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Sybil Thorndike
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Actor Born: October 24, 1882 in Gainsborough, England Death: June 9, 1976 in London, England, UK Biography:"I would rather have been a pianist than anything," admitted "Sybil Thorndyke" to one of her chroniclers. Even so, from her first concert at age 11 onward, Ms. Thorndyke never quite overcame her nervousness. She would later insist that it was nerves as much as anything else that caused her to suffer the wrist injury that ended her musical career. Seeking another creative outlet, she joined the rest of her family in their favorite pastime of amateur theatricals (her father was a minister, inclined toward ripe oratory; her brother Russell later became a prominent actor/playwright; his best known work was the moody melodrama (Dr. Syn). Sent to America to study at the Ben Greet, Sybil made her first stage appearance in Greet's 1904 production of Merry Wives of Windsor. She went to tour the U.S. in Shakespearean repertory for three years, playing some 112 roles. Once again, her nervousness got the better... Full Biography
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