Sybil Grove
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Sybil Grove was born Sybil Marian Westmacott. She was a British actress. born 4th October 1891 in Teddington
Teddington
Teddington is a suburban area in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south west London, on the north bank of the River Thames, between Hampton Wick and Twickenham. It stretches inland from the River Thames to Bushy Park...

, Middlesex
Middlesex
Middlesex is one of the historic counties of England and the second smallest by area. The low-lying county contained the wealthy and politically independent City of London on its southern boundary and was dominated by it from a very early time...

, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, UK. She was also known as Sybil Wingrove.

She had reddish brown hair and was 5' 8" tall. She trained at RADA
Rada
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 and her stage debut was in 1927. She had seven years in the UK in straight plays, revues and musical comedies then seven years directing and playing in her own stock company in the Orient
Orient
The Orient means "the East." It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Far East, in relation to Europe. In English it is a metonym that means various parts of Asia.- Derivation :...

. She also worked in America
United States
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.

Selected filmography

  • The Chinatown Mystery (1928)
  • Prince of Diamonds (1929)
  • Along Came Youth (1930)
  • Hotel Splendide (1932)
  • The Man from Toronto
    The Man from Toronto
    The Man from Toronto is a 1933 British romance film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Jessie Matthews, Ian Hunter, Kathleen Harrison and Herbert Lomas. After an inheiritance is left to them if they marry an Englishwoman and a Canadian must meet for the first time to investigate the other -...

    (1933)
  • Too Many Millions
    Too Many Millions
    Too Many Millions is a 1934 British comedy drama film directed by Harold Young and starring Betty Compton, John Garrick and Viola Keats. In an attempt to attract the attention of the arist she loves a wealthy woman assumes the disguise of a maid.-Cast:...

    (1934)
  • Luck of the Turf
    Luck of the Turf
    Luck of the Turf is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Randall Faye and starring Jack Melford, Moira Lynd, Wally Patch and Moore Marriott...

    (1936)
  • Tropical Trouble
    Tropical Trouble
    Tropical Trouble is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Douglass Montgomery, Betty Ann Davies and Alfred Drayton. It was based on the novel Bunga-Bunga by Stephen King-Hall...

    (1936)
  • The Show Goes On
    The Show Goes On
    The Show Goes On is a 1937 British musical comedy film directed by Basil Dean and starring Gracie Fields, Owen Nares and John Stuart.-Plot summary:...

    (1937)
  • Racing Romance (1938)
  • What A Man! (1938)
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