Overview

The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence...

Cast

Sonia Dresdel, Walter Fitzgerald, Emrys Jones, Barbara White, Scott Forbes, Cyril Raymond, Celia Lipton, Marjorie Rhodes

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What is "This Was a Woman" about?

The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence...

When was "This Was a Woman" released?

This Was a Woman was released in 1948.

Who stars in "This Was a Woman"?

The cast includes Sonia Dresdel, Walter Fitzgerald, Emrys Jones, Barbara White.