Dorothea Phillips (actress)
Dorothea Phillips | |
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Born | Peggy Dorothea Phillips 5 September 1928 Rhondda, Wales |
Nationality | Welsh |
Education | Aberystwyth University, Wales[1] |
Occupation | Actress |
Known for | 102 Dalmatians, Under Milk Wood |
Dorothea Phillips (b. Rhondda, Wales, 5 September 1928), known as Dottie,[2] is a Welsh actress, best known for her roles in the radio, theatre and film versions of Under Milk Wood[3] and 102 Dalmatians (2000). She appeared in the first stage production of T. S. Eliot's 1958 play The Elder Statesman, at the Edinburgh Festival.[4][5]
Early life and education
Peggy Dorothea Phillips was the daughter of Canon W D Phillips, vicar of Cwmtillery.[6] She had one sister.[7] She studied English at Aberystwyth University followed by law, with the intention of becoming a barrister, about which she said, "I found law lessons so tedious that I spent most of my time in the university dramatic society."[8] She was vice-chair of Abertillery Council's Entertainments Committee and vice-chair of the Students' Representative Council.[9][10],
Career
After graduation her first position in theatre was as an assistant stage manager,[11] after which she joined a repertory company as an actor.[12] She went on to appear in theatre, radio, film and television.
Theatre
Year | Production | Company / Location |
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1947 | Dangerous Corner[13] | Liverpool Warehousing Company |
1949 | Hayfever[14] | The New Garrick Players |
1953 | Pardon my Claws[15] | Theatre Royal, Huddersfield |
Maiden Ladies[16] | ||
Pink String and Sealing Wax[17] | ||
1954 | The Sleeping Prince[18] | Windsor Repertory Company |
1955 | Under Milk Wood[19] | Theatre Royal, Newcastle |
The Love Match[20] | Brighton Royal | |
1957 | Doctor Angelus[21] | Edinburgh Gateway Company |
The Deep Blue Sea[22] | Curzon Productions | |
Flare Path[23] | Lyceum Theatre, London | |
George and Margaret[24] | Curzon Productions | |
1958 | The Hamlet of Stepney Green[25] | Oxford Playhouse Company |
1961 | The Norman Wisdom Show[26] | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford |
The Cupboard[27] | Alhambra Theatre, Bradford | |
1965 | The Living Room[28] | Malvern Festival Theatre, Malvern |
1967 | The Anniversary[29] | Palace Theatre, Watford |
Busybody[30] | Marlowe Theatre | |
1976 | Mother's Day[31] | Royal Court, London |
1978 | The Boy Friend[32] | Richmond Theatre |
Radio
- 1963: Under Milk Wood (BBC) with Richard Burton, about which Phillips said "Some people said there was a melancholy to Richard's voice but the Welsh are melancholy by nature. It's the quality of hwyl – a word which doesn't quite translate into English. At times Richard had it."[33]
- 1966: This Little Piggy (BBC)
- 1967: The White Sparrow (BBC) [34]
Film
Year | Title | Role |
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1962 | The Lamp in Assassin Mews | Mrs Burke |
1963 | The Cage[35] | |
1964 | Under Milk Wood[36] | Mrs Ogmore -Pritchard |
1967 | The Story of the Airship[37] | Housekeeper |
1970 | Carry on Loving[38] | Aunt Beatrice Grubb |
1972 | Under Milk Wood | Mrs Dai Bread One |
Commuter Husbands[39] | Wife | |
1979 | The Corn is Green | Sarah Pugh |
S.O.S. Titanic | Emma Bucknell | |
1980 | Heartland[40] | |
1985 | Santa Claus: The Movie[41] | Miss Tucker |
1986 | The Canterville Ghost | Aunt Gretchen |
Duet for One | Betty | |
1987 | Y Gwyliau (The Holiday)[42] | Mother |
1988 | Olympus Force[43] | Mrs Grossopoulos |
2000 | 102 Dalmatians | Mrs Mirthless |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1960 | The Citadel[44] | ||
1962 | The Saint | Mrs Barnes | 1 episode |
1963 | Dixon of Dock Green[45] | 1 episode: Christmas Dip | |
1965 | Secret Agent[46] | 1 episode: Whatever happened to George Foster | |
1966 | Out of the Unknown[47] | Nurse | 1 episode: Frankenstein Mark II |
The Newcomers[48] | Mrs Hartley | 1 episode | |
Sexton Blake[49] | Mrs Bardell | Series 1 | |
1968 | One of the family[50] | 15 episodes | |
