Phyllis Morris (actress)

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".^[1]

Life

Phyllis Morris was born on 18 July 1894 in Walthamstow and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College.^[1] From 1947 to 1952, she worked as an actress in Hollywood, "playing there, as in Britain, any number of grim-featured harridans".^[2] She died on 9 February 1982 at Denville Hall, Northwood.^[1]

Publications

Children's books

• Dandelion Clocks. London: Erskine Macdonald, 1917
• Peter's Pencil. London, 1920
• The Adventures of Willy and Nilly. London & New York, 1921
• " Spook Town" unpublished Illustrated by Helen Morris, her mother circa 1920

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
• Murder Mistaken by Janet Green, 1952

Filmography

• The Life of the Party (1934)
• Hyde Park (1934)
• Night Journey (1938)
• The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
• That Forsyte Woman (1949)
• Mandy (1952)
• The Embezzler (1954) - (Mrs. Paulson:- uncredited)

References

1. 'Miss Phyllis Morris: Theatrical author and actress', The Times, 12 February 1982
2. Brian McFarlane (2014). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester UP. p. 534. ISBN 978-0719091391.