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".'Miss Phyllis Morris: Theatrical author and actress', ''

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'', 12 February 1982

Life

Phyllis Morris was born on 18 July 1894 in

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and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College. From 1947 to 1952, she worked as an actress in

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, "playing there, as in Britain, any number of grim-featured harridans". She died on 9 February 1982 at

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, Northwood.

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 London & New York, 1921 * " Spook Town" unpublished Illustrated by Helen Morris, her mother circa 1920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

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, 1932 * '' Music in the Air'', 1933 * ''The Laughing Woman'' by

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, 1934 * ''Mrs Nobby Clark'' * '' Call It a Day'' by Dodie Smith, 1935 * ''Worm's Eye View'' by

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, 1945

Filmography

* '' The Life of the Party'', 1934 * '' Hyde Park'', 1934 * '' The Adventures of Tartu'', 1943 * '' That Forsyte Woman'', 1949 * '' Mandy'', 1952 * '' The Embezzler,'' (1954) - (Mrs. Paulson:- uncredited)

References

1894 births 1982 deaths 20th-century English actresses English dramatists and playwrights English children's writers English women dramatists and playwrights {{UK-writer-stub