 1941) was a British actress.[1]
Born Sydney Tapping on 31 July 1872 in London to actor/playwright Alfred B. Tapping and actress Florence Cowell,[2] she was educated at Blackpool and Bonn. She made her stage debut in Birmingham in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them. She came to the screen in 1915 in a film called Iron Justice[3] and chiefly appeared in comedy roles. She retired in 1938 and died on 4 January 1941 in London, aged 68.
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Selected filmography
- Iron Justice (1915) - Mrs. O'Connor
- The Game of Liberty (1916) - Mrs. Bundercombe
- Temptation's Hour (1916)
- The Mother of Dartmoor (1916) - Mrs. Bolt
- Auld Lang Syne (1917) - Mrs. Potter
- Faith (1919) - Lavinia Brooker
- A Temporary Gentleman (1920) - Mrs. Hope
- Laddie (1920) - Mrs. Carter
- The Children of Gibeon (1920) - Mrs. Gibeon
- The Bachelor's Club (1921) - Tabitha
- The Rotters (1921) - Jemima Nivet
- The Golden Dawn (1921) - Mrs. Briggs
- Married Love (1923) - Mrs. Burrows
- Love, Life and Laughter (1923) - Lily
- The Rest Cure (1923) - Mrs. George
- The Beloved Vagabond (1923) - Mrs. Smith
- Heartstrings (1923) - Mrs.Chadwick
- Sally Bishop (1923) - Landlady
- Don Quixote (1923) - Tereza
- Wanted, a Boy (1924, Short) - The Aunt
- Love and Hate (1924, Short)
- Reveille (1924) - Sophie Fitch
- A Friend of Cupid (1925, Short) - Mrs. May
- A Fowl Proceeding (1925, Short) - Mrs. May
- Nell Gwyn (1926) - Mrs. Gwyn
- The Silver Lining (1927) - Mrs. Akers
- My Lord the Chauffeur (1927) - Lady Parr
- Confetti (1928) - Duchess Maxine
- The Rosary (1931) - Minor role (uncredited)
- Bindle (1931)
- Murder on the Second Floor (1932) - Miss Snell
- The Temperance Fete (1932) - Mrs. Bindle
- The Third String (1932) - Miss Peabody
- Double Dealing (1932) - Sarah Moon
- Down Our Street (1932) - Maggie Anning
- The Return of Raffles (1932)
- Insult (1932) - Arabella
- Lucky Ladies (1932) - Angle Tuckett
- The Return of Raffles (1932) - Lady Truwode
- Excess Baggage (1933) - Miss Toop
- Dora (1933, Short) - Mother
- Home, Sweet Home (1933) - Mrs. Bagshow
- The Crucifix (1934) - Lavinia Brooker
- Chu Chin Chow (1934) - Mahbubah Baba - Ali's Wife
- Gay Love (1934) - Dukie
- Brewster's Millions (1935) - Miss Plimsole
- The Private Secretary (1935) - Miss Ashford
- Fame (1936) - Train Passenger
- The Last Journey (1936) - Mrs. Grebe
- All In (1936) - Genesta Slott
- Dreaming Lips (1937) - Mrs. Stanway
- Rose of Tralee (1937) - Mrs. Thompson
- King Solomon's Mines (1937) - Gagool (uncredited)
- Paradise for Two (1937) - Miss Clare
- Make It Three (1938) - Aunt Aggie
- Little Dolly Daydream (1938) - Mrs. Harris
References
- ^ Profile, BFI.org. Accessed 10 July 2022.
- ^ Who's who in the theatre. University of California. London : Pitman ; Detroit : Gale Research. 1912. p. 275.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "An Actress of Genius". The Bioscope. No. 447. 6 May 1915. p. 69. Retrieved 14 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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This page was last edited on 29 November 2022, at 00:55