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Betty Phillips

Betty Phillips

Actor · Born 1917-06-12 · Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Biography

In her mid-teens she sang leading roles in musicals at Richmond High School and also sang in a girls' choir organized by Burton Kurth; in the early 1940s she studied voice with in turn Mignon Duke Gidy, Avis Phillips, and Phylis Inglis and piano with Phyllis Schuldt. She appeared at TUTS for the first time in a 1946 production of Robin Hood and subsequently played leads in more than 20 TUTS productions until 1960; she is best remembered for the role of Mrs. Anna in The King and I. Phillips' radio career began in 1948 with a CBC Vancouver light classical series and has included regular appearances 1953-65 on the CBC's 'Leicester Square to Broadway'; variety work in 1955 on the BBC; solo, recital, and folksong performances on the CBC; and many British Columbia school broadcasts 1970-2. On CBC TV she sang Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus in 1954, co-starred 1956-7 with Ernie Prentice on 'Lolly-too-dum,' and was hostess 1965-7 for 'Bazaar.' Phillips has performed at the Vancouver International Festival and with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and has appeared in Vancouver Opera productions (Flora in La Traviata, 1961; Nicklausse in Tales of Hoffmann, 1961; Clotilde in Norma, 1963; Vera Bor…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. 2012 (2009) — Elderly Driver
  2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) — Mrs. Evesham
  3. MacGyver (1985) — Mrs. Delaney
  4. Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010) — Cat Lady
  5. Millennium (1996) — Abby
  6. The Outer Limits (1995) — Sylvia Walker
  7. 21 Jump Street (1987) — Gramma Bessie
  8. Intersection (1994) — Edwina
  9. The Dead Zone (2002) — Mrs. Stratton
  10. Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain (1995) — Mysterious Woman
  11. Short Time (1990) — Clerk
  12. The New Addams Family (1998) — Granmama Addams
  13. Housekeeping (1987) — Mrs. Jardine
  14. Men in Trees (2006) — Volunteer
  15. The Commish (1991)
  16. Booker (1989) — Mrs. Osheroff
  17. Bratz: Super Babyz (2007) — Gran (voice)
  18. The Collector (2004)
  19. So Weird (1999) — Astrid
  20. The Odyssey (1992) — Sylvia Ziegler
  21. Bratz Babyz Save Christmas (2008) — Gran (voice)
  22. The Adventures of the Black Stallion (1992)
  23. And the Sea Will Tell (1991) — Juror #1
  24. Jack Reed: One of Our Own (1995) — Mary Quinn
  25. Showdown at Williams Creek (1991)
  26. The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008) — Moira
  27. Hero in the Family (1986) — Chairwoman
  28. Nobody's Child (1986) — Mother Superior
  29. Shame (1992) — Norma Curtis
  30. The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984) — Mary Whitelaw
  31. I Was a Teenage Faust (2002) — Grammy
  32. I Love You Perfect (1989) — Landlord