Phyllis Barry

Actor: Phyllis Barry

Born: 1909 in London, UK
Occupation: Actor
Active: '30s-'40s
Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Diplomaniacs, Goodbye Love, The Moonstone
First Major Screen Credit: Cynara (1932)

Biography

A beautiful brunette from England, Phyllis Barry grabbed the choice role of 1932, that of the melancholy shop girl turned mistress in Cynara, the much awaited screen version of E.M. Harwood and Robert Gore-Browne's 1928 play. Based on poet Ernest Dawson's immortal line, "I have been faithful to thee, Cynara, in my fashion," the triangle drama was too downbeat for popular appeal and rather than enjoying instant stardom, Barry was relegated to playing a foil for comics Wheeler and Woolsey in Diplomaniacs and Buster Keaton in What, No Beer? (both 1933). Despite these setbacks, she hung around until the late '40s, playing ever-smaller roles. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

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Phyllis Barry
Born	December 7, 1908(1908-12-07) London, England
Died	July 1, 1954 (aged 45) Los Angeles, California United States
Years active	1932-1947

Phyllis Barry (7 December 1908 – 1 July 1954) was an English film actress. Born in London, England, Barry appeared in over 40 films between 1932 and 1947.

Barry left her native country of England to pursue a Hollywood movie career. Modern viewers will remember Barry for her role as a foreign spy who seduces Curly Howard in the Three Stooges short subject Three Little Sew and Sews. Other films include The Prince and the Pauper, One Rainy Afternoon, and Laurel and Hardy's Bonnie Scotland.^[1]

Barry (bottom left) plays a foreign spy who is captured by the Three Stooges in in the 1939 film Three Little Sew and Sews.

Director King Vidor selected Barry to co-star as "the other woman" in the 1932 Samuel Goldwyn film "Cynara" starring Ronald Coleman and Kay Francis. In 1933 she starred alongside Buster Keaton and Jimmy Durante in the comedy What! No Beer? for MGM. Although she was quite good, her career never included other major productions.

Barry died suddenly on July 1, 1954.

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Phyllis Barry at the Internet Movie Database

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NAME	Barry, Phyllis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Actor
DATE OF BIRTH	1908-12-7
PLACE OF BIRTH	London, England
DATE OF DEATH	1954-7-1
PLACE OF DEATH	Los Angeles, California

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