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Phyllis Calvert
Actor
Born February 18, 1915Died October 8, 2002 (87 years)
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.
She was married to the actor and antiquarian bookseller Peter Murray Hill, with whom she had two children, Ann Auriol (born 1943) and Piers Auriol (born 1954). She died in London in 2002, from natural causes, aged 87.
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.
She was married to the actor and antiquarian bookseller Peter Murray Hill, with whom she had two children, Ann Auriol (born 1943) and Piers Auriol (born 1954). She died in London in 2002, from natural causes, aged 87.
Known For
Filmography
| 1997 | Mrs Dalloway · as Aunt Helena |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Alice Bly |
| 1991 | Jute City (TV Series) · as Lady Muircross |
| 1991 | Performance (TV Series) · as Woman |
| 1991 | The House of Eliott (TV Series) · as Mrs Gurney |
| 1990 | Mr. Bean (TV Series) · as Old Lady |
| 1989 | Victoria Wood (TV Series) · as Hilary |
| 1989 | Woof! (TV Series) · as Mrs Wilkins |
| 1988 | The Woman He Loved · as Queen Mary |
| 1988 | After Henry (TV Series) · as Auntie Lilian |
| 1988 | Across the Lake · as Lady Dolly Campbell |
| 1987 | The Death of the Heart · as Mrs. Heccomb |
| 1986 | All Passion Spent (TV Series) · as Carrie |
| 1986 | Casualty (TV Series) · as Mary |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Cover Her Face (TV Series) · as Eleanor Maxie |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as Agnes Garrideb |
| 1980 | Lady Killers (TV Series) · as Rosaline Fox |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected (TV Series) · as Mabel Ince |
| 1972 | Crown Court (TV Series) · as Mrs. Stanley |
| 1970 | The Walking Stick · as Erica Dainton |
| 1969 | Oh! What a Lovely War · as Lady Dorothy Haig |
| 1968 | Twisted Nerve · as Enid Durnley |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse (TV Series) · as Mrs Radcliffe |
| 1965 | The Battle of the Villa Fiorita · as Margot |
| 1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Emma |
| 1960 | Oscar Wilde · as Constance Wilde |
| 1959 | The Young and the Guilty · as Gladys Connor |
| 1958 | Indiscreet · as Mrs. Margaret Munson |
| 1958 | A Lady Mislaid · as Esther Wallace |
| 1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Rona Lucas Aka Mrs. Kenworthy |
| 1956 | Child in the House · as Evelyn Acheson |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Esther Ross |
| 1956 | It's Never Too Late · as Laura Hammond |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Harriet Temple |
| 1955 | ITV Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Laura |
| 1953 | Project M7 · as Lydia Heathley |
| 1952 | Crash of Silence · as Christine Garland |
| 1951 | Mr. Denning Drives North · as Kay Denning |
| 1950 | Her Panelled Door · as Yvonne Winter |
| 1950 | Appointment with Danger · as Sister Augustine |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Jenny Gregory |
| 1949 | The Golden Madonna · as Patricia Chandler |
| 1949 | My Own True Love · as Joan Clews |
| 1948 | Broken Journey · as Mary Johnstone |
| 1947 | Time Out of Mind · as Kate Fernald |
| 1947 | The Root of All Evil · as Jeckie Farnish |
| 1946 | The Magic Bow · as Jeanne |
| 1946 | Men of Two Worlds · as Dr. Caroline Munro |
| 1945 | They Were Sisters · as Lucy Moore |
| 1945 | Madonna of the Seven Moons · as Maddalena Labardi |
| 1944 | Two Thousand Women · as Freda Thompson |
| 1944 | Man of Evil · as Fanny |
| 1943 | The Man in Grey · as Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan |
| 1942 | The Young Mr. Pitt · as Eleanor Eden |
| 1942 | Uncensored · as Julie Lanvin |
| 1941 | The Remarkable Mr. Kipps · as Ann Pornick (adult) |
| 1941 | Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It · as Mrs. Wilkinson |
| 1940 | Neutral Port · as Helen Carter |
| 1940 | Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt · as Betty Forsythe |
| 1940 | To Hell with Hitler · as Mary Wilson |
| 1933 | Anne One Hundred · as Cast |
| 1927 | The Arcadians · as Young Girl |