Dorothea Phillips (actress)

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Dorothea Phillips
Born
Peggy Dorothea Phillips

(1928-09-05) 5 September 1928 (age 97)
Rhondda, Wales
NationalityWelsh
Education Aberystwyth University, Wales [1]
OccupationActress
Known for 102 Dalmatians
Under Milk Wood

Dorothea Phillips (born 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]

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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

YearProductionCompany / Location
1947 Dangerous Corner [13] Liverpool Warehousing Company
1949Hayfever [14] The New Garrick Players
1953Pardon my Claws [15] Theatre Royal, Huddersfield
Maiden Ladies [16]
Pink String and Sealing Wax [17]
1954The Sleeping Prince [18] Windsor Repertory Company
1955Under Milk Wood [19] Theatre Royal, Newcastle
The Love Match [20] Brighton Royal
1957Doctor Angelus [21] Edinburgh Gateway Company
The Deep Blue Sea [22] Curzon Productions
Flare Path [23] Lyceum Theatre, London
George and Margaret [24] Curzon Productions
1958The Hamlet of Stepney Green [25] Oxford Playhouse Company
1961The Norman Wisdom Show [26] Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
The Cupboard [27]
1965 The Living Room [28] Malvern Festival Theatre, Malvern
1967The 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

Film

YearTitleRole
1962 The Lamp in Assassin Mews Mrs Burke
1963The Cage [35]
1964 Under Milk Wood [36] Mrs Ogmore -Pritchard
1967The 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
1980Heartland [40]
1985 Santa Claus: The Movie [41] Miss Tucker
1986 The Canterville Ghost Aunt Gretchen
Duet for One Betty
1987Y Gwyliau (The Holiday) [42] Mother
1988Olympus Force [43] Mrs Grossopoulos
2000 102 Dalmatians Mrs Mirthless

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1960The Citadel [44]
1962 The Saint Mrs Barnes1 episode
1963 Dixon of Dock Green [45] 1 episode: Christmas Dip
1965Secret Agent [46] 1 episode: Whatever happened to George Foster
1966 Out of the Unknown [47] Nurse1 episode: Frankenstein Mark II
The Newcomers [48] Mrs Hartley1 episode
Sexton Blake [49] Mrs BardellSeries 1
1968One of the family [50] 15 episodes
1969Life with Cooper [51] 1 episode
1970The Hero of My Life... Charles Dickens [52] Mrs Hogarth1 episode
Choir Practice [53] Mrs LloydMusical play, BBC 2
1971Once Upon a Time [54] Narrator1 episode
1972The Black Arrow [55] Mistress Hatch13 episodes
The Gravediggers [56] 1 episode
Jason King [57] Mrs Edwards1 episode: It's Too Bad About Auntie
1975The Little Match Girl [58] First spinster1 episode
1976 Thriller 1 episode: The Next Victim
1977Hogg's Back [59] Mrs Biggle1 episode
1978 Grange Hill Mrs MonroeSeries 1
1980The Further Adventures of Oliver Twist [60] Mrs Bedwin
1983 Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime [61] ABC Waitress1 episode: The Sunningdale Mystery
Jane Eyre Lady Lynn
1984It's Max Boyce [62] Gran4 episodes
1986 All at No 20 Miss Godfrey1 episodes
If Tomorrow Comes [63] Brunhilda3 parts
Agatha Christie [64] 1 episode: Dead Man's Folly
1987 The New Statesman Mrs Mumford1 episode
1988Shadow on the Sun [65] Nurse
1989 Agatha Christie's Poirot [66] Nelly MorganProblem at sea
1990 She-Wolf of London Aunt Elsa20 episodes
1991 The House of Eliott Lady Cravenhurst1 episode
Love and Curses [67] Aunt Elsa1 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 Francis Bacon. [2] In 2019 and 2021 Phillips was interviewed about her time spent in Soho. [2] [71]