1969 | Life with Cooper[51] | 1 episode | |
1970 | The Hero of My Life… Charles Dickens[52] | Mrs Hogarth | 1 episode |
Choir Practice[53] | Mrs Lloyd | Musical play, BBC 2 | |
1971 | Once Upon a Time[54] | Narrator | 1 episode |
1972 | The Black Arrow[55] | Mistress Hatch | 13 episodes |
The Gravediggers[56] | 1 episode | ||
Jason King[57] | Mrs Edwards | 1 episode: It's Too Bad About Auntie | |
1975 | The Little Match Girl[58] | First spinster | 1 episode |
1976 | Thriller | 1 episode: The Next Victim | |
1977 | Hogg's Back[59] | Mrs Biggle | 1 episode |
1978 | Grange Hill | Mrs Monroe | Series 1 |
1980 | The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist[60] | Mrs Bedwin | |
1983 | Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime[61] | ABC Waitress | 1 episode: The Sunningdale Mystery |
Jane Eyre | Lady Lynn | ||
1984 | It's Max Boyce[62] | Gran | 4 episodes |
1986 | All at No 20 | Miss Godfrey | 1 episodes |
If Tomorrow Comes[63] | Brunhilda | 3 parts | |
Agatha Christie[64] | 1 episode: Dead Man's Folly | ||
1987 | The New Statesman | Mrs Mumford | 1 episode |
1988 | Shadow on the Sun[65] | Nurse | |
1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot[66] | Nelly Morgan | Problem at sea |
1990 | She-Wolf of London | Aunt Elsa | 20 episodes |
1991 | The House of Eliott | Lady Cravenhurst | 1 episode |
Love and Curses[67] | Aunt Elsa | 1 episode: Curiosity Killed the Cravitz | |
1996 | Screen Two | 1 episode Century | |
1999 | Home Farm Twins[68] |
Also Dixon of Dock Green, No Hiding Place and Danger Man.[69]
Soho, London
In the 1960s, because of her legal qualification, Phillips held the licence to various bars in London's Soho, including the Irving, the Iron Lung, the Buckstone[70] and the Kismet, where patrons included Terence Stamp, Albert Finney, David Hockney and Francs Bacon.[71] In 2019 and 2021 Phillips was interviewed about her time spent in Soho.[72][73]
References
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- ^ Rachel Cooke (21 October 2021). "Women in 60s Soho: 'You were less judged. You could do what you wanted'". theguardian.com. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
- ^ "Comedy Thriller at the Marlowe". Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. Whitstable, UK. 14 April 1967. p. 3.
- ^ "The Elder Statesman". The Stage. London, UK. 31 July 1958. p. 8.
- ^ Eliot, TS (1959). The Elder Statesman, a play. New York: Farrah Strauss and Cudahy. p. 134.
- ^ "The truth in black and white". South Wales Gazette. Newport, UK. 2 June 1967. p. 8.
- ^ "Obituary". South Wales Gazette. Newport, UK. 21 September 1951. p. 7.
- ^ "Katherine misses her Arabic". Manchester Evening News. Manchester, UK. 18 November 1967. p. 3.
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- ^ "Dangerous Corner". Liverpool Evening Express. Liverpool, UK. 20 June 1947. p. 4.
- ^ "Enter the Phillipians". South Wales Gazette. Newport, UK. 16 December 1949. p. 1.
- ^ "Sonnie Hale, Jeann Marsh, In "Pardon my claws"". Huddersfield Examiner. Huddersfield, UK. 1 September 1953. p. 3.
- ^ "Leonard Henry in a new farce "Maiden Ladies"". Huddersfield Examiner. Huddersfield, UK. 8 September 1953. p. 3.
- ^ "Enjoyable production of string and sealing wax". Huddersfield Examiner. Huddersfield, UK. 15 September 1953. p. 3.
- ^ "At the theatre". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. Buckingham, UK. 29 October 1954. p. 2.
- ^ "Anniversary at Watford". Harrow Observer. Harrow, UK. 26 January 1967. p. 18.
- ^ "Miscellaneous". The Stage. London, UK. 15 September 1955. p. 2.
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- ^ "His ninth Court play a comedy". Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle. Fulham, UK. 17 September 1976. p. 12.
- ^ "Richmond Theatre". Greenford & Northolt Gazette. Greenford, UK. 10 March 1978. p. 19.
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- ^ "Dramatic portrayal of airship era". Nottingham Evening Post. Nottingham, UK. 18 July 1966. p. 7.
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