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Actress, Sybil Thorndike, was born Agnes Sybil Thorndike on Oct 24, 1882 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Thorndike died at the age of 93 on Jun 9, 1976 in London, UK .

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Both she and husband Sir Lewis Casson took a keen interest in politics and were supporters of the Popular Front government in Spain during the Spanish Civil War, which was fighting against the Nazi-supported forces of Francisco Franco. She joined Emma Goldman, Rebecca West, Fenner Brockway and C.E.M. Joad in establishing the Committee to Aid Homeless Spanish Women and Children. Both she and Lewis held strong politically leftist beliefs and were active members of the Labour Party, to the extent that when the 1926 general strike cut short the run of "Saint Joan", they remained strongly on the side of the strikers. On a trip to South Africa in 1928, she and Lewis aggressively fought segregation so black theatergoers could experience their presentations.

Considered by many critics to be one of the greatest actresses of the 20th century.

First British actress to appear on a postage stamp

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