Phyllis Povah Net Worth

Phyllis Povah Net Worth is
$1.5 Million

Phyllis Povah Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Phyllis Povah (July 21, 1893 – August 7, 1975) was an American stage and film actress.Povah made her Broadway theatre debut in Mr. Pim Passes By in 1921 and acted in minor roles in several productions over the next two decades. She achieved a notable success in a featured role in the stage production of The Women, and the play ran for 18 months, from 1936 until 1938. When a film version was planned, Povah and Marjorie Main were the only members of the cast who were chosen to reprise their roles in the film which was released in 1939. (The film was directed by George Cukor).The film was a success, but Povah continued to work steadily in theatre, and appeared in the film Let's Face It (1943) with Bob Hope and Betty Hutton. Dear Ruth, in which Povah starred with John Dall and Virginia Gilmore played on Broadway from 1944 until 1946, and provided her with a substantial role and her biggest success during the 1940s. She made two films in 1952, The Marrying Kind with Judy Holliday and Aldo Ray, and Pat and Mike with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn, both directed by George Cukor.Her final Broadway role was in Anniversary Waltz with MacDonald Carey and Kitty Carlisle in 1954 and 1955. The film version, retitled Happy Anniversary (1959) and costarring David Niven and Mitzi Gaynor, was her final film.

Date Of BirthJuly 21, 1893
Died1975-08-07
Place Of BirthDetroit, Michigan, U.S.
Height5' 7½" (1.71 m)
ProfessionActress
SpouseHenry E. Drayton
Star SignCancer
#Fact
1Was a great admirer of the Christian poet Helen Steiner Rice and collected every book and novelette she ever produced.
2Is best remembered for her portrayal of Edith Potter in The Women (1939).
3Had a strong dislike of Katharine Hepburn based on her outspoken liberal viewpoints so much to the point that the only time she and Hepburn spoke to each other during the course of Pat and Mike (1952) was in character.
4Had two homes in Pennsylvania and Long Island and a summer house in Florida.
5Was a lifelong staunch conservative Republican.
6Before she was an actress, she worked as a secretary and book keeper for Wells Fargo Bank.
7Is interred at Nassau Knolls Cemetery, Port Washington, Nassau County, New York.

Actress

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Happy Anniversary1959Lillian Gans / Grandma
Armstrong Circle Theatre1956TV SeriesMrs. Foster
Pat and Mike1952Mrs. E.H. Beminger
The Marrying Kind1952Mrs. Derringer
Big Town1951TV Series
Suspense1951TV SeriesMyrtle Kelsey
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse1950TV Series
The Ford Theatre Hour1949TV Series
Let's Face It1943Nancy Collister
The Women1939Mrs. Phelps Potter - Edith

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Gable and Crawford2008Video documentary shortMrs. Phelps Potter

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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