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Phyllis Calvert‌

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1915-02-18

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Phyllis Calvert

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Phyllis Calvert

Chelsea, London, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1915-02-18

Popularity

star2.0

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.

Movie Credits

Indiscreet

Indiscreet‌
star6.6
calendar 1958

Appointment with Danger

Appointment with Danger‌
star5.5
calendar 1950

Two Thousand Women

Two Thousand Women‌
star6.8
calendar 1944

The Man in Grey

The Man in Grey‌
star5.9
calendar 1943

Mr. Denning Drives North

Mr. Denning Drives North‌
star6.0
calendar 1951

Mandy

Mandy‌
star6.9
calendar 1952

Madonna of the Seven Moons

Madonna of the Seven Moons‌
star6.3
calendar 1945

Twisted Nerve

Twisted Nerve‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

My Own True Love

My Own True Love‌
star5.5
calendar 1948

All Passion Spent

All Passion Spent‌
star8.5
calendar 1986

Fanny by Gaslight

Fanny by Gaslight‌
star5.7
calendar 1944

The Walking Stick

The Walking Stick‌
star7.5
calendar 1970

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde‌
star5.3
calendar 1960

The Woman with No Name

The Woman with No Name‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

They Were Sisters

They Were Sisters‌
star5.6
calendar 1945

Kipps

Kipps‌
star5.6
calendar 1941

Let George Do It!

Let George Do It!‌
star5.7
calendar 1940

The Magic Bow

The Magic Bow‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

Broken Journey

Broken Journey‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

They Came by Night

They Came by Night‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

Bed

Bed‌
star0.0
calendar 1995

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita

The Battle of the Villa Fiorita‌
star4.8
calendar 1965

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It‌
star6.9
calendar 1941

The Root of All Evil

The Root of All Evil‌
star6.8
calendar 1947

Men of Two Worlds

Men of Two Worlds‌
star5.5
calendar 1946

Child in the House

Child in the House‌
star5.8
calendar 1956

The Woman He Loved

The Woman He Loved‌
star10.0
calendar 1988

The Young and the Guilty

The Young and the Guilty‌
star5.5
calendar 1958

Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

Neutral Port

Neutral Port‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

The Golden Madonna

The Golden Madonna‌
star5.7
calendar 1949

The Young Mr. Pitt

The Young Mr. Pitt‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

Across the Lake

Across the Lake‌
star5.8
calendar 1988

The Net

The Net‌
star6.0
calendar 1953

Oh! What a Lovely War

Oh! What a Lovely War‌
star6.6
calendar 1969

Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway‌
star5.5
calendar 1997

Uncensored

Uncensored‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

It's Never Too Late

It's Never Too Late‌
star6.0
calendar 1956

A Lady Mislaid

A Lady Mislaid‌
star5.0
calendar 1958

The Death of the Heart

The Death of the Heart‌
star0.0
calendar 1987

Tv Credits

Midsomer Murders

Midsomer Murders‌
star7.5
calendar 1997

Tales of the Unexpected

Tales of the Unexpected‌
star6.7
calendar 1979

Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes‌
star8.1
calendar 1984

Kate

Kate‌
star0.0
calendar 1970

Victoria Wood

Victoria Wood‌
star8.0
calendar 1989

Casualty

Casualty‌
star6.0
calendar 1986

All Passion Spent

All Passion Spent‌
star7.0
calendar 1986

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

The House of Eliott

The House of Eliott‌
star5.9
calendar 1991

Lady Killers

Lady Killers‌
star5.0
calendar 1980