Phyllis Barry was born Gertrude Hillyard on December 7, 1908, in Leeds, England. She was a gifted dancer and at the age of fourteen she joined an Australian cabaret troupe. Phyllis starred in many stage musicals including No No Nannette and Lady Be Good. She made her film debut in the 1925 Australian film Painted Daughters. At the time her stage name was Phyllis DuBarry. In 1930 she toured America in a production of Rio Rita. Producer Samuel Goldwyn saw her on stage and offered her a part in the drama Cynara starring Kay Francis. Unfortunately the movie flopped and her performance got mixed reviews. She married vaudeville performer Albert Nordlund (also known as Al Nord) in 1932. The following year she landed the lead role in the comedy What - No Beer? opposite Buster Keaton. She had supporting roles in the films Blind Adventure and Forbidden Heaven. Phyllis and Albert had a rocky marriage and they separated several times. She divorced him in 1936 and said "he told me he didn't think my career meant anything". Phyllis continued to make movies but by 1939 her career had stalled. She appeared in The Three Stooges short Three Little Sew and Sews and had a bit part in the drama Waterloo Bridge. On August 20, 1939 she married decorator Gilbert M. Caldwell. The couple moved to a small house in West Hollywood. Her last film role was playing a waitress in the 1947 drama Love From A Stranger. Phyllis quit acting and tried to settle into life as a housewife. Unfortunately she became increasingly addicted to prescription drugs. On July 1, 1954 she died after accidentally overdosing of phenobarbital. Phyllis was only forty-five years old. She was buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.
Phyllis Bash is an actress, known for Stake Land (2010), American Playhouse (1980) and Gotham (2014). She is married to Joseph Gimpel. They have one child.
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Phyllis Brown is an actress, known for Down's Revenge (2019).
Phyllis Carthy is known for The Centre (2014), The Farm (2009) and Fair City (1989).
Phyllis Casterwiler is an actress, known for The Amusement Park (1975).
Phyllis Chesler was born on October 1, 1940 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is known for Beyond Paranoia: The War Against the Jews (2015), Unmasked Judeophobia: The Threat to Civilization (2011) and Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018).
Born and raised in Texas to a large Southern family. An over-achiever as a teen-ager, Phyllis was state president of the Future Homemakers of Americas. Was secretary for National Honor Society, JC Penney team-board vice-president. Attended University of Texas in Austin and Columbia University in NYC.
Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Phyllis Coates moved to Hollywood as a teenager with intentions of enrolling at UCLA. A chance encounter with Ken Murray in a Hollywood & Vine restaurant landed her in the comedian's vaudeville show. She started out as a chorus girl and worked her way up to doing skits before moving on to work for veteran showman Earl Carroll and later touring with the USO. Coates got some of her first motion picture experience in comedy short subjects at Warner Brothers and then graduated to roles in early '50s films. After a one-season stint with the Man of Steel (George Reeves on Adventures of Superman (1952)), she began to divide her time among TV, B-movie assignments and serials at Republic.
Phyllis Coghlan was born on December 1, 1895 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was an actress, known for Riptide (1934), Johnny Staccato (1959) and Parnell (1937). She died in September 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.