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Phyllis Calvert

Glamorous British film star Phyllis Calvert wears a shawl as she smokes a cigarette. A 1940s studio publicity photo for Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945). — Phyllis Calvert wears a shawl as she smokes a cigarette in the 1940s

Phyllis Calvert

1915–2002 | British actress

British leading lady of the forties, former child actress; usually played good girls

Mini Biography

Born in London, Phyllis Calvert studied for the stage under Margaret Morris and was on stage from 1925.

Latest Phyllis Calvert Pictures

It’s Never Too Late DVD from Network and The British Film. Features Phyllis Calvert as Laura Hammond — It’s Never Too Late DVD – Network – The British Film

Auburn-haired Phyllis Calvert, considered England’s most beautiful dramatic actress, makes her American film début in Rachel Field’s ’Time Out of Mind’, as filmed by Universal-International. The ’lend-lease’ beauty was recently starred with James Mason in J. Arthur Rank’s ’They Were Sisters’. ’Time Out of Mind’, produced and directed by Robert Siodmak, co-stars Miss Calvert with Robert Hutton and Ella Raines. — Phyllis Calvert invades Hollywood in Time Out of Mind

The premiere of the latest Kenneth More comedy Next to No Time will be held on the world’s greatest liner Queen Elizabeth at Southampton, and the film loads were taken by special train from Waterloo today. Much of the film is shot aboard the liner. Photo shows: Top to bottom: John Gregson, Phyllis Calvert and Janet Scott leave for the premiere. — Off for film premiere on liner | John Gregson, Phyllis Calvert

Glamorous British film star Phyllis Calvert wears a shawl as she smokes a cigarette. A 1940s studio publicity photo for Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945). — Phyllis Calvert wears a shawl as she smokes a cigarette in the 1940s

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Personal Details

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Died

Phyllis Calvert died in Cheam, Sutton, London on 8^th October, 2002, aged 87.
Born

Phyllis Calvert was born in London on 18^th February, 1915.

Watch Phyllis Calvert on British television

- The Young Mr Pitt (1942)
- Tuesday at 3.45pm on Talking Pictures
- Britain’s youngest prime minister quells the threat of invasion by Napoleon.
- Mr Denning Drives North (1951)
- 3^rd March at 10pm on Talking Pictures
- A wealthy man accidentally kills a criminal in love with his daughter; he hides the body, which then disappears.

Phyllis Calvert News

- The Man in Grey poster found in the Paris Metro
- 25^th April, 2008
- Many old advertising posters and paintings have been uncovered during renovation works at Paris Metro stations.