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Phyllis Dare (15 August 1890 – 27 April 1975) was an English singer and actress, famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other musical theatre in the first half of the 20th century. Born Phyllis Constance Haddie Dones in Chelsea, London, Dare first performed on stage at the age of nine, in the Christmas pantomime ''Babes in the Wood'' (1899). Later that year, she appeared as Little Christina in ''Ib and Little Christina''. She soon played Mab in the Seymour Hicks musical ''Bluebell in Fairyland'', and at the age of 15, she took over the starring role of Angela in ''The Catch of the Season''. In 1909, Dare created the role of Eileen Cavanagh in the hit musical ''The Arcadians'', where she met the producer George Edwardes. This started a long association between the two, who collaborated on productions including ''The Girl in the Train'', ''Peggy'' and ''The Quaker Girl''. In 1912, she starred in ''The Sunshine Girl''. In 1913 she joined the cast of ''The Dancing Mistress'', as Nancy Joyce, at the Adelphi Theatre and continued to star in successful productions throughout the 1920s, including in the role of Mariana in ''The Lady of the Rose'' (1922). During her later career, she turned to straight plays, some of which included ''Aren't We All'' in 1929, ''Words and Music'' in 1932 and ''The Fugitives'' in 1936. She appeared occasionally in films, starring in ''The Argentine Tango and Other Dances'' in 1913, ''Dr. Wake's Patient'' in 1916, ''Crime on the Hill'' in 1933 and ''Debt of Honour'' in 1936. In the 1940s she appeared in a tour of ''Full House'' and was later cast in ''Other People's Houses''. In 1949, Dare opened as Marta the mistress in Ivor Novello's musical, ''King's Rhapsody''. The show ran for two years and was Dare's last theatrical endeavour. She retired to Brighton in 1951 and died at the age of 84. ==Life and career== Dare was born in Chelsea, London.〔 Her father, Arthur Albert Dones, was a divorce clerk, and her mother was Harriette Amelia Wheeler.〔Triesman, Susan. (''Dare, Phyllis'', ) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, accessed 20 November 2011〕 Dare was the youngest of three children. Her sister, Zena, three and a half years her senior, also became a well-known musical comedy actress.〔 They had a brother named Jack.〔(Information from the Stage Beauty website )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phyllis Dare」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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