# Phyllis Stanley

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{{Short description|British actress (1914–1992)}}
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[[File:Phyllis Stanley is playing to a naval audience during a show on the packed deck of HMS NELSON, 7 January 1943. A14185.jpg|thumb| Phyllis Stanley is playing to a naval audience, during a show on the packed deck of [HMS Nelson](/source/HMS_Nelson_(28)), 7 January 1943. Note the sailors sitting on one of the 16 inch (406 mm) guns in the foreground.]]

'''Phyllis Stanley''' (30 October 1914 – 12 March 1992) was a British actress.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/277322 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; STANLEY, Phyllis |access-date=2011-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023005829/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/277322 |archive-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 

== Personal life ==
During [World War II](/source/World_War_II), she shared a flat in [West End of London](/source/West_End_of_London) with the Scottish heiress [Jane Corby](/source/Jane_Beadon).<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jul/09/guardianobituaries | title=Jane Beadon | website=[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com) | date=9 July 1999 }}</ref> She became a United States citizen on January 23, 1953.<ref>{{cite news |title=Actress Now a Citizen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-phyllis-stanley/176396718/ |access-date=July 11, 2025 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=January 25, 1953 |page=32|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) }}</ref>

Miller married Colonel Stephen Miller in [Maidenhead](/source/Maidenhead), England, in April 1947.<ref>{{cite news |title=Col. Miller Weds Phyllis Stanley, British Actress |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-citizen-news-phyllis/176397008/ |access-date=July 11, 2025 |work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News |date=April 25, 1947 |page=3|via = [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com) }}</ref>

==Partial filmography==
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* ''[Leave It to Blanche](/source/Leave_It_to_Blanche)'' (1934) - Singer
* ''[Too Many Millions](/source/Too_Many_Millions)'' (1934) - Tamara
* ''[Hello, Sweetheart](/source/Hello%2C_Sweetheart)'' (1935)
* ''[Side Street Angel](/source/Side_Street_Angel)'' (1937) - Laura
* ''[Command Performance](/source/Command_Performance_(1937_film))'' (1937) - Olga
* ''[Sidewalks of London](/source/Sidewalks_of_London)'' (1938) - Della
* ''[There Ain't No Justice](/source/There_Ain't_No_Justice)'' (1939) - Elsie Mutch
* ''[Jeannie](/source/Jeannie_(film))'' (1941) - Mrs. Whitelaw
* ''[The Next of Kin](/source/The_Next_of_Kin)'' (1942) - Miss Clare, the dancer
* ''[We'll Smile Again](/source/We'll_Smile_Again)'' (1942) - Gina Cavendish
* ''[They Met in the Dark](/source/They_Met_in_the_Dark)'' (1943) - Lily Bernard
* ''[One Exciting Night](/source/One_Exciting_Night_(1944_film))'' (1944) - Lucille
* ''[Good-Time Girl](/source/Good-Time_Girl)'' (1948) - Ida (uncredited)
* ''[Look Before You Love](/source/Look_Before_You_Love)'' (1948) - Bettina Colby
* ''[That Dangerous Age](/source/That_Dangerous_Age)'' (1949) - Jane
* ''[The Law and the Lady](/source/The_Law_and_the_Lady_(1951_film))'' (1951) - Lady Sybil Minden
* ''[Thunder on the Hill](/source/Thunder_on_the_Hill)'' (1951) - Nurse Phillips
* ''[Lovely to Look At](/source/Lovely_to_Look_At)'' (1952) - Prospective Investor Wife (uncredited)
* ''[Rogue's March](/source/Rogue's_March_(film))'' (1953) - Mabel (uncredited)
* ''[Take Me to Town](/source/Take_Me_to_Town)'' (1953) - Mrs. Edna Stoffer
* ''[Her Twelve Men](/source/Her_Twelve_Men)'' (1954) - Mrs. Curtis (uncredited)
* ''[Strange Lady in Town](/source/Strange_Lady_in_Town)'' (1955) - Mrs. Clegg (uncredited)
* ''[The Black Sleep](/source/The_Black_Sleep)'' (1956) - Daphne
* ''[The Seventh Sin](/source/The_Seventh_Sin)'' (1957) - Dorothy Duvelle (uncredited)
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0822574}}

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Category:Actresses from London
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