Sonia Dresdel
Biography
Sonia Dresdel was an English actress whose stage and screen career ran from the 1940s into the 1970s. Born in Hornsea, she moved to Aberdeen as a child and trained at RADA and the Royal Academy of Music. She began on radio in the 1920s and made her professional debut with a repertory company in Northampton, then spent five years with a troupe in Harrogate. Her West End debut came in 1942, playing the lead in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler at the Westminster Theatre, and for a decade she was counted among England's foremost stage actresses. She toured with the Entertainments National Service Association during World War II. Her best remembered film role was Mrs Baines in The Fallen Idol (1948), nominated for Academy Awards for directing and screenplay. Later she turned to theater management and directing, and appeared on television, including as the Witch in Lizzie Dripping.
66years old at death
- Born Hornsea
- Died Canterbury
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Lois Obee (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 3
- Career span
- 12 years1948 to 1960
Every film, newest first
- 1960The Trials of Oscar WildeIMDb rating 7.1
- 1950The Clouded YellowIMDb rating 6.9
- 1948The Fallen IdolIMDb rating 7.6
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Big break
Dresdel's West End debut came in 1942, when she played the lead in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler at the Westminster Theatre, a performance that founded her reputation.
First role
Dresdel's professional debut came with a repertory company in Northampton, after which she joined another company in Harrogate and stayed with that troupe five years.
Behind the camera
In the 1950s Dresdel shifted toward management and became a theater director with the New White Rose Players, where she directed plays such as the thriller Night of the Shoot.
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Worked with
Sonia Dresdel shares two films with Geoffrey Keen, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Geoffrey Keen's page
Gerard Heinz's page
James Mason's page
Trevor Howard's page
Marianne Stone's page
Ralph Richardson's page
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Ken HughesDirector, 1 film, 1960
All films by Ken Hughes
Ralph ThomasDirector, 1 film, 1950
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