Person Details

Birthday: 1909-05-05 06:17:40

Death: 1976-01-18 06:17:40

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Hornsea, Yorkshire, England, UK

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Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 4


Most Famous Work

Biography

Sonia Dresdel (5 May 1909 - 18 January 1976) was an English actress, whose career ran between the 1940s and 1970s. She was born Lois Obee in Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, England and was educated at Aberdeen High School for Girls. Her leading role in the 1947 film While I Live gained her a great deal of acclaim. In the film she plays Julia Trevelyan, a spinster living in a lonely cliff top house in Cornwall and haunted by the death of her sister 25 years earlier. Her most noted role was that of "Mrs. Baines" in the 1948 film version of Graham Greene's The Fallen Idol, which starred Ralph Richardson and Michèle Morgan. The film received Academy Awards nominations for Best Director (Sir Carol Reed) and Best Screenplay. She died of undisclosed causes, aged 66.

Most Famous Work

The Onedin Line
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7

The Onedin Line

(1971) Lady Lazenby
The Human Jungle
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8

The Human Jungle

(1963) Agnes
The Caesars
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8

The Caesars

(1968) Livia
Lizzie Dripping
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5

Lizzie Dripping

(1973) The Witch
The Fallen Idol
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7

The Fallen Idol

(1948) Mrs. Baines
Lady Caroline Lamb
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6

Lady Caroline Lamb

(1972) Lady Pont
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
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6

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

(1960) Lady Wilde
The Third Visitor
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6

The Third Visitor

(1951) Steffy Millington

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