Beatrix Thomson
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Beatrix Thomson | |
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| Born | 13 March 1900 |
| Died | 23 February 1986 (aged 85) Farnham, Surrey, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actress |
Beatrix Thomson (1900–1986) was a British stage actress.[1] She also made a handful of appearances in film and television. A graduate of RADA, she made her West End debut in John Galsworthy's Loyalties in 1922.[2] She was married to the actor Claude Rains from 1924 to 1935.[3]
Her film roles include Lucie Dreyfus in Dreyfus (1931) and the title role in Michael Powell's quota quickie Crown v. Stevens (1936).
She also wrote several works for the stage.
- Loyalties by John Galsworthy (1922)
- The Rivals by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1925)
- Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov (1926)
- The Berg by Ernest Raymond (1929)
- The Way Out by H. C. McNeile (1930)
Selected filmography
- Dreyfus (1931)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
- Crown v. Stevens (1936)
- The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948)
As dramatist
- Special Delivery, thriller, adapted from a short story
- Set to Music, incorporating music without becoming a musical
- Woman Alive, adaptation of Susan Ertz's short story
- Sons of Adam, dealing with racial tension
All four were written by 1938,[4] and at least one, Sons of Adam, was staged in London.[5]
