Quick Facts
Born:
1909-05-05
Birthplace:
Hornsea, Yorkshire, England, UK
Credits:
27 Total Roles
Sonia Dresdel
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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.
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.
Known For
The Fallen Idol
Mrs. Baines
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Lady Wilde
The Clouded Yellow
Jess Fenton
Lady Caroline Lamb
Lady Pont
Maigret
Self
This Was a Woman
Sylvia Russell
The Break
Sarah
BBC Play of the Month
Headmistress
Full Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | The Pallisers TV | Marchioness of Auld Reekie |
| 1973 | Lizzie Dripping TV | The Witch |
| 1972 | Lady Caroline Lamb MOVIE | Lady Pont |
| 1972 | Sykes TV | Lady Dorothy |
| 1972 | Sykes TV | Agatha Millhampton |
| 1971 | The Onedin Line TV | Lady Lazenby |
| 1970 | Marie Stopes: Sexual Revolutionary MOVIE | Professor Louise Mellroy |
| 1968 | The Caesars TV | Livia |
| 1968 | The Man in the Iron Mask TV | Duchesse de Chevreuse |
| 1966 | Mystery and Imagination TV | Countess |