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Sybil Jason
Acting

Sybil Jason
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1927-11-23,Cape Town, South Africa
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sybil Jacon was a South African-born, American child film actress who, in the late 1930s, was presented as a rival to Shirley Temple. Born in Cape Town, South Africa, she began playing the piano at age two and, a year later, began making public appearances doing impersonations of Maurice Chevalier. She was introduced to the theatre-going public of London by way of her uncle, Harry Jacobson, a then-popular London orchestra leader and also pianist for Gracie Fields. The apex of her career came with a concert performance with Frances Day at London's Palace Theatre. Her theatre work led to appearances on radio and phonograph records as well as a supporting role in the film Barnacle Bill. Irving Asher, the head of Warner Bros.' London studio, saw Jason's performance in Barnacle Bill and arranged for her to make a screen test for the studio. The test was a success, resulting in Warner Bros. signing her to a contract. Her American film debut came as the lead in Little Big Shot, directed by Michael Curtiz and co-starring Glenda Farrell, Robert Armstrong, and Edward Everett Horton. Jason followed this with supporting roles opposite some of Warner Bros. most popular stars, including Kay Francis in I Found Stella Parish, Al Jolson in The Singing Kid, Pat O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart in The Great O'Malley, and again with Kay Francis in Comet Over Broadway. Warners also starred her in The Captain's Kid, and four Vitaphone two-reelers filmed in Technicolor: Changing of the Guard, A Day at Santa Anita, Little Pioneer, and The Littlest Diplomat. Jason never became the major rival to Shirley Temple that Warner Bros. had hoped, and her film career ended after playing two supporting roles at 20th-Century Fox. These films — The Little Princess and The Blue Bird — were supported Temple, who became her lifelong friend.

Filmography

The Great O'Malley

6.9

The Great O'Malley
1937-02-13

Little Big Shot

7.3

Little Big Shot
1935-09-07

The Singing Kid

7

The Singing Kid
1936-04-10

Comet Over Broadway

5.7

Comet Over Broadway
1938-12-03

I Found Stella Parish

7.3

I Found Stella Parish
1935-11-16

5.9

The Blue Bird
1940-01-15

The Captain's Kid

6.7

The Captain's Kid
1936-11-14

A Day at Santa Anita

6

A Day at Santa Anita
1937-05-22

The Littlest Diplomat

4.4

The Littlest Diplomat
1937-09-06

Musical Movieland

6.7

Musical Movieland
1944-09-09

6

Dance Band
1935-07-01

Changing of the Guard

5.7

Changing of the Guard
1936-06-05

3.3

Woman Doctor
1939-02-06

10

Barnacle Bill
1935-01-01

7.5

Little Pioneer
1937-06-25

A Dream Comes True

6.2

A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31

The Little Princess

6.6

The Little Princess
1939-03-17