Sybil Jason

Sybil Jason

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.

  • Title: Sybil Jason
  • Popularity: 1.106
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1927-11-23
  • Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa
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  • Also Known As: Sybil Jacobson
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Sybil Jason Movies

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    The Great O'Malley

    The Great O'Malley

    6.7 1937 HD

    His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat...

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    Little Big Shot

    Little Big Shot

    6 1935 HD

    A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.

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    The Singing Kid

    The Singing Kid

    4 1936 HD

    Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl...

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    Comet Over Broadway

    Comet Over Broadway

    5 1938 HD

    Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

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    I Found Stella Parish

    I Found Stella Parish

    7 1935 HD

    A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

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  • 1940
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    The Blue Bird

    The Blue Bird

    5.8 1940 HD

    An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of...

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    The Captain's Kid

    The Captain's Kid

    6 1936 HD

    In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.

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    A Day at Santa Anita

    A Day at Santa Anita

    5 1937 HD

    Orphaned horse-trainer's little daughter has reciprocated bond with horse, which needs her presence to win races.

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    The Littlest Diplomat

    The Littlest Diplomat

    2.5 1937 HD

    Young Sybil visits her grandfather, a British Colonel stationed at a garrison in India, and she helps negotiate a diplomatic truce between him and...

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  • 1944
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    Musical Movieland

    Musical Movieland

    6 1944 HD

    A group of tourists is given a tour of a movie studio lot. They see the various permanent sets that are used for different types of movies, and they...

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    Dance Band

    Dance Band

    2 1935 HD

    Life gets complicated for bandleader Buddy when he falls for his greatest rival – the leader of an all-girl dance band!

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    Changing of the Guard

    Changing of the Guard

    1 1936 HD

    On New Year's Eve, a girl is told a story by her grandfather about his days in a military regiment; then, the girl dreams she's at the Changing of...

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  • 1939
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    Woman Doctor

    Woman Doctor

    1 1939 HD

    Woman Doctor is a 1939 American drama film

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    Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

    1 1935 HD

    A conflicted sailor tries to balance his family life with his time at sea.

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    Little Pioneer

    Little Pioneer

    5 1937 HD

    In 1880 South Africa, young Betsy has an adventure involving Zulu Tribesmen, Dutch Settlers, The Vortrekkers, and her older brother's romance of...

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    A Dream Comes True

    A Dream Comes True

    5.5 1935 HD

    A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

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  • 1939
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    The Little Princess

    The Little Princess

    6.696 1939 HD

    A little girl goes in search of her father who is reported missing by the military during the Second Boer War.

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