Lydia Sherwood

British actress

Lydia Sherwood

Born	Lily Shavelson (1906-05-05)5 May 1906 London, England
Died	20 April 1989(1989-04-20) (aged 82) London, England
Alma mater	RADA
Occupation(s)	Film and stage actress
Years active	1928–1965

Lydia Sherwood (5 May 1906 – 20 April 1989) was a British film actress and stage actress.^[1] She made her debut on stage in Daisy Fisher's comedy play Lavender Ladies.^[2] She was married to the poet Lazarus Aaronson from 1924 to 1931.^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1933	Don Quixote	Duchess of Fallanga	Uncredited
1934	The King of Paris	Juliette Till
	Little Friend	Helen Hughes
	Spring in the Air	Vilma
1936	Midnight at Madame Tussaud's	Brenda Frome
1939	The Four Just Men	Myra Hastings
1943	When We Are Married	Lottie Grady
1943	Theatre Royal	Claudia Brent
1948	The First Gentleman	Princess Augusta
1954	Romeo and Juliet	Lady Capulet
1960	The League of Gentlemen	Hilda
1965	Darling	Lady Brentwood	Uncredited

Stage Appearances

Lavender Ladies (1925) (Comedy Theatre, London)
The Last Hour (1928) (Comedy Theatre, London)
She Stoops to Conquer (1930) (Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith), London)
Uncle Vanya (1937) (Westminster Theatre, London)
Hamlet (1951) (New Theatre (London))

References

^ Lydia Sherwood in the British Film Institute Database
^ Wearing, 2014, p. 379
^ Rubinstein, William D., ed. (2011). "Aaronson, Lazarus Leonard". The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 2. ISBN 978-1-4039-3910-4.