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

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1872 births
1941 deaths
English film actresses
English silent film actresses
English stage actresses
Actresses from London
20th-century English actresses