Sydney Fairbrother

Sydney Fairbrother (31 July 1872 – 4 January 1941) was a British actress.

Born Sydney Tapping on 31 July 1872 in London to actor/playwright Alfred B. Tapping and actress Florence Cowell. Her mother was the daughter of actor and comic singer Samuel Houghton Cowell. Sydney was educated at Blackpool and Bonn. She made her stage debut in Birmingham in 1890 with the famous Kendall Company and a few years later toured America with them. She came to the screen in 1915 in a film called Iron Justice and chiefly appeared in comedy roles. She retired in 1938 and died on 4 January 1941 in London, aged 68.

Selected filmography

Iron Justice (1915) - Mrs. O'Connor The Game of Liberty (1916) - Mrs. Bundercombe Temptation's Hour (1916) The Mother of Dartmoor (1916) - Mrs. Bolt Auld Lang Syne (1917) - Mrs. Potter Faith (1919) - Lavinia Brooker A Temporary Gentleman (1920) - Mrs. Hope Laddie (1920) - Mrs. Carter The Children of Gibeon (1920) - Mrs. Gibeon The Bachelor's Club (1921) - Tabitha The Rotters (1921) - Jemima Nivet The Golden Dawn (1921) - Mrs. Briggs Married Love (1923) - Mrs. Burrows Love, Life and Laughter (1923) - Lily The Rest Cure (1923) - Mrs. George The Beloved Vagabond (1923) - Mrs. Smith Heartstrings (1923) - Mrs.Chadwick Sally Bishop (1923) - Landlady Don Quixote (1923) - Tereza Wanted, a Boy (1924, Short) - The Aunt Love and Hate (1924, Short) Reveille (1924) - Sophie Fitch A Friend of Cupid (1925, Short) - Mrs. May A Fowl Proceeding (1925, Short) - Mrs. May Nell Gwyn (1926) - Mrs. Gwyn The Silver Lining (1927) - Mrs. Akers My Lord the Chauffeur (1927) - Lady Parr Confetti (1928) - Duchess Maxine The Rosary (1931) - Minor role (uncredited) Bindle (1931) Murder on the Second Floor (1932) - Miss Snell The Temperance Fete (1932) - Mrs. Bindle The Third String (1932) - Miss Peabody Double Dealing (1932) - Sarah Moon Down Our Street (1932) - Maggie Anning The Return of Raffles (1932) Insult (1932) - Arabella Lucky Ladies (1932) - Angle Tuckett The Return of Raffles (1932) - Lady Truwode Excess Baggage (1933) - Miss Toop Dora (1933, Short) - Mother Home, Sweet Home (1933) - Mrs. Bagshow The Crucifix (1934) - Lavinia Brooker Chu Chin Chow (1934) - Mahbubah Baba - Ali's Wife Gay Love (1934) - Dukie Brewster's Millions (1935) - Miss Plimsole The Private Secretary (1935) - Miss Ashford Fame (1936) - Train Passenger The Last Journey (1936) - Mrs. Grebe All In (1936) - Genesta Slott Dreaming Lips (1937) - Mrs. Stanway Rose of Tralee (1937) - Mrs. Thompson King Solomon's Mines (1937) - Gagool (uncredited) Paradise for Two (1937) - Miss Clare Make It Three (1938) - Aunt Aggie Little Dolly Daydream (1938) - Mrs. Harris