Sophie Stewart

Sophie Stewart
Born	Sophia Lyal Drummond Stewart (1908-03-05)5 March 1908 Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	6 June 1977(1977-06-06) (aged 69) Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Ellis Irving (m. 1939-1977)[1]

Sophie Stewart (5 March 1908 – 6 June 1977) was a British actress of stage and screen.^[2][3][4]

Biography

She was born as Sophia Lyal Drummond Stewart in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland in March 1908 and died in June 1977 at the age of 69, in Cupar, Fife, Scotland.^[5]

In 1937 she starred in Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Lady Blakeney.^[6] Her West End stage appearances included James Bridie's A Sleeping Clergyman (1933), Aimée Stuart's Lady from Edinburgh (1945), J. Lee Thompson's The Human Touch (1948) and Michael Clayton Hutton's Dead Secret (1952).

She was married to the actor Ellis Irving.^[7][1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1935	City of Beautiful Nonsense	Jill Dealtry
1935	Her Last Affaire	Jodie Weyre
1935	Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn	Maria Marten
1936	Things to Come	Mrs. Cabal
1936	The Man Who Could Work Miracles	Maggie Hooper
1936	As You Like It	Celia
1937	Under the Red Robe	Elise, Duchess of Fiox
1937	The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel	Marguerite, his wife
1938	Who Goes Next?	Sarah
1938	Marigold	Marigold Sellar
1939	Nurse Edith Cavell	Sister Watkins
1940	My Son, My Son!	Sheila O'Riorden
1943	The Lamp Still Burns	Christine Morris
1944	Strawberry Roan	Mrs. Morley
1947	Uncle Silas	Lady Monica Waring
1952	Made in Heaven	Marjorie Topham
1954	Devil Girl from Mars	Mrs. Jamieson
1957	Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst	Miss Charlotte Dunlap
1957	No Time for Tears	Sister Willis

References

1. "Well-Dressed Women In The Orontes". The West Australian. Vol. 65, no. 19, 672. Western Australia. 4 August 1949. p. 20. Retrieved 12 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia., ...Mr. Ellis Irving. is visiting Australia for the first time for 20 years. His wife is known professionally as Sophie Stewart...
2. "Sophie Stewart : Historical Figures and Perthshire". strathearn.com.
3. "Sophie Stewart - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
4. "ORONTES ARRIVALS". The Age. No. 29417. Victoria, Australia. 9 August 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 12 August 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Sophie Stewart". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
6. "The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937)". Archived from the original on 14 November 2016.
7. "Person Page". thepeerage.com.

External links

• Sophie Stewart at IMDb