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English dramatist, children's writer and actress
Phyllis Morris
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English dramatist, children's writer and actress
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Female
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London, United Kingdom
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London, United Kingdom
Age
88 years
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Biography
Phyllis Morris (18 July 1894 – 9 February 1982) was an English dramatist, children's writer and actress. As an interwar actor "she was uncommonly astute in a sequence of character parts".
Life
Phyllis Morris was born on 18 July 1894 in Walthamstow and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. From 1947 to 1952 she worked as an actress in Hollywood, "playing there, as in Britain, any number of grim-featured harridans". She died on 9 February 1982 at Denville Hall, Northwood.
Works
Children's books
- Dandelion Clocks. London: Erskine Macdonald, 1917
- Peter's Pencil. London, 1920
- The Adventures of Willy and Nilly. London & New York, 1921
Plays
- The Rescue Party, 1926
- Made in Heaven, 1926
- Tinker, Tailor, 1928
Theatre performances
- Service by Dodie Smith, 1932
- Music in the Air, 1933
- The Laughing Woman by Gordon Daviot, 1934
- Mrs Nobby Clark
- Call It a Day by Dodie Smith, 1935
- Worm's Eye View by R. F. Delderfield, 1945
Film performances
- The Life of the Party, 1934
- Hyde Park, 1934
- The Adventures of Tartu, 1943
- That Forsyte Woman, 1949
- Mandy, 1952
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