Phyllis Calvert

Phyllis Calvert (18 Februari 1915 – 8 Oktober 2002) adalah seorang aktris film, panggung, dan televisi Inggris. Terlahir sebagai Phyllis Hannah Bickle di Chelsea, ia berlatih di Margaret Morris School of Dancing dan tampil sejak usia sepuluh tahun, mendapatkan peran film pertamanya pada usia 12 tahun, dalam The Arcadians (1927), juga dikenal sebagai The Land of Heart's Desire. Calvert tampil di teater perbendaharaan dan di beberapa film, sebelum melakukan debut panggungnya di London di Hak Istimewa Seorang Wanita pada tahun 1939. Selama dekade berikutnya, ia membintangi banyak film roman, termasuk Fanny oleh Gaslight, dengan James Mason dan Stewart Granger, dan My Own True Love, menjadi salah satu bintang dengan bayaran tertinggi di Inggris. Namun, tiga studio Hollywood gagal membayar sesuai permintaannya. Dia pertama kali meraih kesuksesan dalam film adaptasi H. G. Wells 'Kipps (1941), tetapi The Man in Grey (1943) yang menegaskan statusnya. Dia berakting di lebih dari 40 film, film selanjutnya termasuk Oh! Sungguh Perang yang Indah dan Tongkat Jalan. Calvert telah muncul di televisi, memerankan Ny. March dalam serial Little Women dan Good Wives tahun 1958 (keduanya diadaptasi dari novel Little Women karya Louisa May Alcott), serta episode individual dari beberapa program lainnya, ketika, pada tahun 1970, dia mendapatkan peran sebagai bibi yang menderita dengan masalahnya sendiri di Kate. Dia tampil di TV dalam program-program seperti Crown Court, Ladykillers, Tales of the Unexpected, Boon, After Henry dan The Line Grove Story. Dia menikah dengan aktor dan penjual buku antik Peter Murray Hill, dan dikaruniai dua anak, Ann Auriol (lahir 1943) dan Piers Auriol (lahir 1954). Dia meninggal di London pada tahun 2002, karena sebab alamiah, pada usia 87 tahun.

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.