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Phyllis Calvert is a Actor and Director British born on 18 february 1915 at London (United-kingdom)

Phyllis Calvert

Phyllis Calvert
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Birth name Phyllis Hannah Bickle
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 18 february 1915 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 8 october 2002 (at 87 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Phyllis Calvert (18 February 1915 – 8 October 2002) was an English film, stage and television actress. She was one of the leading stars of the Gainsborough melodramas of the 1940s, and continued acting until some 50 years later.

Biography

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. In 1942, she had the lead role as Patricia Graham in Terence Rattigan's Flare Path.


Stardom
She first found success in the film adaptation of H. G. Wells' Kipps (1941), but it was the Gainsborough melodrama The Man in Grey (1943) that confirmed her status. 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.


Later career
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 also played D.I. Barnaby's Aunt Alice (Alice Bly) in a Midsomer Murders episode "Blue Herrings" in 2000.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Phyllis Calvert (42 films)

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Actress

Mrs. Dalloway, 1h37
Directed by Marleen Gorris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, Natascha McElhone, Michael Kitchen, Lena Headey, Alan Cox, Sarah Badel
Roles Aunt Helena
Rating64% 3.242863.242863.242863.242863.24286
Clarissa Dalloway sets out on a beautiful morning; she's shopping for flowers for her party that evening. At the same time in London, a young man is suffering from a nightmarish delayed-onset (the year is 1923) form of shell-shock. Clarissa's nearly-grown daughter is distant, and preoccupied. In the course of one day, Peter, a passionate old suitor, returns from India, there is a suicide, Clarissa relives a day in her youth (and her reasons for her choice of a life with the reliable Richard Dalloway).
The Woman He Loved, 1h40
Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Actors Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Olivia de Havilland, Tom Wilkinson, Lucy Gutteridge, Robert Hardy
Roles Queen Mary
Rating61% 3.098453.098453.098453.098453.09845
28 mai 1972, le duc de Windsor, ex-roi Édouard VII, décède d'un cancer de la gorge un mois avant ses 78 ans dans sa résidence du Bois de Boulogne à Paris. Seule, ayant perdu son mari et son titre de duchesse, sa femme Wallis qui commence à être gagnée par la sénilité à 76 ans, se souvient des 35 années passées avec nostalgie et regret.
The Walking Stick, 1h36
Directed by Eric Till
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors David Hemmings, Samantha Eggar, Emlyn Williams, Phyllis Calvert, Ferdy Mayne, Francesca Annis
Roles Erica Dainton
Rating64% 3.2466753.2466753.2466753.2466753.246675
The film tells the story of a young woman, 26-year-old Deborah Dainton (Samantha Eggar), who has a limp as a result of suffering from polio. Her rigid and controlled life is transformed when she meets a handsome stranger called Leigh Hartley (David Hemmings) at a party. After developing a friendship, romance soon blossoms and for the very first time in her life Deborah feels happy.
Oh! What a Lovely War, 2h24
Directed by Richard Attenborough
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Political films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Phyllis Calvert, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Colin Farrell, John Clements, John Gielgud
Roles Lady Dorothy Haig
Rating69% 3.495513.495513.495513.495513.49551
Oh! What A Lovely War summarises and comments on the events of World War I using popular songs of the time, many of which were parodies of older popular songs, and using allegorical settings such as Brighton's West Pier to criticise the manner in which the eventual victory was won.
Twisted Nerve, 1h58
Directed by John Boulting, Roy Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Hayley Mills, Russell Napier, Hywel Bennett, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Phyllis Calvert
Roles Enid Durnley
Rating69% 3.494243.494243.494243.494243.49424
The film opens with Martin playing catch with his younger brother Pete, who has learning difficulties and lives in a segregated school in London. Martin is the only remaining figure Pete's family life; their father died years ago and their mother has a new life with a new husband. Martin expresses concern for his brother's well-being to the school's physician, who is comfortable with Pete's progress.
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita, 1h51
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Rossano Brazzi, Richard Todd, Olivia Hussey, Phyllis Calvert, Martin Stephens
Roles Margot
Rating58% 2.90382.90382.90382.90382.9038
