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In addition to his stage work, Phipps was connected with the cinema throughout much of his career. In 1932 and 1933 he was engaged by the
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1454:1980 deaths
1449:1913 births
1099:(1952) aka
1089:Penny Plain
1074:(1952) aka
1023:Woman Hater
645:(1939) (TV)
633:(1938) (TV)
627:(1938) (TV)
519:(1955) and
456:(1948) and
453:Woman Hater
437:(1948) and
423:(1947) and
415:Anna Neagle
395:working on
352:entry were
288:, 1944-45.
224:Perranporth
186:Noël Coward
157:St Martin's
118:Early years
1443:Categories
1221:References
946:Look Here!
597:Robinson.
583:Last years
470:David Lean
305:Vaudeville
297:Bold Lover
209:Hippolytus
1273:The Times
1055:Madeleine
704:Madeleine
475:Madeleine
349:Who's Who
341:Film work
293:Q Theatre
284:, at the
226:. At the
204:Euripides
155:. At the
92:1938–1970
1305:AllMovie
649:Blackout
579:(1963).
563:(1962),
550:(1960).
537:(1959);
443:(1949).
214:The Frog
153:Aladdin
103:West End
1372:Sources
488:(1951)
291:At the
135:Old Vic
1412:
1386:
1215:(1963)
1207:(1962)
1199:(1962)
1193:(1962)
1173:(1960)
1165:(1959)
1157:(1959)
1142:(1957)
1134:(1957)
1126:(1955)
1118:(1954)
1110:(1953)
1085:(1952)
1066:(1950)
1058:(1950)
1050:(1950)
1042:(1949)
1034:(1949)
1026:(1948)
1018:(1948)
1010:(1948)
1002:(1948)
994:(1947)
986:(1947)
972:(1946)
964:(1946)
956:(1945)
545:, and
301:Ardele
107:revues
43:(1956)
606:Actor
589:Acton
569:(US:
386:BAFTA
1434:IMDb
1410:ISBN
1384:ISBN
1361:2017
1333:2017
346:his
264:ENSA
216:and
202:and
65:Died
49:Born
1432:at
594:née
198:'s
188:'s
167:'s
37:in
1445::
1400:;
1349:.
1321:.
1303:.
1264:^
1229:^
482:,
472:,
450::
388:.
368:,
364:,
358:,
337:.
330:.
206:'
194:,
130:.
1418:.
1392:.
1363:.
1335:.
1307:.
1185:)
303:(
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