Phyllis Monkman Explained

Phyllis Monkman
Birth Date:8 January 1892
Birth Place:London, United Kingdom
Death Date:2 December 1976
Death Place:London, United Kingdom
Othername:Phyllis Ida Harrison
Occupation:Actress
Yearsactive:1913-1949 (film)

Phyllis Monkman (8 January 1892 – 2 December 1976) was a British stage and film actress.[1] She was married to the entertainer Laddie Cliff.

In the early years of her career, she was often partnered on stage by Jack Buchanan and appeared in the silent film Her Heritage with him in 1919. She was also prominent in the cast of the revue The Co-Optimists and reprised her role in the film adaptation. After this point she was increasingly confined to supporting character parts. She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 thriller Blackmail, widely considered the first British "talkie".[2] She was romantically linked to George VI.

Selected filmography

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Notes and References

  1. Moore p.56
  2. Web site: Blackmail (1929) . British Film Institute . 10 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20171231082847/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a55273b. 31 December 2017.