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Betty Phillips‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1917-06-12

Popularity

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Betty Phillips

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Betty Phillips

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1917-06-12

Popularity

star2.6

Biography

In her mid-teens she sang leading roles in musicals at Richmond High School and also sang in a girls' choir organized by Burton Kurth; in the early 1940s she studied voice with in turn Mignon Duke Gidy, Avis Phillips, and Phylis Inglis and piano with Phyllis Schuldt. She appeared at TUTS for the first time in a 1946 production of Robin Hood and subsequently played leads in more than 20 TUTS productions until 1960; she is best remembered for the role of Mrs. Anna in The King and I. Phillips' radio career began in 1948 with a CBC Vancouver light classical series and has included regular appearances 1953-65 on the CBC's 'Leicester Square to Broadway'; variety work in 1955 on the BBC; solo, recital, and folksong performances on the CBC; and many British Columbia school broadcasts 1970-2. On CBC TV she sang Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus in 1954, co-starred 1956-7 with Ernie Prentice on 'Lolly-too-dum,' and was hostess 1965-7 for 'Bazaar.' Phillips has performed at the Vancouver International Festival and with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and has appeared in Vancouver Opera productions (Flora in La Traviata, 1961; Nicklausse in Tales of Hoffmann, 1961; Clotilde in Norma, 1963; Vera Boronell in The Consul, 1964; Zulma in The Italian Girl in Algiers, 1965; and the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, 1966). She has performed in musical comedy throughout Canada - on tour (1967) with One Hundred Years of Musical Comedy, at the 1968 and 1969 Charlottetown Festival; in Anne of Green Gables and Johnny Belinda, and at Winnipeg's Rainbow Stage in Fiddler on the Roof (1971). She sang locally in Theatre-in-the-Park productions of The Sound of Music (1974) and Fiddler on the Roof (1975), while studying 1972-6 at the University of British Columbia. As an actress she has played many roles at Bastion Theatre, Victoria, and the Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, and has also appeared at Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon and at Citadel Theatre, Edmonton. In the first Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Co season (1963) she appeared as Madame Dubonnet in The Boy Friend and has continued to act for that company over the years. She has been in over 40 Canadian and US movies, some of them feature films and the others made for television. In 1962, Phillips married the actor, writer, and librettist Peter Haworth, who has collaborated with Leonard Wilson, Healey Willan, and the English composer Robert Simpson.

Movie Credits

2012

2012‌
star5.8
calendar 2009

Nobody's Child

Nobody's Child‌
star7.7
calendar 1986

Showdown at Williams Creek

Showdown at Williams Creek‌
star6.2
calendar 1991

I Love You Perfect

I Love You Perfect‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Short Time

Short Time‌
star6.4
calendar 1990

And the Sea Will Tell

And the Sea Will Tell‌
star6.4
calendar 1991

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier

The Three Wishes of Billy Grier‌
star5.0
calendar 1984

Bratz: Super Babyz

Bratz: Super Babyz‌
star5.6
calendar 2007

Bratz Babyz Save Christmas

Bratz Babyz Save Christmas‌
star5.8
calendar 2008

I Was a Teenage Faust

I Was a Teenage Faust‌
star5.5
calendar 2002

Housekeeping

Housekeeping‌
star6.5
calendar 1987

Intersection

Intersection‌
star5.1
calendar 1994

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore‌
star5.2
calendar 2010

The Secret Lives of Second Wives

The Secret Lives of Second Wives‌
star3.0
calendar 2008

Jack Reed: One of Our Own

Jack Reed: One of Our Own‌
star4.9
calendar 1995

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules‌
star6.7
calendar 2011

Shame

Shame‌
star6.5
calendar 1992

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain

Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain‌
star6.3
calendar 1995

Tv Credits

The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone‌
star7.2
calendar 2002

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street‌
star7.1
calendar 1987

The Adventures of the Black Stallion

The Adventures of the Black Stallion‌
star6.3
calendar 1992

The Collector

The Collector‌
star5.7
calendar 2004

So Weird

So Weird‌
star6.0
calendar 1999

The Commish

The Commish‌
star7.2
calendar 1991

MacGyver

MacGyver‌
star7.7
calendar 1985

Millennium

Millennium‌
star7.6
calendar 1996

The New Addams Family

The New Addams Family‌
star7.1
calendar 1998

The Outer Limits

The Outer Limits‌
star7.7
calendar 1995

21 Jump Street

21 Jump Street‌
star7.1
calendar 1987

The Odyssey

The Odyssey‌
star7.2
calendar 1992