Betty Phillips

About

In her mid-teens she sang leading roles in musicals at Richmond High School and also sang in a girls' choir organized by Burton Kurth; in the early 1940s she studied voice with in turn Mignon Duke Gidy, Avis Phillips, and Phylis Inglis and piano with Phyllis Schuldt. She appeared at TUTS for the first time in a 1946 production of Robin Hood and subsequently played leads in more than 20 TUTS productions until 1960; she is best remembered for the role of Mrs. Anna in The King and I. Phillips' radio career began in 1948 with a CBC Vancouver light classical series and has included regular appearances 1953-65 on the CBC's 'Leicester Square to Broadway'; variety work in 1955 on the BBC; solo, recital, and folksong performances on the CBC; and many British Columbia school broadcasts 1970-2. On CBC TV she sang Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus in 1954, co-starred 1956-7 with Ernie Prentice on...

Known for

MacGyverSeries • 198521 Jump StreetSeries • 1987The Outer LimitsSeries • 1995MillenniumSeries • 1996The Dead ZoneSeries • 2002The CommishSeries • 1991The CollectorSeries • 2004So WeirdSeries • 1999Men in TreesSeries • 20062012Movie • 2009The OdysseySeries • 1992BookerSeries • 1989The Adventures of the Black StallionSeries • 1992Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick RulesMovie • 2011Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty GaloreMovie • 2010The New Addams FamilySeries • 1998IntersectionMovie • 1994Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear MountainMovie • 1995Short TimeMovie • 1990HousekeepingMovie • 1987Bratz: Super BabyzMovie • 2007