Phyllis Calvert
Known for Acting · 60 credits
- Born
- 1915-02-18
- Died
- 2002-10-08
- Place of birth
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Филлис Калверт · Phyllis Hannah Murray-Hill
Biography
Phyllis Calvert (18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002) was an English film, stage and television actress.
Born Phyllis Hannah Bickle in Chelsea, she trained at the Margaret Morris School of Dancing and performed from the age of ten, gaining her first film role at the age of 12, in The Arcadians (1927), also known as The Land of Heart's Desire. Calvert performed in repertory theatre and in several films, before making her London stage debut in A Woman's Privilege in 1939.
During the following decade, she starred in many romances, including Fanny by Gaslight, with James Mason and Stewart Granger, and My Own True Love, becoming one of Britain's highest paid stars. However, three Hollywood studios failed to pay her what she asked.
She first found success in the film adaptation of H. G. Wells' Kipps (1941), but it was The Man in Grey (1943) that confirmed her status.
She acted in over 40 films, her later films include Oh! What a Lovely War and The Walking Stick. Calvert had already appeared on television, playing Mrs. March in the 1958 serials Little Women and Good Wives (both adapted from Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women), as well as individual episodes of several other programmes, when, in 1970, she landed the part of an agony aunt with problems of her own in Kate. She made TV appearances in programmes such as Crown Court, Ladykillers, Tales of the Unexpected, Boon, After Henry and The Line Grove Story.
Known For
TV Shows (17)
Midsomer Murders
1997
as Alice Bly
Casualty
1986
as Mary
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mabel Ince
Sherlock Holmes
1984
as Agnes Garrideb
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Mrs Radcliffe
Performance
1991
as Woman
The House of Eliott
1991
as Mrs Gurney
Lady Killers
1980
as Rosaline Fox
After Henry
1988
as Auntie Lilian
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Tatiana
Victoria Wood
1989
as Hilary
Armchair Theatre
1956
as Esther Ross
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
A Killing on the Exchange
1987
as Alison Tyndall
Kate
1970
as Kate Graham
All Passion Spent
1986
as Carrie
Cover Her Face
1985
as Eleanor Maxie
Movies (43)
Twisted Nerve
1968
as Enid Durnley
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
as Aunt Helena
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Lady Dorothy Haig
Broken Journey
1948
as Mary Johnstone
Indiscreet
1958
as Mrs. Margaret Munson
Mandy
1952
as Christine Garland
Appointment with Danger
1950
as Sister Augustine
Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945
as Maddalena Labardi
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Kay Denning
The Woman He Loved
1988
as Queen Mary
Let George Do It!
1940
as Mary Wilson
The Net
1953
as Lydia Heathley
The Man in Grey
1943
as Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan
Bed
1995
as Couple Woman
The Woman with No Name
1950
as Yvonne Winter
The Root of All Evil
1947
as Jeckie Farnish
Fanny by Gaslight
1944
as Fanny
The Walking Stick
1970
as Erica Dainton
Uncensored
1942
as Julie Lanvin
Kipps
1941
as Ann Pornick (adult)
Across the Lake
1988
as Lady Dolly Campbell
Child in the House
1956
as Evelyn Acheson
Time Out of Mind
1947
as Kate Fernald
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Margot
They Were Sisters
1945
as Lucy Moore
My Own True Love
1948
as Joan Clews
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as Eleanor Eden
The Magic Bow
1946
as Jeanne
Two Thousand Women
1944
as Freda Thompson
Oscar Wilde
1960
as Constance Wilde
The Young and the Guilty
1958
as Gladys Connor
They Came by Night
1940
as Sally
The Golden Madonna
1949
as Patricia Chandler
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941
as Mrs. Wilkinson
Neutral Port
1940
as Helen Carter
It's Never Too Late
1956
as Laura Hammond
All Passion Spent
1986
as Carrie
The Death of the Heart
1987
as Mrs. Heccomb
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940
as Betty Forsythe
Men of Two Worlds
1946
as Dr. Caroline Munro
Two Days to Live
1940
as Joyce
The Postman
1952
A Lady Mislaid
1958
as Esther Wallace
About Phyllis Calvert
Phyllis Calvert (18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002) was an English film, stage and television actress. Born Phyllis Hannah Bickle in Chelsea, she trained at the Margaret Morris School of Dancing and performed from the age of ten, gaining her first film role at the age of 12, in The Arcadians (1927), also known as The Land of Heart's Desire. Calvert performed in repertory theatre and in several films, before making her London stage debut in A Woman's Privilege in 1939. During the following decade, she starred in many romances, including Fanny b… With 60 credits spanning from 1940 to 1997, Phyllis Calvert has appeared in 43 films and 17 TV shows.
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- Twisted Nerve (1968) — as Enid Durnley
- Mrs. Dalloway (1997) — as Aunt Helena
- Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) — as Lady Dorothy Haig
- Broken Journey (1948) — as Mary Johnstone
- Indiscreet (1958) — as Mrs. Margaret Munson
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