Lydia Sherwood (5 May 1906 – 20 April 1989) was a British
film actress
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and
stage actress
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...
. 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
Lazarus Leonard Aaronson (24 December 1894 – 9 December 1966), often referred to as L. Aaronson, was a British poet and a lecturer in economics. As a young man, he belonged to a group of Jewish friends who are today known as the Whitech ...
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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* ''
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 RADA
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