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".[1]

Life

Phyllis Morris was born on 18 July 1894 in Walthamstow and educated at Cheltenham Ladies College.[1] From 1947 to 1952, she worked as an actress in Hollywood, "playing there, as in Britain, any number of grim-featured harridans".[2] She died on 9 February 1982 at Denville Hall, Northwood.[1]

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• " Spook Town" unpublished Illustrated by Helen Morris, her mother circa 1920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, 1932
• Music in the Air, 1933
• The Laughing Woman by Gordon Daviot, 1934
• Mrs Nobby Clark
• Call It a Day by Dodie Smith, 1935
• Worm's Eye View by R. F. Delderfield, 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)

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