Alma Rock Phillips | |
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 Portrait of Alma Rock Phillips, published in Lone Hand magazine in January 1916. | |
| Born | Alma Lillian Mary Phillips 1890 |
| Died | 20 December 1966 (aged 76) St. Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales. [2] |
| Occupation(s) | Film and stage actress |
| Spouse | Walter Stewart Knox. [3] |
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