References

  1. ↑ "Enter the Phillipians". South Wales Gazette. Newport, UK. 16 December 1949. p. 1.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. ↑ "Comedy Thriller at the Marlowe". Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. Whitstable, UK. 14 April 1967. p. 3.
  4. ↑ "The Elder Statesman". The Stage. London, UK. 31 July 1958. p. 8.
  5. ↑ Eliot, TS (1959). The Elder Statesman, a play. New York: Farrah Strauss and Cudahy. p. 134.
  6. ↑ "The truth in black and white". South Wales Gazette. Newport, UK. 2 June 1967. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "Obituary". South Wales Gazette. Newport, UK. 21 September 1951. p. 7.
  8. ↑ "Katherine misses her Arabic". Manchester Evening News. Manchester, UK. 18 November 1967. p. 3.
  9. ↑ "Cardiganshire in brief". Herald of Wales. Newport, UK. 5 March 1949. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "Dorothea Phillips". Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald. Whitstable, UK. 28 October 1950. p. 2.
  11. ↑ "It started in a bus from Abertillery to Llanhilleth". South Wales Argus. Newport, UK. 28 November 1961. p. 2.
  12. ↑ "For stage and college". South Wales Gazette. Newport, UK. 6 October 1950. p. 3.
  13. ↑ "Dangerous Corner". Liverpool Evening Express. Liverpool, UK. 20 June 1947. p. 4.
  14. ↑ "Enter the Phillipians". South Wales Gazette. Newport, UK. 16 December 1949. p. 1.
  15. ↑ "Sonnie Hale, Jeann Marsh, In "Pardon my claws"". Huddersfield Examiner. Huddersfield, UK. 1 September 1953. p. 3.
  16. ↑ "Leonard Henry in a new farce "Maiden Ladies"". Huddersfield Examiner. Huddersfield, UK. 8 September 1953. p. 3.
  17. ↑ "Enjoyable production of string and sealing wax". Huddersfield Examiner. Huddersfield, UK. 15 September 1953. p. 3.
  18. ↑ "At the theatre". Buckinghamshire Advertiser. Buckingham, UK. 29 October 1954. p. 2.
  19. ↑ "Anniversary at Watford". Harrow Observer. Harrow, UK. 26 January 1967. p. 18.
  20. ↑ "Miscellaneous". The Stage. London, UK. 15 September 1955. p. 2.
  21. ↑ "Duncan Macrae in a James Bridie Thriller". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh, UK. 30 September 1957. p. 8.
  22. ↑ "Young folks' concert". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh, UK. 22 October 1957. p. 9.
  23. ↑ "RAF Drama and a dashing musical show". Edinburgh Evening News. Edinburgh, UK. 10 September 1957. p. 3.
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  25. ↑ "King's Theatre Southsea". Bognor Regis Observer. Bognor Regis, UK. 30 May 1958. p. 2.
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  28. ↑ "Malvern Festival Theatre". Sunday Mercury. Malvern, UK. 11 July 1965. p. 21.
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  31. ↑ "His ninth Court play a comedy". Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle. Fulham, UK. 17 September 1976. p. 12.
  32. ↑ "Richmond Theatre". Greenford & Northolt Gazette. Greenford, UK. 10 March 1978. p. 19.
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  35. ↑ "'Ancock go 'ome". South Wales Argus. Newport, UK. 11 January 1963. p. 2.
  36. ↑ "Under Milk Wood". The Stage. London, UK. 12 March 1964. p. 12.
  37. ↑ "Dramatic portrayal of airship era". Nottingham Evening Post. Nottingham, UK. 18 July 1966. p. 7.
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  51. ↑ "Tommy Cooper joins ranks". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. Hartlepool, UK. 22 April 1969. p. 3.
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  55. ↑ "Your armchair entertainment". Bognor Regis Observer. Bognor Regis, UK. 1 December 1972. p. 8.
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