- Phyllis Calvert
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birthname = Phyllis Hannah Bickle
birthdate = birth date|1915|2|18
location =Chelsea, London
deathdate = Death date and age|2002|10|8|1915|2|18
deathplace =London ,England
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February 18 ,1915 -October 8 ,2002 ) was an English film, stage and television actress.Born Phyllis Hannah Bickle in Chelsea, she had her first film role at the age of 12, in "
The Arcadians " (1927; also known as "The Land of Heart's Desire").She trained at the Margaret Morris School of Dancing and performed from the age of ten. Deciding on a career as an actress, 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 ", alongsideJames Mason andStewart Granger , and "My Own True Love ", and became 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, along with a successful stage and television career from the 1960s.Her later films included "
Oh! What a Lovely War " and "The Walking Stick ". Calvert had already appeared on television in the serials "Little Women ", "Parnell ", "You'll Know me by the Stars in My Eyes " and "Love Story " when, in 1970, she landed the part of anagony aunt with problems of her own in "Kate ". After that she made many 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 (1943) and Piers Auriol (1954). She died in London in 2002, fromnatural causes , aged 87.Partial filmography
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Let George Do It " (1940)
*"Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt " (1940)
*"Kipps" (1941)
*"The Young Mr. Pitt " (1942)
*"The Man in Grey " (1943)
*"Fanny by Gaslight" (1944)
*"Two Thousand Women " (1944)
*"Madonna of the Seven Moons " (1945)
*"Appointment with Danger " (1951)
*"Mandy" (1952)
*"Indiscreet" (1958)
*"Oscar Wilde" (1960)
*"Twisted Nerve " (1968)
*"Oh! What a Lovely War " (1969)
*"The Walking Stick " (1970)
*"Mrs Dalloway" (1997)External links
*Screenonline name|id=446920|name=Phyllis Calvert biography and filmography
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