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Phyllis Calvert 1915 - 2002

M. Peter Murray-Hill

She studied dancing at the Margaret Morris school of dance, until an injury forced her to give up dancing and turn instead to acting. Awards:
1953 Nominated BAFTA Film Award Best British Actress for "Mandy"

Audio books include:
The Poetry of Love: An Anthology of Classic Love Poems

Year Theatre Play Character TV Character Film Character
1927 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Arcadians Young Girl
1933 .. .. ..... .. ..... Discord ..
1933 .. .. ..... .. ..... Anne One Hundred ..
1935 .. .. ..... .. ..... School for Stars ..
1939 .. Punch Without Judy ..... .. ..... Two Days to Live ..
1940 .. .. ..... .. ..... They Came by Night Sally
1940 .. .. ..... .. ..... Let George Do It Mary Wilson
1940 .. .. ..... .. ..... Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt Betty Forsythe
1940 .. .. ..... .. ..... Neutral Port Helen Carter
1941 .. .. ..... .. ..... Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It Mrs. Wilkinson
1941 .. .. ..... .. ..... Kipps Ann Pornick
1942 .. .. ..... .. ..... Uncensored Julie Lanvin
1942 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Young Mr. Pitt Eleanor Eden
1943 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Man in Grey Clarissa
1944 .. .. ..... .. ..... Fanny by Gaslight Fanny
1944 .. .. ..... .. ..... 2,000 Women Freda Thompson
1945 .. .. ..... .. ..... Madonna of the Seven Moons Maddalena Labardi
1945 .. .. ..... .. ..... They Were Sisters Lucy Moore
1946 .. .. ..... .. ..... Men of Two Worlds Dr. Caroline Munro
1946 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Magic Bow Jeanne de Vermond
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... Root of All Evil Jeckie Farnish
1947 .. .. ..... .. ..... Time Out of Mind Kate Fernald
1948 Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Peter Pan ..... .. ..... Broken Journey Mary Johnstone
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... My Own True Love Joan Clews
1949 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Golden Madonna Patricia Chandler
1950 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Woman with No Name Yvonne Winter
1951 .. .. ..... .. ..... Appointment with Danger Sister Augustine
1952 .. .. ..... .. ..... Mr. Denning Drives North Kay Denning
1952 .. .. ..... .. ..... Mandy Christine Garland
1953 St James's Theatre Escapade ..... .. ..... The Net Lydia Heathley
1956 .. .. ..... .. ..... It's Never Too Late Laura Hammond
1956 .. .. ..... .. ..... Child in the House Evelyn Acheson
1958 .. .. ..... Little Women Mrs. March A Lady Mislaid Esther Williams
1958 .. .. ..... .. ..... The Young and the Guilty Gladys Connor
1958 .. .. ..... .. ..... Indiscreet Mrs. Margaret Munson
1959 - 1960 Opera House, Manchester / Globe Theatre The Complaisant Lover ..... .. ..... .. ..
1960 .. .. ..... .. ..... Oscar Wilde Constance Wilde
1961 Britsol Old Vic / Globe Theatre The Rehearsal ..... .. ..... .... ....
1965 Queen's Theatre Present Laughter ..... .. ..... The Battle of the Villa Fiorita Margot
1968 .. .. ..... .. ..... Twisted Nerve Enid Durnley
1969 .. .. ..... .. ..... Oh! What a Lovely War Lady Haig
1970 Globe Theatre Blithe Spirit ..... .. ..... The Walking Stick Erica Dainton
1970-1972 .. .. ..... Kate Kate Graham .. ..
1971 .. The Cherry Orchard ..... .... .... .... ....
1972 .. .. ..... This is Your Life Herself .... ....
1976 Ambassadors Theatre Dear Daddy ..... .. ..... .. ..
1977 Theatre Royal, Bath Suite in Two Keys ..... .. ..... .. ..
1979 Apollo Theatre Before the Party ..... .. ..... .. ..
1981 .. .. ..... Lady Killers - A Boy's Best Friend Rosalie Fox .. ..
1983 .. .. ..... Tales of the Unexpected - The Tribute Mabel Ince .. ..
1985 .. .. ..... The Death of a Heart Mrs. Heccomb .. ..
1985 .. .. ..... Cover Her Face Eleanor Maxie .. ..
1986 .. .. ..... All Passion Spent Carrie .. ..
1987 .. .. ..... Boon - Day of the Yokel Irene Mablethorpe .. ..
1987 .. .. ..... A Killing on the Exchange Alison Tyndall .. ..
1988 .. .. ..... Across the Lake Lady Campbell .. ..
1988 .. .. ..... The Woman He Loved Queen Mary .. ..
1988 .. .. ..... Sophia and Constance Older Constance .. ..
1989 Chichester Festival Theatre War and Peaces ..... Capstick's Law Rachel Wilson .. ..
1989 .. .. ..... Victoria Wood - Staying In Hilary .. ..
1990 .. .. ..... After Henry Auntie Lilian .. ..
1994 .. .. ..... The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes - The Mazarin Stone Agnes Garrideb .. ..
1995 .. .. ..... Bed ..... .. ..
1996 .. .. ..... Casualty - Made in Britain Woman .. ..
1997 .. .. ..... .. ..... Mrs. Dalloway Aunt Helena
2000 .. .. ..... Midsomer Murders - Blue Herrings Alice Bly .. ..


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