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Phyllis Calvert
Acting

Phyllis Calvert
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-02-18,Chelsea, London, England, UK
Gender
Female
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. 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.

Filmography

6.611

Indiscreet
1958-07-16

Appointment with Danger

5.7

Appointment with Danger
1950-04-07

Two Thousand Women

6.909

Two Thousand Women
1944-11-06

The Man in Grey

6.1

The Man in Grey
1943-08-06

Mr. Denning Drives North

6.444

Mr. Denning Drives North
1951-12-18

7.114

Mandy
1952-07-29

Madonna of the Seven Moons

6.333

Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945-01-22

6.787

Twisted Nerve
1968-12-20

My Own True Love

6.25

My Own True Love
1948-07-01

All Passion Spent

8.667

All Passion Spent
1986-12-09

Fanny by Gaslight

5.55

Fanny by Gaslight
1944-05-08

The Walking Stick

7

The Walking Stick
1970-04-15

5.25

Oscar Wilde
1960-05-29

The Woman with No Name

8

The Woman with No Name
1950-10-31

They Were Sisters

5.5

They Were Sisters
1945-07-02

6.111

Kipps
1941-06-28

Let George Do It!

6.179

Let George Do It!
1940-07-12

5.8

The Magic Bow
1946-11-25

6.1

Broken Journey
1948-04-14

They Came by Night

6.333

They Came by Night
1940-03-07

7

Bed
1995-10-20

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

4.5

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965-05-26

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

7.409

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941-05-17

The Root of All Evil

7.4

The Root of All Evil
1947-02-05

Men of Two Worlds

6.75

Men of Two Worlds
1946-09-19

Child in the House

6.6

Child in the House
1956-08-14

The Woman He Loved

10

The Woman He Loved
1988-04-03

The Young and the Guilty

6.2

The Young and the Guilty
1958-01-01

Time Out of Mind

5.625

Time Out of Mind
1947-05-03

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

5.571

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940-08-31

6.75

Neutral Port
1940-12-06

The Golden Madonna

6

The Golden Madonna
1949-05-23

The Young Mr. Pitt

6.167

The Young Mr. Pitt
1942-09-21

Across the Lake

6

Across the Lake
1988-09-04

6.3

The Net
1953-02-09

Oh! What a Lovely War

6.73

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10

5.616

Mrs. Dalloway
1997-09-01

9

Uncensored
1942-08-24

It's Never Too Late

7.333

It's Never Too Late
1956-05-07

7.5

A Lady Mislaid
1958-01-01

The Death of the Heart

8.5

The Death of the Heart
1987-05-03

Two Days to Live

7

Two Days to Live
1940-01-15

0

The Postman
1952-12-01

Midsomer Murders

7.487

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

Tales of the Unexpected

6.776

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

Sherlock Holmes

8.2

Sherlock Holmes
1984-04-24

8

Victoria Wood
1989-11-16

6.238

Casualty
1986-09-06

All Passion Spent

7

All Passion Spent
1986-12-09

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

0

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986-09-21

The House of Eliott

6.643

The House of Eliott
1991-08-31

7.5

Lady Killers
1980-07-20

6.333

Performance
1991-10-05

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!

9

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957-06-15

6.25

After Henry
1988-01-04

8

Kate
1970-01-06

A Killing on the Exchange

5

A Killing on the Exchange
1987-03-06

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

7

ITV Playhouse
1967-09-25

6.667

Cover Her Face
1985-02-17