Phyllis Calvert

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 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.

Acting

1997

1997

1995

Bed
Movie

Couple Woman

1991

1988

Across the Lake
Movie

Lady Dolly Campbell

1988

After Henry
Tv

Auntie Lilian

1986

1980

Lady Killers
Tv

Rosaline Fox

1970

Kate
Tv

Unknown

1970

Kate
Tv

Kate Graham

1969

1968

Twisted Nerve
Movie

Enid Durnley

1960

Oscar Wilde
Movie

Constance Wilde

1958

Indiscreet
Movie

Mrs. Margaret Munson

1953

The Net
Movie

Lydia Heathley

1952

1952

Mandy
Movie

Christine Garland

1950

1949

The Golden Madonna
Movie

Patricia Chandler

1947

1946

Men of Two Worlds
Movie

Dr. Caroline Munro

1945

1944

1943

The Man in Grey
Movie

Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan

1942

1941

Kipps
Movie

Ann Pornick (adult)

1940

Neutral Port
Movie

Helen Carter

1940

Infos

Full Name
Phyllis Calvert
Gender
Female
Date of Birth
2/18/1915
Date of Death
10/8/2002
Also Known As

Филлис Калверт

Phyllis Hannah Murray-Hill