Sydney Fairbrother

Sydney Fairbrother, from an 1896 publication.

Sydney Fairbrother (31 July 1873 – 4 January 1941) was a British actress.

Born Sydney Tapping on 31 July 1873 in London to actor and playwright Alfred B. Tapping and the actress Florence Cowell, she was educated at Blackpool and Bonn. She made her stage debut in Birmingham, UK 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.

Selected filmography

• The Mother of Dartmoor (1916)
• The Game of Liberty (1916)
• Auld Lang Syne (1917)
• The Children of Gibeon (1920)
• A Temporary Gentleman (1920)
• The Rotters (1921)
• The Golden Dawn (1921)
• The Bachelor's Club (1921)
• The Rest Cure (1923)
• The Beloved Vagabond (1923)
• Married Love (1923)
• Heartstrings (1923)
• Reveille (1924)
• Love and Hate (1924)
• Wanted, a Boy (1924)
• A Fowl Proceeding (1925)
• A Friend of Cupid (1925)
• Nell Gwyn (1926)
• The Return of Raffles (1932)
• The Third String (1932)
• The Temperance Fete (1932)
• Double Dealing (1932)
• Excess Baggage (1933)
• Dora (1933)
• Home, Sweet Home (1933)
• Gay Love (1934)
• Chu Chin Chow (1934)
• Brewster's Millions (1935)
• All In (1936)
• Fame (1936)
• Paradise for Two (1937)
• Dreaming Lips (1937)
• Make It Three (1938)

External links

• Sydney Fairbrother at IMDb