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.

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