Acting · Chelsea, London, England, UK · Born February 18, 1915
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.
MovieMrs. Dalloway
1997
as Aunt Helena
TVMidsomer Murders
1997
as Alice Bly
MovieBed
1995
as Couple Woman
TVThe Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
1994
as Agnes Garrideb
TVPerformance
1991
as Woman
TVThe House of Eliott
1991
as Mrs Gurney
TVVictoria Wood
1989
as Hilary
MovieAcross the Lake
1988
as Lady Dolly Campbell
MovieThe Woman He Loved
1988
as Queen Mary
TVAfter Henry
1988
as Auntie Lilian
MovieThe Death of the Heart
1987
as Mrs. Heccomb
TVA Killing on the Exchange
1987
as Alison Tyndall
All Passion Spent
1986
as Carrie
TVAll Passion Spent
1986
as Carrie
Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
1986
TVCasualty
1986
as Mary
MovieA Month in the Country
1985
as Anna
TVCover Her Face
1985
as Eleanor Maxie
TVSherlock Holmes
1984
as Agnes Garrideb
TVLady Killers
1980
as Rosaline Fox
TVTales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mabel Ince
MovieThe Walking Stick
1970
as Erica Dainton
Kate
1970
as Kate Graham
MovieOh! What a Lovely War
1969
as Lady Dorothy Haig
MovieTwisted Nerve
1968
as Enid Durnley
TVITV Playhouse
1967
as Mrs Radcliffe
MovieThe Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1965
as Margot
MovieOscar Wilde
1960
as Constance Wilde
MovieIndiscreet
1958
as Mrs. Margaret Munson
MovieThe Young and the Guilty
1958
as Gladys Connor
MovieA Lady Mislaid
1958
as Esther Wallace
Overseas Press Club - Exclusive!
1957
as Tatiana
MovieChild in the House
1956
as Evelyn Acheson
TVArmchair Theatre
1956
as Esther Ross
MovieIt's Never Too Late
1956
as Laura Hammond
MovieThe Net
1953
as Lydia Heathley
MovieThe Postman
1952
MovieMandy
1952
as Christine Garland
MovieMr. Denning Drives North
1951
as Kay Denning
MovieThe Woman with No Name
1950
as Yvonne Winter
MovieAppointment with Danger
1950
as Sister Augustine
MovieThe Golden Madonna
1949
as Patricia Chandler
MovieMy Own True Love
1948
as Joan Clews
MovieBroken Journey
1948
as Mary Johnstone
MovieTime Out of Mind
1947
as Kate Fernald
MovieThe Root of All Evil
1947
as Jeckie Farnish
MovieThe Magic Bow
1946
as Jeanne
MovieMen of Two Worlds
1946
as Dr. Caroline Munro
MovieThey Were Sisters
1945
as Lucy Moore
MovieMadonna of the Seven Moons
1945
as Maddalena Labardi
MovieTwo Thousand Women
1944
as Freda Thompson
MovieFanny by Gaslight
1944
as Fanny
MovieThe Man in Grey
1943
as Clarissa Richmond Rohan / Clarissa Rohan
MovieThe Young Mr. Pitt
1942
as Eleanor Eden
MovieUncensored
1942
as Julie Lanvin
MovieKipps
1941
as Ann Pornick (adult)
MovieInspector Hornleigh Goes to It
1941
as Mrs. Wilkinson
Neutral Port
1940
as Helen Carter
MovieCharley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
1940
as Betty Forsythe
MovieLet George Do It!
1940
as Mary Wilson
MovieThey Came by Night
1940
as Sally
Two Days to Live
1940
as Joyce
