- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 18, 1915
- Place of Birth
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
- Died
- October 8, 2002
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 fil…
Filmography
movieMrs. Dalloway
1997 · Aunt Helena
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Alice Bly
movieBed
1995 · Couple Woman
tvThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994 · Agnes Garrideb
tvPerformance
1991 · Woman
tvThe House of Eliott
1991 · Mrs Gurney
tvVictoria Wood
1989 · Hilary
movieAcross the Lake
1988 · Lady Dolly Campbell
movieThe Woman He Loved
1988 · Queen Mary
tvAfter Henry
1988 · Auntie Lilian
movieThe Death of the Heart
1987 · Mrs. Heccomb
tvA Killing on the Exchange
1987 · Alison Tyndall
All Passion Spent
1986 · Carrie
tvAll Passion Spent
1986 · Carrie
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
tvCasualty
1986 · Mary
movieA Month in the Country
1985 · Anna
tvCover Her Face
1985 · Eleanor Maxie
tvSherlock Holmes
1984 · Agnes Garrideb
tvLady Killers
1980 · Rosaline Fox
tvTales of the Unexpected
1979 · Mabel Ince
movieThe Walking Stick
1970 · Erica Dainton
Kate
1970 · Kate Graham
movieOh! What a Lovely War
1969 · Lady Dorothy Haig
movieTwisted Nerve
1968 · Enid Durnley
tvITV Playhouse
1967 · Mrs Radcliffe
movieThe Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965 · Margot
movieOscar Wilde
1960 · Constance Wilde
movieIndiscreet
1958 · Mrs. Margaret Munson
movieThe Young and the Guilty
1958 · Gladys Connor
movieA Lady Mislaid
1958 · Esther Wallace
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1957 · Tatiana
movieChild in the House
1956 · Evelyn Acheson
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Esther Ross
movieIt's Never Too Late
1956 · Laura Hammond
movieThe Net
1953 · Lydia Heathley
movieThe Postman
1952
movieMandy
1952 · Christine Garland
movieMr. Denning Drives North
1951 · Kay Denning
movieThe Woman with No Name
1950 · Yvonne Winter
movieAppointment with Danger
1950 · Sister Augustine
movieThe Golden Madonna
1949 · Patricia Chandler
movieMy Own True Love
1948 · Joan Clews
movieBroken Journey
1948 · Mary Johnstone
movieTime Out of Mind
1947 · Kate Fernald
movieThe Root of All Evil
1947 · Jeckie Farnish
movieThe Magic Bow
1946 · Jeanne
movieMen of Two Worlds
1946 · Dr. Caroline Munro
movieThey Were Sisters
1945 · Lucy Moore
movieMadonna of the Seven Moons
1945 · Maddalena Labardi
movieTwo Thousand Women
1944 · Freda Thompson
movieFanny by Gaslight
1944 · Fanny
movieThe Man in Grey
1943 · Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan
movieThe Young Mr. Pitt
1942 · Eleanor Eden
movieUncensored
1942 · Julie Lanvin
movieKipps
1941 · Ann Pornick (adult)
movieInspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941 · Mrs. Wilkinson
Neutral Port
1940 · Helen Carter
movieCharley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940 · Betty Forsythe
movieLet George Do It!
1940 · Mary Wilson
movieThey Came by Night
1940 · Sally
Two Days to Live
1940 · Joyce