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Sonia Dresdel

Sonia Dresdel

Acting

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.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Poster for The Fallen Idol
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The Fallen Idol

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The Fallen Idol
Mrs. Baines
Poster for The Clouded Yellow
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The Clouded Yellow

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The Clouded Yellow
Jess Fenton
Poster for The Break
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The Break

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The Break
Sarah
Poster for The Trials of Oscar Wilde
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde

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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Lady Wilde
Poster for The Third Visitor
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The Third Visitor

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The Third Visitor
Steffy Millington
Poster for While I Live
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While I Live

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While I Live
Julia Trevelyan
Poster for The World Owes Me a Living
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The World Owes Me a Living

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The World Owes Me a Living
Eve Heathley
Poster for Lady Caroline Lamb
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Lady Caroline Lamb

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Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Pont
Poster for Now and Forever
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Now and Forever

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Now and Forever
Miss Fox
Poster for This Was a Woman
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This Was a Woman

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This Was a Woman
Sylvia Russell

Gallery

Sonia Dresdel portrait
Sonia Dresdel portrait
Sonia Dresdel portrait