Nurse Edith Cavell — Dawn Character Profile

About Nurse Edith Cavell

Central protagonist based on a real WWI martyr. A nurse who secretly rescued British prisoners of war from German forces, was captured, sentenced to execution, and her death sparked international outrage.

Nurse Edith Cavell — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Sybil Thorndike

Appears in

Dawn (1928)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (8)

• Nurse Edith Cavell — Conflict Capturing Authority — Col. Schultz (Cecil Barry)

  German officer who arrested Cavell

• Nurse Edith Cavell — Alliance Resistance Ally — Mme. Deveaux's Daughter (Dacia Deane)

  Assisted in the underground activities

• Nurse Edith Cavell — Alliance Resistance Ally — Widow Deveaux (Colin Bell)

  Supported the escape network

• Nurse Edith Cavell — Alliance Escape Route Helper — Jean Pitou - Bargekeeper (Richard Worth)

  Used his barge for escape operations

• Nurse Edith Cavell — Alliance Resistance Ally — Mme. Pitou (Mary Brough)

  Part of the underground network

• Nurse Edith Cavell — Alliance Resistance Ally — Jacques Rappard (Mickey Brantford)

  Assisted in the escape operations

• Nurse Edith Cavell — Alliance Resistance Ally — Mme. Rappard (Marie Ault)

  Worked together in the escape network

• Nurse Edith Cavell — Alliance Resistance Partner — Philippe Bodart (Gordon Craig)

  Collaborated in helping POWs escape

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More characters from Dawn

• Herself (Ada Bodart)
• Philippe Bodart (Gordon Craig)
• Mme. Rappard (Marie Ault)
• Gen. von Zauberzweig (Frank Perfitt)
• Jacques Rappard (Mickey Brantford)
• British Airman (Maurice Braddell)
• Mme. Pitou (Mary Brough)
• Lutheran Priest (Edward O'Neill)
• German Soldier (Edward Sorley)
• German A.P.M. (Haddon Mason)
• President of the Court Martial (Griffith Humphreys)
• Jean Pitou - Bargekeeper (Richard Worth)