Phyllis Neilson–Terry

Phyllis Neilson-Terry (15 October 1892 – 25 September 1977) was an English actress. She was born in London, daughter of Julia Neilson and Fred Terry; her younger brother was actor Dennis Neilson-Terry. She made her first stage appearance in Henry of Navarre (1909), and played Viola in Twelfth Night at the Haymarket in 1910. Subsequently she appeared in leading rôles of other Shakespearean plays and in a revival of London Assurance (1913). She had great success in New York in 1915 in an all-star revival of Trilby, taking the title rôle.

She was an actress for more than 50 years.

Selected filmography

• Look Back in Anger (1959)
• Conspiracy of Hearts (1960)

See also

• Terry family
• Neilson-Terry Guild of Dramatic Art

External links

• Phyllis Neilson-Terry at the Internet Movie Database
• Phyllis Neilson-Terry at the Internet Broadway Database
• Phyllis Neilson-Terry
• Image of Phyllis Neilson-Terry
• Phyllis Neilson-Terry color lithograph 1915 The Theatre magazine
• Phyllis Neilson–Terry at Find a Grave

• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.