Template:Did you know nominations/Sybil Thorndike

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 16:38, 10 January 2023 (UTC)

Sybil Thorndike

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• ... that Sybil Thorndike was once a pianist but became an actor after her pianist's cramp prevented her from continuing? Source: Croall, Jonathan (2008). Sybil Thorndike: A Star of Life. London: Haus. ISBN 978-1-905791-92-7. pp 28 and 33-34.
  • ALT1: ... that Sybil Thorndike was known as Britain's leading tragedienne? Source: Herbert, Ian, ed. (1972). Who's Who in the Theatre (fifteenth ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons. ISBN 978-0-273-31528-5. Page 1476, "A great tragedienne: Sybil Thorndike as Hecuba", The Sketch, 25 February 1920, p. 309
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Improved to Good Article status by Tim riley (talk). Nominated by Onegreatjoke (talk) at 16:03, 17 December 2022 (UTC).

• GA, well-written. Both hooks check out, but I wonder if they couldn't be squeezed together with a bit of rewording? GTG apart from this. If they are not combined ALT1 is probably better. Earwig finds nothing. Johnbod (talk) 06:16, 19 December 2022 (UTC)