Sophie Stewart

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

Sophie Stewart
Born
Sophia Lyal Drummond Stewart

(1908-03-05)5 March 1908
Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died6 June 1977(1977-06-06) (aged 69)
Cupar, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
OccupationActress
SpouseEllis Irving (m. 1939-1977)[1]

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) and J. Lee Thompson's The Human Touch (1948).

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

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1935City of Beautiful NonsenseJill Dealtry
1935Her Last AffaireJodie Weyre
1935Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red BarnMaria Marten
1936Things to ComeMrs. Cabal
1936The Man Who Could Work MiraclesMaggie Hooper
1936Her Last AffaireCelia
1937Under the Red RobeElise, Duchess of Fiox
1937The Return of the Scarlet PimpernelMarguerite, his wife
1938Who Goes Next?Sarah
1938MarigoldMarigold Sellar
1939Nurse Edith CavellSister Watkins
1940My Son, My Son!Sheila O'Riorden
1943The Lamp Still BurnsChristine Morris
1944Strawberry RoanMrs. Morley
1947Uncle SilasLady Monica Waring
1952Made in HeavenMarjorie Topham
1954Devil Girl from MarsMrs. Jamieson
1957Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. AmethystMiss Charlotte Dunlap
1957No Time for TearsSister 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.
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