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Phyllis Barry is a Actor American born on 8 december 1908 at Leeds (United-kingdom)

Phyllis Barry

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Birth name Gertrude Phyllis Hillyard
Nationality USA
Birth 8 december 1908 at Leeds (United-kingdom)
Death 2 july 1954 (at 45 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Phyllis Barry (7 December 1908 – 1 July 1954) was an English film actress. Born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Seth Henry and Bertha (née Giles) Hillyard, Barry appeared in over 40 films between 1925 and 1947.

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Filmography of Phyllis Barry (33 films)

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Actress

Love from a Stranger, 1h21
Directed by Richard Whorf
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors John Hodiak, Sylvia Sidney, Ann Richards, John Howard, Isobel Elsom, Ernest Cossart
Rating59% 2.953362.953362.953362.953362.95336
A woman fears her new husband will kill her.
Kitty
Kitty (1945)
, 1h43
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Patric Knowles, Reginald Owen, Cecil Kellaway, Constance Collier
Roles Guest (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.486733.486733.486733.486733.48673
In 1783, Kitty (Goddard) is caught trying to pick the pocket of the painter Thomas Gainsborough (Kellaway). He offers to pay her more to sit for a portrait for him. There, she attracts the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy (Milland) and the Earl of Carstairs (Knowles). Sir Hugh, upon finding out her real social status, offers her a job as a scullery maid. Kitty learns that he is impoverished, having lost his post in the foreign office due to a scandal.
Frenchman's Creek, 1h50
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Joan Fontaine, Arturo de Córdova, Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Cecil Kellaway, Ralph Forbes
Roles Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.047953.047953.047953.047953.04795
L'élégante Dona St Columb s'ennuie à mourir dans sa vie londonienne trop balisée. Elle cherche surtout à échapper aux propositions inconvenantes du meilleur ami de son mari, lord Rockingham. Elle prend ses cliques et ses claques et s'en va s'installer dans son château de Cornouaille. Elle y fait la connaissance d'un corsaire français, Jean Benoit Aubrey. Rien ne semble pouvoir rapprocher ces deux êtres que tout, patrie, origines et formation, sépare. Pourtant, l'amour les unit bientôt, au point de placer Dona St Columb devant un choix difficile...
Unfinished Business, 1h36
Directed by Gregory La Cava
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Robert Montgomery, Preston Foster, Eugene Pallette, Dick Foran, Esther Dale
Roles Sheila
Rating63% 3.1934353.1934353.1934353.1934353.193435
Au mariage de sa sœur, Nancy se dit qu'elle devrait bien faire quelque chose de sa vie, elle aussi. Elle prend le train pour New York afin de se trouver un avenir comme chanteuse. Dans le train, elle devient amoureuse de Steve, un beau-parleur coureur de jupons, qui lui promet la lune, mais l'oublie dès l'arrivée. Elle ne désespère pas, mais trouve un travail dans un bar, puis se fait remarquer par un impresario qui la présente dans un club mondain. Elle y rencontre Tommy, le frère de Steve, et finit par l'épouser, toujours amoureuse de Steve. Au fil du temps, elle découvre quel est son véritable amour.
Shadows on the Stairs, 1h4
Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh, Heather Angel, Bruce Lester, Miles Mander, Lumsden Hare
Roles Lucy Timson
Rating57% 2.852932.852932.852932.852932.85293
Residents of a London boarding house come under suspicion during a string of murders.
Waterloo Bridge, 1h48
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Political films, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Robert Taylor, Vivien Leigh, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, Maria Ouspenskaïa, C. Aubrey Smith
Roles Second Girl at Estate Dance (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.847753.847753.847753.847753.84775
After Britain's declaration of World War II, Roy Cronin (Robert Taylor), an army colonel, is being driven to London's Waterloo Station en route to France, and briefly alights on Waterloo Bridge to reminisce about events which occurred during the First World War when he met Myra Lester (Vivien Leigh) whom he had planned to marry. While Roy gazes at a good luck charm, a billiken that she had given him, the story unfolds.
I Was an Adventuress, 1h21
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Vera Zorina, Richard Greene, Erich von Stroheim, Peter Lorre, Sig Ruman, Fritz Feld
Roles Englishwoman at Exhibit
Rating66% 3.3362653.3362653.3362653.3362653.336265
Countess Tanya Vronsky acts as bait for notorious jewel thief Andre Desormeaux and his assistant, Polo, on their tour through Europe. Everything goes according to plan until Tanya falls in love with their next target, Paul Vernay. Still, the gang manages to take Paul to the cleaners. After the heist, Tanya announces that she is retiring and goes on to marry Paul. Desormeaux tries to convince her to change her mind, but in vain.
Three Little Sew and Sews
Directed by Del Lord, Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Harry Semels, James C. Morton, Phyllis Barry
Roles Spy
Rating72% 3.627463.627463.627463.627463.62746
The Stooges are sailors employed in a naval base tailor shop. The three steal officer uniforms in order to pursue women. While pretending to be an Admiral, Curly and his "aides" (Moe and Larry) are tricked into stealing a submarine by a pair of spies. The Stooges eventually capture the spies, but whilst reenacting the capture for the real Admiral, Curly accidentally detonates a bomb. The short ends with the Stooges, now angels ascending to heaven, being chased by an angry Admiral, who is also now an angel.
We Are Not Alone, 1h52
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Paul Muni, Jane Bryan, Flora Robson, Una O'Connor, Henry Daniell, Montagu Love
Roles First Chorus Girl
Rating70% 3.5330453.5330453.5330453.5330453.533045
The Jones Family in Hollywood, 1h
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Romance
Actors Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, George Ernest, June Carlson, Florence Roberts, Billy Mahan
Roles Actress (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8613852.8613852.8613852.8613852.861385
The film is one of the seventeen in the Jones Family B movie comedy series, with its repeating cast of characters.
Kid Nightingale, 57minutes
Directed by George Amy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors John Payne, Jane Wyman, Walter Catlett, Edward Brophy, John Ridgely, William Haade
Roles First Girl with Mrs. Reynolds (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.9070852.9070852.9070852.9070852.907085
Trade Winds, 1h33
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Fredric March, Joan Bennett, Ralph Bellamy, Sidney Blackmer, Ann Sothern, Thomas Mitchell
Roles Ruth (Uncredited)
Rating62% 3.147783.147783.147783.147783.14778
Former police detective Sam Wye is on the trail of socialite Kay Kerrigan who is accused of fatally shooting millionaire cad Thomas Bruhme. Kay has taken a ship to the South Seas followed by Sam, Sam's secretary Jean Livingstone as well as police detectives Ben "Homer" Blodgett and George Faulkner. Along the way, through various adventures, Sam and Kay fall in love, as do Homer and Jean. Sam eventually determines that the actual killer was a jealous husband whose wife was having an affair with Bruhme. Kay is thus cleared and free to marry Sam.
The Invisible Menace, 55minutes
Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Marie Wilson, Regis Toomey, Henry Kolker, Cy Kendall, Charles Trowbridge
Roles Aline Dolman
Rating52% 2.611022.611022.611022.611022.61102