Beatrix Thomson

Beatrix Thomson (1900–1986) was a British stage actress. 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. She was married to the actor Claude Rains from 1924 to 1935.

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.

Selected stage credits 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, and at least one, Sons of Adam, was staged in London.