Dancer

Phyllis Monkman

Actor

Born 1892 · LondonDied 1976United Kingdom
Phyllis Monkman
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Phyllis Monkman was a British dancer, born in 1892 in London, who died in 1976.

Biography

Phyllis Monkman (8 January 1892 – 2 December 1976) was a British stage and film actress. She was married to the entertainer Laddie Cliff.

In the early years of her career, she was often partnered on stage by Jack Buchanan and appeared in the silent film Her Heritage with him in 1919. She was also prominent in the cast of the revue The Co-Optimists and reprised her role in the film adaptation. After this point she was increasingly confined to supporting character parts. She appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's 1929 thriller Blackmail, widely considered the first British "talkie". She was romantically linked to George VI.

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Contemporaries

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