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Phyllis Konstam is a Actor British born on 14 april 1907 at London (United-kingdom)
Phyllis Konstam (14 April 1907 – 20 August 1976) was an English film actress. She appeared in 11 films between 1928 and 1964, including four films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
She was born in London and died in Somerset from a heart attack.
She married the tennis star Bunny Austin in 1931, whom she met on a cruise liner while travelling to the US to appear in a stage production of Frank Vosper's Murder on the Second Floor, opposite her close friend Laurence Olivier. Together, Austin and Konstam were one of the celebrity couples of the age. Austin played tennis with Charlie Chaplin, was a friend of Daphne du Maurier and met both Queen Mary and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They had two children.
In her later years, she joined her husband with involvement in the Oxford Group, performing in several films and theatrical productions around the world to benefit the cause.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 14 april 1907 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 20 august 1976 (at 69 years) at Somerset (United-kingdom)
Birth 14 april 1907 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 20 august 1976 (at 69 years) at Somerset (United-kingdom)
She was born in London and died in Somerset from a heart attack.
She married the tennis star Bunny Austin in 1931, whom she met on a cruise liner while travelling to the US to appear in a stage production of Frank Vosper's Murder on the Second Floor, opposite her close friend Laurence Olivier. Together, Austin and Konstam were one of the celebrity couples of the age. Austin played tennis with Charlie Chaplin, was a friend of Daphne du Maurier and met both Queen Mary and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They had two children.
In her later years, she joined her husband with involvement in the Oxford Group, performing in several films and theatrical productions around the world to benefit the cause.
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A Gentleman of Paris (1931)
Directed by Sinclair Hill
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Arthur Wontner, Vanda Gréville, Hugh Williams, Phyllis Konstam, Sybil Thorndike, George Merritt
Roles Madeleine
Rating58%
Tilly of Bloomsbury (1931)
, 1h10Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Phyllis Konstam, Richard Bird, Edward Chapman, Sebastian Smith
Roles Tilly Welwyn
The Skin Game (1931)
, 1h25Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Edmund Gwenn, Helen Haye, C.V. France, Jill Esmond, John Longden, Phyllis Konstam
Roles Chloe Hornblower
Rating56%
The plot tells the story of a feud between two affluent families, the long-established (upper class) Hillcrists, played by C.V. France, Helen Haye, and Jill Esmond, and the nouveau riche (formerly working class) Hornblowers, played by Edmund Gwenn, John Longden, and Frank Lawton. Two underlying themes in the story are class warfare and the urbanization of the countryside.
Compromising Daphne (1930)
, 1h26Directed by Thomas Bentley
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Phyllis Konstam, Viola Compton, Leo Sheffield, Barbara Gott, Margot Grahame
Roles Sadie Bannister
A young couple struggle with their overbearing parents.
Murder! (1930)
, 1h38Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Herbert Marshall, Norah Baring, Phyllis Konstam, Una O'Connor, Edward Chapman, Miles Mander
Roles Doucie Markham
Rating62%
Diana Baring (Norah Baring), a young actress in a travelling theatre troupe, is found in a daze with blood on her clothes, standing by the murdered body of another young actress, Edna Druce. The poker used to commit the murder was at Diana's feet, but she has no memory of what happened during the minutes the crime was committed. The two young women were thought to have been rivals, and the police arrest her. Diana withholds some important information deliberately, to protect something about the identity of a man that she will not name.
Escape! (1930)
, 1h10Directed by Basil Dean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Edna Best, Gerald du Maurier, Gordon Harker, Madeleine Carroll, Marie Ney, Mabel Poulton
Roles The Woman Hiker
Rating60%
A man escapes from Dartmoor Prison and is hunted across the moors by policemen to whom it is an unpleasant reminder of their experiences during the First World War.
Blackmail (1929)
, 1h24Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Peinture, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Anny Ondra, John Longden, Sara Allgood, Charles Paton, Franklin Dyall, Donald Calthrop
Roles Gossiping Neighbour (uncredited)
Rating68%
Scotland Yard Detective Frank Webber (John Longden) escorts his girlfriend Alice White (Anny Ondra) to a tea house. They have an argument and Frank storms out. While reconsidering his action, he sees Alice leave with Mr. Crewe (Cyril Ritchard), an artist she had earlier agreed to meet.
Champagne (1928)
, 1h26Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Betty Balfour, Gordon Harker, Jean Bradin, Ferdinand von Alten, Alexander D'Arcy, Vivian Gibson
Rating54%
The Heiress Betty (Betty Balfour) draws the ire of her father after using his aeroplane to fly to her boyfriend (Jean Braden) on an ocean liner headed to France.