Lydia Sherwood (5 May 1906 – 20 April 1989) was a British
film actress
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and
stage actress
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...
. She made her debut on stage in
Daisy Fisher's comedy play ''Lavender Ladies''.
[Wearing, 2014, p. 379] She was married to the poet
Lazarus Aaronson from 1924 to 1931.
Filmography
Film
Stage Appearances
* ''Lavender Ladies'' (1925) (
Comedy Theatre
The Harold Pinter Theatre, known as the Comedy Theatre until 2011, , London)
* ''
The Last Hour'' (1928) (Comedy Theatre, London)
* ''She Stoops to Conquer'' (1930) (
Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)
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Background
The Lyric Theatre ...
, London)
* ''
Uncle Vanya
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'' (1937) (Westminster Theatre, London)
* ''
Hamlet
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'' (1951) (
New Theatre (London) New Theatre or New Theater may refer to:
United Kingdom
* Hull New Theatre, a theatre in Kingston-upon-Hull, England
* Lisle's Tennis Court, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, a former theatre known as the New Theatre in its first incarnation from 1695 ...
)
References
Bibliography
Wearing, J.P. (2014). ''The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers and Personnel.'' Rowan and Littfield Education
External links
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1906 births
1989 deaths
English film actresses
Actresses from London
20th-century English actresses
English stage actresses
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
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