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This Was a Woman (1948) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1948 · 102 mins · English
- Directed by
- Tim Whelan
- Starring
- Walter Fitzgerald, Cyril Raymond, Gus McNaughton, Scott Forbes, Joan Hickson, Sonia Dresdel
Sylvia Russell is a power‑driven woman whose single‑minded goals make her manipulate her children. She maintains a sadistic hold over her son and daughter, steering their lives to serve her aims. By corrupting a servant girl she sabotages her daughter's marriage, then uses the maid to compromise the son‑in‑law, while slowly eroding her timid, unambitious husband's confidence.
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