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

(1915–2002)

British actress (died aged 87) | The Man in Grey (1943), Mandy (1952), Indiscreet (1958)

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

Photo of the Scala Theatre, 1947 production of Peter Pan featuring Phyllis Calvert (1)
  • 18th April, 2020
Phyllis Calvert
Peter Pan (Scala Theatre, 1947) photo (1) | Phyllis Calvert
It’s Never Too Late DVD from Network and The British Film. Features Phyllis Calvert as Laura Hammond
  • 24th January, 2016
Phyllis Calvert
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.
  • 11th November, 2015
Phyllis Calvert
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 Janette Scott leave for the premiere.
  • 1st February, 2015
  • Candid
John Gregson, Phyllis Calvert, Janette Scott
Off for film premiere on liner | John Gregson, Phyllis Calvert

Select Phyllis Calvert Filmography

Let George Do It! (1940) opening credits
Let George Do It! (1940)
Mary Wilson
Neutral Port (1940) opening credits (3)
Neutral Port (1940)
Helen Carter
Kipps (1941) opening credits (2)
Kipps (1941)
Ann Pornick
The Young Mr Pitt (1942) opening credits (2)
The Young Mr Pitt (1942)
Eleanor Eden
The Man in Grey (1943) opening credits
The Man in Grey (1943)
Clarissa Marr
Fanny by Gaslight (1944) opening credits
Fanny by Gaslight (1944)
Fanny Hooper
Two Thousand Women (1944) opening credits (2)
Two Thousand Women (1944)
Freda Thompson
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944) opening credits
Madonna of the Seven Moons (1944)
Maddalena Labardi / Rosanna
They Were Sisters (1945) opening credits (3)
They Were Sisters (1945)
Lucy Moore
The Magic Bow (1946) opening credits
The Magic Bow (1946)
Jeanne de Vermond
Men of Two Worlds (1946) opening credits
Men of Two Worlds (1946)
Dr Caroline Munro
The Root of All Evil (1947) opening credits
The Root of All Evil (1947)
Jeckie
The Root of All Evil (1947) opening credits
Time Out of Mind (1947)
Kate Fernald
Broken Journey (1948) opening credits (4)
Broken Journey (1948)
Mary Johnstone
The Golden Madonna (1949) opening credits (4)
The Golden Madonna (1949)
Patricia Chandler
Appointment with Danger (1950) opening credits (3)
Appointment with Danger (1950)
Sister Augustine
Mr Denning Drives North (1951) opening credits (1)
Mr Denning Drives North (1951)
Kay Denning
Mandy (1952) opening credits
Mandy (1952)
Christine
The Net (1953) opening credits (3)
The Net (1953)
Lydia Heathley
The Net (1953) opening credits (3)
It’s Never Too Late (1956)
Laura Hammond
Child in the House (1956) opening credits (3)
Child in the House (1956)
Evelyn Acheson
Indiscreet (1958) opening credits
Indiscreet (1958)
Mrs Margaret Munson
Indiscreet (1958) opening credits
Twisted Nerve (1968)
Enid Durnley
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