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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

6.5

Indiscreet
1958-07-16

Appointment with Danger

5.5

Appointment with Danger
1950-03-31

Two Thousand Women

6.9

Two Thousand Women
1944-11-06

The Man in Grey

6

The Man in Grey
1943-08-06

Mr. Denning Drives North

6

Mr. Denning Drives North
1951-12-18

6.9

Mandy
1952-07-29

Madonna of the Seven Moons

6.3

Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945-01-22

6.8

Twisted Nerve
1968-12-20

My Own True Love

5.5

My Own True Love
1948-07-01

All Passion Spent

8.5

All Passion Spent
1986-12-09

Fanny by Gaslight

5.7

Fanny by Gaslight
1944-05-08

The Walking Stick

7.5

The Walking Stick
1970-04-15

5.3

Oscar Wilde
1960-05-29

The Woman with No Name

6

The Woman with No Name
1950-10-31

They Were Sisters

5.6

They Were Sisters
1945-07-02

5.6

Kipps
1941-06-28

Let George Do It!

5.792

Let George Do It!
1940-07-12

5.3

The Magic Bow
1946-09-20

6

Broken Journey
1948-04-14

They Came by Night

5

They Came by Night
1940-03-07

0

Bed
1995-10-20

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

4.8

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965-05-26

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

6.9

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941-05-17

The Root of All Evil

6.8

The Root of All Evil
1947-02-05

Men of Two Worlds

5.5

Men of Two Worlds
1946-09-19

Child in the House

5.8

Child in the House
1956-08-14

The Woman He Loved

10

The Woman He Loved
1988-04-03

The Young and the Guilty

5.5

The Young and the Guilty
1958-01-01

Time Out of Mind

5.333

Time Out of Mind
1947-05-03

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

5

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

6

Neutral Port
1940-12-06

The Golden Madonna

5.7

The Golden Madonna
1949-05-23

The Young Mr. Pitt

5.7

The Young Mr. Pitt
1942-09-21

Across the Lake

5.8

Across the Lake
1988-01-01

5.5

The Net
1953-02-09

Oh! What a Lovely War

6.67

Oh! What a Lovely War
1969-03-10

5.6

Mrs. Dalloway
1997-09-01

0

Uncensored
1942-08-24

It's Never Too Late

6

It's Never Too Late
1956-05-07

5

A Lady Mislaid
1958-01-01

The Death of the Heart

0

The Death of the Heart
1987-05-03

Midsomer Murders

7.5

Midsomer Murders
1997-03-23

Tales of the Unexpected

6.7

Tales of the Unexpected
1979-03-24

Sherlock Holmes

8.1

Sherlock Holmes
1984-04-24

0

Kate
1970-02-04

7.5

Victoria Wood
1989-11-16

6

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

6.2

The House of Eliott
1991-08-31

5

Lady Killers
1980-07-20