Phyllis Allen


Born:		Nov 25, 1861 Staten Island, NY
Career:		1914-1923
Countries:		USA
Genre/Type:		Comedy

Biography by Hans J. Wollstein

Rotund screen comedian Phyllis Allen had made quite a splash in vaudeville and musical comedy prior to signing with the Selig  company around 1910. Allen, however, enjoyed her greatest popularity at Mack Sennett's slapstick factory Keystone, where she became a favorite foil of the equally burly Mack Swain and appeared as Charles Chaplin's wife in such farces as The Rounders (1914) and Getting Acquainted (1914). She was later found in several of Chaplin's Mutual comedies, including The Adventurer (1917; as the governess), but by 1920 she was supporting the lesser-known Gale Henry in low-budget "Model Comedies." There would be a reunion with Chaplin in the 1922 First National short Pay Day, but Allen's screen work slowed considerably in the early 1920s and her screen career seems to have run its course by the middle of the decade.

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Filmography

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
The Pilgrim	1923		Actor [Starring]
Pay Day	1922		Actor [Starring]
The Kid	1921		Actor [Starring]
Judge	1916		Actor [Starring]
A Night in the Show	1915		Actor [Starring]
A Submarine Pirate	1915		Actor [Starring]
Fickle Fatty's Fall	1915		Actor [Starring]
Giddy, Gay, and Ticklish	1915		Actor [Starring]
Gussle's Wayward Path	1915		Actor [Starring]
Keystone Comedies, Vol. 8	1915		Actor [Starring]
A Busy Day	1914		Actor [Starring]
Caught in a Cabaret	1914		Actor [Starring]
Dough and Dynamite	1914		Actor [Starring]
Fatty's Jonah Day	1914		Actor [Starring]
Gentlemen of Nerve	1914		Actor [Starring]
Getting Acquainted	1914		Actor [Starring]