Phyllis Barry

Phyllis Barry

Born: December 8, 1908
Died: July 2, 1954
in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Phyllis Barry (born Gertrude Phyllis Hillyard, 7 December 1908 – 1 July 1954) was an English film actress. Born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Seth Henry and Bertha (née Giles) Hillyard, Barry appeared in over 40 films between 1925 and 1947.

Movies for Phyllis Barry...

Kitty
Title: Kitty
Character: Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
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Frenchman's Creek
Title: Frenchman's Creek
Character: Woman in Gaming House (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1944
Type: Movie
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.
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The Mysterious Doctor
Title: The Mysterious Doctor
Character: Ruby
Released: March 3, 1943
Type: Movie
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
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Gentleman from Dixie
Title: Gentleman from Dixie
Character: Secretary
Released: September 2, 1941
Type: Movie
A man is released from prison after serving time for a murder he didn't commit. He goes to live with his brother and his family on their Louisiana ranch, where they're raising horses to compete in an important race.
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Unfinished Business
Title: Unfinished Business
Character: Sheila
Released: August 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Starting with a cruel joke – a couple of callow men make a bet that one of them can seduce the woman sharing their train compartment – the film charts the relationship that develops between a small-town girl in the big city, and the brother of the man who has heartlessly seduced and abandoned her.
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Shadows on the Stairs
Title: Shadows on the Stairs
Character: Lucy Timson
Released: March 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Occupants of a London boarding house become suspects as a string of murders are discovered.
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The Case of the Black Parrot
Title: The Case of the Black Parrot
Character: Julia
Released: January 9, 1941
Type: Movie
Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspects something odd about the cabinet. His suspicions are confirmed when people who have touched the cabinet mysteriously die. Jim and Sandy set out to solve the mystery before anyone else can become a victim.
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Waterloo Bridge
Title: Waterloo Bridge
Character: Second Girl at Estate Dance (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1940
Type: Movie
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front. Myra stayed with him past curfew and is thrown out of the corps de ballet. She survives on the streets of London, falling even lower after she hears her true love has been killed in action. But he wasn't killed. Those terrible years were nothing more than a bad dream is Myra's hope after Roy finds her and takes her to his family's country estate.
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I Was an Adventuress
Title: I Was an Adventuress
Character: Englishwoman at Exhibit
Released: May 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her two accomplices are really a team of skilled con artists! They mingle with Europe's high society, always looking for the next wealthy victim to fleece with their fake jewellery scam... Then Tanya meets the dashing young Paul Vernay. At first she wants to rob him. Then she decides she wants to marry him and to leave her criminal past behind her. Her accomplices agree but only if she'll join them in one last, big swindle...
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Secrets of a Model
Title: Secrets of a Model
Character: Sally Adams
Released: April 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Pretty girl in need of money for her dying mom's operation poses for a sculpture.
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We Are Not Alone
Title: We Are Not Alone
Character: First Chorus Girl
Released: November 25, 1939
Type: Movie
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife.
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Kid Nightingale
Title: Kid Nightingale
Character: First Girl with Mrs. Reynolds (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1939
Type: Movie
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
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The Jones Family in Hollywood
Title: The Jones Family in Hollywood
Character: Actress (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1939
Type: Movie
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
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Three Little Sew and Sews
Title: Three Little Sew and Sews
Character: Spy
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
The stooges are sailors working in a ships' tailor shop. When they can't get passes to go ashore, they steal officers uniforms and go to a party with Curly passing himself off as Admiral Taylor and Moe and Larry as his aides. Two spies, one of them a beautiful woman, trick the stooges into stealing a new submarine. The boys turn the table on the spies and capture them. When the real Admiral shows up, Curly's reenacts the capture and accidentally detonates a bomb, blowing them all to kingdom come.
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Trade Winds
Title: Trade Winds
Character: Ruth (Uncredited)
Released: December 28, 1938
Type: Movie
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
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The Nightshirt Bandit
Title: The Nightshirt Bandit
Character: Mrs. Chase
Released: October 27, 1938
Type: Movie
A criminology professor sets out to find the "sleepwalking bandit", but when he finally catches up with the somnambulistic thief, it's not quite who he thought it would be.
