Sybil Thorndike

Sybil Thorndike (1882 - 1976)
== Film Deaths ==
* Esmeralda (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (1922) [Esmeralda]: Presumably executed by hanging (I haven’t seen this or any of the following silent films, so I don’t know how closely they followed the original literary sources; they may have only been highlights of the stories rather than complete adaptations).
* The Lady of the Camellias (1922) [Marguerite Gautier]: Presumably dies of tuberculosis in Ward McAllister’s arms.
* Macbeth (1922) [Lady Macbeth]: Presumably commits suicide.
* Tense Moments from Great Plays (1922) [Various Characters]: This was a compilation of scenes from the above-mentioned films and several other classical adaptations featuring Sybil, so it may or may not have contained the death scenes (if any) from other films).
* Dawn (1928) [Nurse Edith Cavell]: Presumably executed by a German firing squad. (I haven’t seen this, as the sole surviving copy is available to film scholars at the British Film Institute, but I’m familiar with the historic facts).
* Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) [Lady Fitzhugh]: Dies (off-screen) of starvation while on a hunger strike in prison we learn of her death afterwards when a telegraph message arrives at the IRA hideout.
== Notable Connections ==
* Sister of Russell Thorndyke
* Mrs. Lewis Casson (widowed)
* Mother of Christopher Casson and Ann Casson
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