Sydney Fairbrother
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Sydney Fairbrother was a British film actress.
Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London
, UK, she was educated at Blackpool
, UK and Bonn
in Germany
. She made her stage debut in Birmingham
, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America
with them. She came to the screen in 1916 in a film called Iron Justice and chiefly appeared in comedy roles. She died 4 January 1941 in London
, UK.
Born Sydney Tapping on 31st July 1872 in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK, she was educated at Blackpool
Blackpool
Blackpool is a borough, seaside town, and unitary authority area of Lancashire, in North West England. It is situated along England's west coast by the Irish Sea, between the Ribble and Wyre estuaries, northwest of Preston, north of Liverpool, and northwest of Manchester...
, UK and Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
in Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. She made her stage debut in Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
, UK in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
with them. She came to the screen in 1916 in a film called Iron Justice and chiefly appeared in comedy roles. She died 4 January 1941 in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, UK.
Selected filmography
- The RottersThe RottersThe Rotters is a 1921 British silent comedy film directed by A.V. Bramble and starring Joe Nightingale, Sydney Fairbrother and Sidney Paxton. It was based on a play by H.F...
(1921) - The Beloved VagabondThe Beloved Vagabond (1923 film)The Beloved Vagabond is a 1923 British romantic drama film directed by Fred LeRoy Granville and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Madge Stuart, Jessie Matthews and Phyllis Titmuss. The wealthy Gaston de Nerac decides to live as a tramp until he falls in love...
(1923) - A Fowl ProceedingA Fowl ProceedingA Fowl Proceeding is a 1925 silent-era British short comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and featuring Sydney Fairbrother and Irene Tripod....
(1925) - Nell GwynNell Gwyn (1926 film)Nell Gwyn is a 1926 British romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton and Juliette Compton. It was based on the novel Mistress Nell Gwynne by Joseph Shearing and follows the life of Nell Gwynne the mistress of Charles II...
(1926) - The Return of RafflesThe Return of RafflesThe Return of Raffles is a 1933 British crime film directed by Mansfield Markham and starring George Barraud, Camilla Horn and Claud Allister. It is based on the A.J. Raffles stories by EW Hornung and inspired by the success of the 1930 American film Raffles, to which it serves as a loose...
(1932) - The Temperance FeteThe Temperance FeteThe Temperance Fete is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Graham Cutts and starring George Robey, Sydney Fairbrother and Connie Ediss. For a prank one of the waiters at a temperance meeting spikes the lemonade with alcohol.-Cast:...
(1932) - Excess BaggageExcess BaggageExcess Baggage is a 1997 crime-comedy film written by Max D. Adams, Dick Clement, and Ian La Frenais, and directed by Marco Brambilla about a neglected young woman who stages her own kidnapping to get her father's attention, only to be literally kidnapped by a car thief...
(1933) - Chu Chin ChowChu Chin Chow (1934 film)Chu-Chin-Chow is a 1934 British musical film directed by Walter Forde and starring George Robey, Fritz Kortner and Anna May Wong. It was an adaptation of the play Chu-Chin-Chow by Frederick Norton and Oscar Asche.-Cast:* George Robey - Ali Baba...
(1934) - Brewster's MillionsBrewster's Millions (1935 film)Brewster's Millions is a 1935 British musical comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jack Buchanan, Lili Damita and Nancy O'Neil...
(1935) - Paradise for TwoParadise for TwoParadise for Two is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Jack Hulbert, Patricia Ellis and Arthur Riscoe. It is also known by the alternative title Gaiety Girls...
(1937)