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The Invisible Menace
Title: The Invisible Menace
Character: Aline Dolman
Released: January 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
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Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Title: Bulldog Drummond Comes Back
Character: Hortense
Released: September 24, 1937
Type: Movie
Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.
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Step Lively, Jeeves!
Title: Step Lively, Jeeves!
Character: Mrs. Tremaine (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1937
Type: Movie
A British butler goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to a fortune.
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Damaged Goods
Title: Damaged Goods
Character: Margie
Released: May 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
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The Prince and the Pauper
Title: The Prince and the Pauper
Character: Barmaid
Released: April 30, 1937
Type: Movie
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.
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To Mary - with Love
Title: To Mary - with Love
Character: Guest
Released: August 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.
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One Rainy Afternoon
Title: One Rainy Afternoon
Character: Felice
Released: May 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
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Forbidden Heaven
Title: Forbidden Heaven
Character: Sybil Radford, Politician's Daughter
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Charles Farrell stars as a British working stiff named Niba, who hopes one day to attain a Parliamentary seat. Niba's life is permanently altered when he rescues forlorn American girl Ann (Charlotte Henry). Though forced to give up his political dreams, Niba contentedly sets up house with Ann, eventually falling in love with her.
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Bonnie Scotland
Title: Bonnie Scotland
Character: Gossip (uncredited)
Released: August 23, 1935
Type: Movie
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
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The Infernal Triangle
Title: The Infernal Triangle
Released: August 17, 1935
Type: Movie
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The Moonstone
Title: The Moonstone
Character: Ann Verinder
Released: August 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.
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Where Sinners Meet
Title: Where Sinners Meet
Character: The Brunette Chambermaid
Released: May 17, 1934
Type: Movie
A pair of lovers are secreting away to Paris for a quick divorce and marriage when they find themselves trapped in a "hotel" where they are forced to get to know each other better and reconsider their plans. They learn a lot about each other, and themselves.
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Love Past Thirty
Title: Love Past Thirty
Character: Beth Ramsden
Released: February 14, 1934
Type: Movie
When a woman's boyfriend dumps her for a younger girl, she hatches a scheme to get revenge by going after the girl's former boyfriend.
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Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Title: Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Character: Madame Irene
Released: February 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee.
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Long Lost Father
Title: Long Lost Father
Character: Party Guest
Released: January 19, 1934
Type: Movie
A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.
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Good-bye Love
Title: Good-bye Love
Character: Dorothy Blaine
Released: November 9, 1933
Type: Movie
A sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy, nor a big-game hunter nor from a royal family, but he's only a butler. Complications ensue as he tries to keep up the pretense.
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Diplomaniacs
Title: Diplomaniacs
Character: Fifi
Released: April 28, 1933
Type: Movie
Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they have no customers. When suddenly a white man asks for a shave, several Indians of the Oopadoop nation also enter, hearing the usual barbershop banter about foreign debts, they force them to be ambassadors of their nation at the Peace conference in Geneva. Ammunition industry executive Winkelreid is scheming to prevent their mission becoming an success, but the vamp Dolores aboard the ship fails, falling in love with Nilly, and so does Fifi, the toughest person of the world in Paris, falling for Glub. Although Winkelreid is able to steal their secret papers, Nilly and Glub don't give up after being reminded by constant observation of their Indians and enter the Peace conference, which turns out to be a battlefield...
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What! No Beer?
Title: What! No Beer?
Character: Hortense
Released: February 10, 1933
Type: Movie
When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters.
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Hollywood Premiere
Title: Hollywood Premiere
Released: February 4, 1933
Type: Movie
Two strip Technicolor short film. While the film is considered lost, the Library of Congress has acquired a musical sequence from the film.
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Reckless Decision
Title: Reckless Decision
Character: Dorothy
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
The teenage daughter of a puritanical Reverend promises him she will not marry until she is older, but after a night of heavy drinking she wakes up to find she has a husband.
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Cynara
Title: Cynara
Character: Doris Emily Lea
Released: December 24, 1932
Type: Movie
A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to have him. The story is told in flashback.