Acting
Sonia Dresdel
Born May 5, 1909 · Hornsea, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died January 18, 1976 · aged 66
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 …
Known For
The Fallen Idol · 1948The Fallen Idol
★ 7.21948
MovieDramaThriller
Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, hero-worships his father's butler Baines. His perception of the man changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
The Trials of Oscar Wilde · 1960The Trials of Oscar Wilde
★ 6.41960
MovieDramaHistory
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
Lady Caroline Lamb · 1972Lady Caroline Lamb
★ 5.91972
MovieDramaHistory
Lady Caroline Lamb, dissatisfied in her marriage, has an affair with the dashing Romantic poet Lord Byron.
The Clouded Yellow · 1950The Clouded Yellow
★ 6.31950
MovieMysteryThriller
After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.
This Was a Woman · 1948This Was a Woman
★ 5.71948
MovieCrimeDrama
The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence...
The Break · 1963The Break
★ 6.91963
MovieCrime
A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.
While I Live · 1947While I Live
★ 6.91947
MovieThriller
In 1922, young pianist and composer Olwen Trevelyan, troubled and sleepless over her inability to finish the final notes of her composition, falls to her death from the cliffs of Cornwall. 25 years on, Olwen has gained posthumous fame as a result of her tragic death and her haunting uncompleted composition 'The Dream of Olwen'. Her reclusive sister Julia (Sonia Dresdel), who has never come to terms with Olwen's death, becomes convinced that Olwen has returned when she meets an amnesiac woman who looks like her.
Now and Forever · 1956Now and Forever
★ 7.01956
MovieThrillerDrama
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.

















