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Betty Phillips(1923-2019)

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Betty Phillips
In her mid-teens she sang leading roles in musicals at Richmond High School and also sang in a girls' choir organised 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 Boronell in The Consul, 1964; Zulma in The Italian Girl in Algiers, 1965; and the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, 1966). She has performed in musical comedy throughout Canada - on tour (1967) with One Hundred Years of Musical Comedy, at the 1968 and 1969 Charlottetown Festival; in Anne of Green Gables and Johnny Belinda, and at Winnipeg's Rainbow Stage in Fiddler on the Roof (1971). She sang locally in Theatre-in-the-Park productions of The Sound of Music (1974) and Fiddler on the Roof (1975), while studying 1972-6 at the University of British Columbia. As an actress she has played many roles at Bastion Theatre, Victoria, and the Arts Club Theatre, Vancouver, and has also appeared at Persephone Theatre, Saskatoon and at Citadel Theatre, Edmonton. In the first Vancouver Playhouse Theatre Co season (1963) she appeared as Mme Dubonnet in The Boy Friend and has continued to act for that company over the years. She has been in over 40 Canadian and US movies, some of them feature films and the others made for television. In 1962 Phillips married the actor, writer, and librettist Peter Haworth, who has collaborated with Leonard Wilson, Healey Willan, and the English composer Robert Simpson.
BornMay 17, 1923
DiedFebruary 22, 2019(95)
BornMay 17, 1923
DiedFebruary 22, 2019(95)
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Michael Roberds and Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Michael Roberds and Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Ellie Harvie and Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Michael Roberds, Nicole Fugere, Ellie Harvie, Betty Phillips, and Brody Smith in The New Addams Family (1998)
Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Michael Roberds, Ellie Harvie, Betty Phillips, and Glenn Taranto in The New Addams Family (1998)
Michael Roberds and Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Michael Roberds, John Astin, John DeSantis, and Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Michael Roberds, John Astin, and Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)
Betty Phillips in The New Addams Family (1998)

Known for

Osric Chau in 2012 (2009)
2012
5.8
  • Elderly Driver
  • 2009
Cary Elwes and Alicia Silverstone in The Crush (1993)
The Crush
5.8
  • Abigail Spaulding
  • 1993
Richard Dean Anderson in MacGyver (1985)
MacGyver
7.6
TV Series
  • Bag Lady
  • Mrs. Delaney
Runaway (1984)
Runaway
5.8
  • Linda
  • 1984

Credits

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  • Devon Bostick and Zachary Gordon in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
    Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
    • Mrs. Evesham
    • 2011
  • Christina Applegate, James Marsden, and Katt Williams in Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
    Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore
    • Cat Lady
    • 2010
  • Kathleen Barr, Dalias Blake, Brian Drummond, Sarah Edmondson, Eli Gabay, Tabitha St. Germain, Jon Hamm, Matt Hill, Sam Vincent, Maxine Miller, Bill Mondy, Colin Murdock, Nicole Oliver, Betty Phillips, Laara Sadiq, French Tickner, Lee Tockar, J.T. Turner, Jennifer Westfeldt, Alan Marriott, Trevor Lim, Vanesa Tomasino, Alex Ferris, Regan Oey, Christina Crivici, Alison Araya, Michelle Creber, Valin Shinyei, Madeleine Peters, Cedric Payne, and Ashlyn Drummond in Martha Speaks (2008)
    Martha Speaks
    • TV Series
    • 2008–2010
  • Osric Chau in 2012 (2009)
    2012
    • Elderly Driver
    • 2009
  • Bratz Babyz Save Christmas (2008)
    Bratz Babyz Save Christmas
    • Gran (voice)
    • Video
    • 2008
  • The Secret Lives of Second Wives (2008)
    The Secret Lives of Second Wives
    • Moira
    • TV Movie
    • 2008
  • Dan Byrd, Scott Patterson, Amy Pietz, Lindsey Shaw, and Adhir Kalyan in Aliens in America (2007)
    Aliens in America
    • Mrs. Lockard
    • TV Series
    • 2008
  • Bratz: Babyz the Movie (2006)
    Bratz: Super Babyz
    • Gran (voice)
    • Video
    • 2007
  • Anne Heche in Men in Trees (2006)
    Men in Trees
    • Volunteer
    • TV Series
    • 2007
  • Danny Glover, Isabella Rossellini, Shawn Ashmore, and Kristin Kreuk in Earthsea (2004)
    Earthsea
    • Marion
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2005
  • The Collector (2004)
    The Collector
    • Ruth
    • TV Series
    • 2004
  • Anthony Michael Hall in The Dead Zone (2002)
    The Dead Zone
    • Mrs. Stratton
    • TV Series
    • 2002
  • Morgan Fairchild, Robert Townsend, and Josh Zuckerman in I Was a Teenage Faust (2002)
    I Was a Teenage Faust
    • Grammy
    • TV Movie
    • 2002
  • Chris Isaak in The Chris Isaak Show (2001)
    The Chris Isaak Show
    • Sarah
    • TV Series
    • 2002
  • Sharon Stone and Billy Connolly in Beautiful Joe (2000)
    Beautiful Joe
    • Grandmotherly Sitter
    • 2000

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  • Born
    • May 17, 1923
    • Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Died
    • February 22, 2019
    • North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada(undisclosed)

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