Phyllis Calvert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 18, 1915
- Died
- Oct 8, 2002 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- Chelsea, London, England, UK
- Credits
- 63
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.
Known for
Filmography
Mrs. Dalloway
1997Movie
Aunt Helena
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Alice Bly
Bed
1995Movie
Couple Woman
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994TV
Agnes Garrideb
Jute City
1991TV
Lady Muircross
Performance
1991TV
Woman
The House of Eliott
1991TV
Mrs Gurney
Victoria Wood
1989TV
Hilary
Across the Lake
1988Movie
Lady Dolly Campbell
The Woman He Loved
1988Movie
Queen Mary
After Henry
1988TV
Auntie Lilian
The Death of the Heart
1987Movie
Mrs. Heccomb
A Killing on the Exchange
1987TV
Alison Tyndall
All Passion Spent
1986Movie
Carrie
All Passion Spent
1986TV
Carrie
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986TV
Casualty
1986TV
Mary
A Month in the Country
1985Movie
Anna
Cover Her Face
1985TV
Eleanor Maxie
Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
Agnes Garrideb
Lady Killers
1980TV
Rosaline Fox
Tales of the Unexpected
1979TV
Mabel Ince
The Walking Stick
1970Movie
Erica Dainton
Kate
1970TV
Kate Graham
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969Movie
Lady Dorothy Haig
Twisted Nerve
1968Movie
Enid Durnley
ITV Playhouse
1967TV
Mrs Radcliffe
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965Movie
Margot
Oscar Wilde
1960Movie
Constance Wilde
Indiscreet
1958Movie
Mrs. Margaret Munson
The Young and the Guilty
1958Movie
Gladys Connor
A Lady Mislaid
1958Movie
Esther Wallace
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957TV
Tatiana
Child in the House
1956Movie
Evelyn Acheson
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Esther Ross
It's Never Too Late
1956Movie
Laura Hammond
The Net
1953Movie
Lydia Heathley
The Postman
1952Movie
Mandy
1952Movie
Christine Garland
Mr. Denning Drives North
1951Movie
Kay Denning
The Woman with No Name
1950Movie
Yvonne Winter
Appointment with Danger
1950Movie
Sister Augustine
The Golden Madonna
1949Movie
Patricia Chandler
My Own True Love
1948Movie
Joan Clews
Broken Journey
1948Movie
Mary Johnstone
Time Out of Mind
1947Movie
Kate Fernald
The Root of All Evil
1947Movie
Jeckie Farnish
The Magic Bow
1946Movie
Jeanne
Men of Two Worlds
1946Movie
Dr. Caroline Munro
They Were Sisters
1945Movie
Lucy Moore
Madonna of the Seven Moons
1945Movie
Maddalena Labardi
Two Thousand Women
1944Movie
Freda Thompson
Fanny by Gaslight
1944Movie
Fanny
The Man in Grey
1943Movie
Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942Movie
Eleanor Eden
Uncensored
1942Movie
Julie Lanvin
Kipps
1941Movie
Ann Pornick (adult)
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941Movie
Mrs. Wilkinson
Neutral Port
1940Movie
Helen Carter
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940Movie
Betty Forsythe
Let George Do It!
1940Movie
Mary Wilson
They Came by Night
1940Movie
Sally
Two Days to Live
1940Movie
Joyce