In Italy, two children, Michael (Martin Stephens) and Debbie (Elizabeth Dear), are aware that their mother, Moira (Maureen O'Hara) has left them for a lover, a famous Italian composer and they are staying at the Villa Fiorita. Michael convinces Debbie to run away to the Villa to fetch their mother, and forces her to sell her prized pony to afford the journey. They arrive, and the lover, Lorenzo (Rossano Brazzi) calls their father to inform him that the children have run away and that he will be sending them home. However, Michael falls ill and Lorenzo allows them both to stay. Debbie joins forces with Donna, the daughter of their mother's lover, to manipulate Moira into returning to Britain. A hunger strike by the girls ensues which fails and culminates in Moira slapping Debbie and Lorenzo spanking Donna. Lorenzo finally decides to send the children home but Michael and Donna attempt to run away on a sailboat during a storm. After the two nearly drown, Moira and Lorenzo agree that they have lost the battle, and a heartbroken Moira returns to England with her children.
Oscar Wilde, 1h38
Directed by Gregory Ratoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Robert Morley, Phyllis Calvert, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox, John Neville, Dennis Price
Roles Constance Wilde
Rating67% 3.3894953.3894953.3894953.3894953.389495
Film biographique sur Oscar Wilde. Au soir de la première de sa pièce L'Éventail de Lady Windermere, Oscar Wilde rencontre le jeune Lord Alfred.
Indiscreet
Indiscreet (1958)
, 1h40
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Cecil Parker, Phyllis Calvert, John Welch (Welsh), David Kossoff
Roles Mrs. Margaret Munson
Rating66% 3.348223.348223.348223.348223.34822
Anna Kalman is an accomplished London-based actress who has given up hope of finding the man of her dreams. Through her brother-in-law she meets a handsome economist, Philip Adams, and they fall in love.
A Lady Mislaid, 1h
Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Thorley Walters, Richard Leech
Roles Esther Wallace
Rating62% 3.126023.126023.126023.126023.12602
It's Never Too Late, 1h36
Directed by Michael McCarthy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Patrick Barr, Susan Stephen, Guy Rolfe, Sarah Lawson, Delphi Lawrence
Roles Laura Hammond
Rating60% 3.006163.006163.006163.006163.00616
Feeling her combative family has long taken her for granted, genteel British housewife Laura Hammond somehow finds time to write a film script amidst the chaos of her home life. Her work catches the attention of a Hollywood producer, and Laura unexpectedly finds herself the author of a hit film. She also finds she can only write when she's surrounded by her dysfunctional family. Eventually, Laura must choose between being a highly paid writer and celebrity, or a housewife.
The Net
The Net (1953)
, 1h26
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors James Donald, Phyllis Calvert, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Noel Willman, Maurice Denham
Roles Lydia Heathley
Rating56% 2.8155952.8155952.8155952.8155952.815595
At a secret aviation research station in the English countryside, an international group of scientists are working on the prototype of a revolutionary new aircraft, known as the M7, capable of flying at up to 2,000 miles per hour. The atmosphere is competitive rather than co-operative, with fierce rivalry between the various scientists. The project leader Michael Heathley (Donald) is so wrapped up with the M7 that his wife Lydia (Calvert) feels neglected and that she is being sidelined in favour of her husband's work. At a social gathering she strikes up a conversation with Heathley's colleague Alex Leon (Lom), and the pair are soon circling one another. Meanwhile, Heathley is desperate to test the M7, but is continually stonewalled by facility director Carrington (Maurice Denham).
The Net
The Net (1953)
, 1h26
Directed by Anthony Asquith, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Muriel Pavlow, Noel Willman
Roles Lydia Heathley
Rating56% 2.8155952.8155952.8155952.8155952.815595
Un groupe de scientifiques de plusieurs nationalités (Anglais, Écossais, Irlandais, Allemands, Français) travaillent sur un prototype mi-engin spatial, mi-avion. Le film s'intéresse aux phases de test, mais aussi aux relations entre les différents personnages, sans oublier la présence d'un espion.
Mandy
Mandy (1952)
, 1h33
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, Jim O'Connolly
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Jack Hawkins, Mandy Miller, Terence Morgan, Godfrey Tearle, Nancy Price
Roles Christine Garland
Rating73% 3.6851953.6851953.6851953.6851953.685195
Harry and Christine Garland have a deaf daughter, Mandy. As they realise their daughter's situation, the parents enrol Mandy in special education classes to try to get her to speak. They quarrel in the process and their marriage comes under strain. There are also hints of a possible affair between Christine and Dick Searle, the headmaster of the school for the deaf where Mandy is enrolled. Eventually, the training succeeds to the point where Mandy says her own name for the first time. Mandy's speech was achieved by using a balloon. She was able to feel the vibrations of sound onto the balloon and knew she had made a sound.