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', '']The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ...
'', 12 February 1982
Life
Phyllis Morris was born on 18 July 1894 in
Walthamstow and educated at
Cheltenham Ladies College
Cheltenham Ladies' College is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Consistently ranked as one of the top all-girls' schools nationally, the school was established in 1853 to pr ...
.
[ From 1947 to 1952, she worked as an actress in Hollywood, "playing there, as in Britain, any number of grim-featured harridans".]Denville Hall
Denville Hall is a historic building in Northwood, a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, England, which is used as a retirement home for professional actors, actresses and members of other theatrical professions. The present building inc ...
, 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* " Spook Town" unpublished Illustrated by Helen Morris, her mother circa 1920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 Dodie Smith
Dorothy Gladys "Dodie" Smith (3 May 1896 – 24 November 1990) was an English novelist and playwright. She is best known for writing ''I Capture the Castle'' (1948) and the children's novel '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'' (1956). Other works ...
, 1932
* ''Music in the Air
''Music in the Air'' is a musical written by Oscar Hammerstein II (lyrics and book) and Jerome Kern (music). It introduced songs such as "The Song Is You", "In Egern on the Tegern See" and " I've Told Ev'ry Little Star". The musical premiered on ...
'', 1933
* ''The Laughing Woman'' by Gordon Daviot
Josephine Tey was a pseudonym used by Elizabeth MacKintosh (25 July 1896 – 13 February 1952), a Scottish author. Her novel ''The Daughter of Time'' was a detective work investigating the role of Richard III of England in the death of the Prin ...
, 1934
* ''Mrs Nobby Clark''
* ''Call It a Day
''Call It a Day'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Olivia de Havilland, Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Alice Brady, Roland Young, and Frieda Inescort. Based on the 1935 play '' Call It a Day'' by Dodie Smith, the ...
'' by Dodie Smith, 1935
* ''Worm's Eye View'' by R. F. Delderfield, 1945
Filmography
* '' The Life of the Party'', 1934
* ''Hyde Park
Hyde Park may refer to:
Places
England
* Hyde Park, London, a Royal Park in Central London
* Hyde Park, Leeds, an inner-city area of north-west Leeds
* Hyde Park, Sheffield, district of Sheffield
* Hyde Park, in Hyde, Greater Manchester
Austra ...
'', 1934
* ''The Adventures of Tartu
''The Adventures of Tartu'' (alternate British title and American release title: ''Sabotage Agent'', also known as ''Tartu'') is a 1943 British Second World War spy film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and starring Robert Donat. It was a morale bo ...
'', 1943
* ''That Forsyte Woman
''That Forsyte Woman'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''The Forsyte Saga'') is a 1949 romance film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Greer Garson, Errol Flynn, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Young and Janet Leigh. It is an adaptation of the ...
'', 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
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