Biography
Sydney Fairbrother (31 July 1872 – 4 January 1941) was a British actress.Born Sydney Tapping on 31 July 1872 in London to actor/playwright Alfred B. Tapping and actress Florence Cowell. Her mother was the daughter of actor and comic singer Samuel Houghton Cowell. Sydney 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 and chiefly appeared in comedy roles. She retired in 1938 and died on 4 January 1941 in London, aged 68.
Filmography
all 35
Movies 35
Mrs. Debenham
Rope (1939)
Movie
Miss Clare
Paradise for Two (1937)
Movie
Gagool
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
Movie
Mrs. Thompson
Rose of Tralee (1937)
Movie
Mrs. Stanway
Dreaming Lips (1937)
Movie
Genesta Slott
All In! (1936)
Movie
Customer
Sweet Success (1936)
Movie
Mrs. Grebe
The Last Journey (1935)
Movie
Miss Ashford
The Private Secretary (1935)
Movie
Miss Plimsole
Brewster's Millions (1935)
Movie
Dukie
Gay Love (1934)
Movie
Mahbubah Baba, Ali's wife
Chu Chin Chow (1934)
Movie
Mother
Dora (1933)
Movie
Miss Toop
Excess Baggage (1933)
Movie
Lady Truwode
The Return of Raffles (1932)
Movie
Angle Tuckett
Lucky Ladies (1932)
Movie
Miss Snell
Murder on the Second Floor (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Bindle
The Temperance Fête (1932)
Movie
Miss Peabody
The Third String (1932)
Movie
Mrs. Phipps
The Other Mrs. Phipps (1931)
Movie
Duchess Maxine
Confetti (1928)
Movie
Mrs. Akers
The Silver Lining (1928)
Movie
Mrs. Gwyn
Nell Gwyn (1926)
Movie
Sophie Fitch
Réveille (1924)
Movie
Actress
Love and Hate (1924)
Movie
Landlady
Sally Bishop (1923)
Movie
Tereza
Don Quixote (1923)
Movie
Mrs.Chadwick
Heartstrings (1923)
Movie
Lily
Love, Life and Laughter (1923)
Movie
Mrs. Burrows
Married Love (1923)
Movie
Jemima Nivet
The Rotters (1921)
Movie
Tabitha
The Bachelor's Club (1921)
Movie
Mrs. Bolt
The Mother of Dartmoor (1916)
Movie
Mammy
Me and Me Moke (1916)
Movie
Aunt Aggie
Make It Three
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1872-07-31
Deathday1941-01-04 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
Height
FatherAlfred B. Tapping
MotherFlorence Cowell
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
Also Known AsEmilie Sydney Cowell, Syney Fairbrother, Sydney Tapping
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