Phyllis Allen (November 25, 1861 – March 26, 1938) was an American

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and silent screen

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. She worked with

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, and

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Partial filmography

*''Forced Bravery'' (1913) *''

Murphy's I.O.U. ''Murphy's I.O.U.'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Nick Cogley * Dot Farley * Henry Lehrman * Fred Mace as Murphy * Hank Mann * Charles Murray * Mack Sennett a ...

'' (1913) *''

Peeping Pete ''Peeping Pete'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Pete's wife * Charles Avery * Peggy Pearce * Nick Cogley as Sheriff * Dot Farley * Mack Sennett as Pete * Ford ...

'' (1913) *''

The Riot ''The Riot'' is a 1913 American short comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Alice Davenport * Hank Mann * Charles Murray * Mabel Normand * Ford Sterling * Al St. Joh ...

'' (1913) *''

Mother's Boy Mother's boy, also commonly and informally mummy's boy or mama's boy, is a term for a man seen as having an unhealthy dependence on his mother at an age at which he is expected to be self-reliant (e.g. live on his own, be economically independent) ...

'' (1913) *''

Two Old Tars ''Two Old Tars'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Nick Cogley * Charles Murray * Ford Sterling See also * List of American films of 1913 * Fatty Arbuckle filmogra ...

'' (1913) *''

Fatty at San Diego ''Fatty at San Diego'' is a 1913 American Short film, short comedy film featuring Roscoe Arbuckle, Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. Cast * Roscoe Arbuckle, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Fatty * Mabel Normand - Mabel * Phyllis Allen * Minta Durfee ...

'' (1913) *''

Rebecca's Wedding Day ''Rebecca's Wedding Day'' is a 1914 American short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Minta Durfee * Billy Gilbert (as Little Billy Gilbert) See also * List of American films of 1914 * Fatty A ...

'' (1914) *'' A Robust Romeo'' (1914) *'' A Busy Day'' (1914) *'' Love and Bullets'' (1914) *''

Caught in a Cabaret ''Caught in a Cabaret'' is a 1914 short comedy film written and directed by Mabel Normand and starring Normand and Charles Chaplin. Plot Chaplin plays a waiter who fakes being the Prime Minister of Greenland to impress a girl. He then is inv ...

'' (1914) *'' The Rounders'' (1914) *''

Hello, Mabel ''Hello, Mabel'' (also known as ''On a Busy Wire'') is a 1914 American short silent comedy film produced and directed by Mack Sennett and starring Mabel Normand. The supporting cast features Charley Chase, Al St. John, Minta Durfee, and Mack Swa ...

'' (1914) *''

Lover's Luck ''Lover's Luck'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty * Minta Durfee as The Girl * Al St. John as Fatty's Rival * Josef Swickard as The Girl's Father * Phyllis A ...

'' (1914) *''

Gentlemen of Nerve ''Gentlemen of Nerve'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film directed by Charles Chaplin, starring Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and produced by Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios. Plot Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Cha ...

'' (1914) *'' His Trysting Place'' (1914) *'' Getting Acquainted'' (1914) *''

Leading Lizzie Astray ''Leading Lizzie Astray'' is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as A Farm Boy * Minta Durfee as Lizzie, the Farm Boy's Fiancée * Ed Brady as A City Slicker * Mack Swain a ...

'' (1914) *'' Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1914) (uncredited) *''

That Little Band of Gold ''That Little Band of Gold'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and starring Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, and Ford Sterling. Plot As described in a film magazine, Hubby decides to steal a night off away from ...

'' (1915) *''

Fatty's Plucky Pup ''Fatty's Plucky Pup'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. A print of the film survives. Plot Fatty plays a somewhat lazy young man who disrupts his mother's life by causing a fire by smoking in bed, th ...

'' (1915) *''

Fickle Fatty's Fall ''Fickle Fatty's Fall'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Glen Cavender * Ivy Crosthwaite * Alice Davenport * Bobby Dunn * Minta Durfee * May Emory ...

'' (1915) *''

A Submarine Pirate ''A Submarine Pirate'' is a 1915 American short comedy film starring Syd Chaplin and featuring an early uncredited appearance by Harold Lloyd. Cast * Syd Chaplin as Ambitious waiter * Wesley Ruggles as The inventor's accomplice * Glen Cavende ...

'' (1915) *''

A Night in the Show ''A Night in the Show'' was Charlie Chaplin's 12th film for Essanay. It was made at Majestic Studio in Los Angeles in the fall of 1915. Chaplin played two roles: one as Mr. Pest and one as Mr. Rowdy. The film was created from Chaplin's stage wo ...

'' (1915) *'' The Adventurer'' (1917) *'' The Vagabond'' (1916) *''

White Youth ''White Youth'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Norman Dawn and starring Edith Roberts, Alfred Hollingsworth, Thomas Jefferson, Arnold Gray, and Hattie Peters. The film was released by Universal Film Manufacturing Company in De ...

'' (1920) *'' Pay Day'' (1922) with

*'' The Pilgrim'' (1923)

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