Phyllis Allen

Phyllis Allen

Birth : 1861-11-25, Staten Island, New York, USA

Death : 1938-03-26

History

Phyllis Allen (November 25, 1861 – March 26, 1938) was an American vaudeville and silent screen comedian who worked with Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and Mack Sennett during a film career spanning 74 movies in the decade between 1913 and 1923. Given her rotund size, she was quite similar in appearance to fellow screen comedian Marie Dressler.

Profile

Phyllis Allen

Movies

Pay Day
His Wife
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
Her First Flame
Minnie Fish
Thirty years in the future (when women are primary income-earners and men are stay-at-home housekeepers) Miss Hap is elected Fire Chief and leads her crew of firefighters to rescue a couple trapped in a burning building.
The Adventurer
Governess (uncredited)
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
The Vagabond
(uncredited)
A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
A Movie Star
Jack's Real Wife
The star of a film attends a public showing.
A Submarine Pirate
A pugnacious guest
A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Fatty's Mother-In-Law
Fickle Fatty's Fall is a 1914 Comedy short.
A Lover's Lost Control
Shoe Customer
Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.
A Lover's Lost Control
Gussle's Wife
Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.
Fatty’s Plucky Pup
Fatty's Mother
Four bad men have kidnapped Fatty's girlfriend and plan to kill her. Fatty's dog knows where she is, but Fatty doesn't and he was crying. However the dog came back to get Fatty, and they and the Keystone Cops went to rescue her.
Gussle Rivals Jonah
Mrs. Gussle
Gussle Rivals Jonah is a silent comedy
Gussle's Wayward Path
Gussle's Wife
Gussle (Syd Chaplin) comes home with a cute little dog but doesn't want the wife to see it--leading up to a rather funny bit you'll have to see for yourself. The marriage, at first, seems ideal and Gussle and his wife seem devoted. However, it soon seems that this is an act for Syd and it's obvious he's quite the philanderer. Eventually, the wife catches on and sets out to catch him--leading to a rather cute and unexpected ending.
Gussle's Day of Rest
Mrs. Gussle
The disgraceful Reggie Gussle spends a day at the park with his hated wife while trying to steal a lovely girl from her boyfriend.
That Little Band Of Gold
Audience Member (uncredited)
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his friends, leaving his wife at home with her mother. Then, when the three of them go to the opera together, the husband spots one of his friends in another box. Soon the domestic difficulties reach their peak.
Caught in a Park
The Wife
Featuring Charlie Chaplin's half-brother as The Husband, Phyllis Allen as The Wife, Slim Summerville as The Boy Friend, Cecile Arnold as The Girl Friend, and Mack Swain as The Bartender.
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
The Bride
Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to marry Mabel off to the landowner's son in exchange for tearing up the mortgage. When Mabel and Fatty find out dad's plan, they elope, pursued by dad, the hopeful suitor, and the local constables.
Fatty's Magic Pants
Fatty's Mother
'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected difficulties in getting himself ready.
Getting Acquainted
Mrs. Sniffels
Charlie and his wife are walking in the park when they encounter Ambrose and his wife where they become attracted to each other's wife and start chasing them around the park. A policeman out looking for a masher also becomes involved.
Leading Lizzie Astray
Amorous Dancing Cafe Patron (uncredited)
A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Prison Matron / Restaurant Patron / Guest (uncredited)
A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country, after a fight with his girlfriend. When he sees that Tillie's father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.
His Trysting Places
Ambrose's Wife
Charlie and his friend Ambrose meet in a restaurant and accidentally leave with each other's coats. Charlie was going to pick up a baby bottle and Ambrose was going to mail a love letter that was in his coat pocket. Charlie's wife finds the letter and thinks he has a secret lover and Ambrose's wife believes he has an illegitimate child. Controversy arises in the park between Charlie and his wife and Ambrose and his wife. It is resolved at the end, but Charlie sparks another fight between the other couple by showing his friend's wife the love letter that was in his pocket.
Gentlemen of Nerve
Flirty Woman
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up.
Dough and Dynamite
Customer
Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
Zip, the Dodger
Minta's Mother
Zip, the Dodger
Fatty Again
The Proprietor's Wife
Fatty experiences several reverses of fortunes in this boarding house story. He is first ejected for failure to pay his board. He then fixes up a postal card offering himself a handsome salary and is warmly welcomed back by the girl's parents. When the truth becomes known that he is really a sideshow barker, they again turn on him.
Lover's Luck
The Girl's Mother
A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.
The Rounders
Mrs. Full
Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.
The Property Man
Lena Fat
Charlie is in charge of stage "props" and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room. Once the dressing-room issue is resolved the next issue is getting everyone on stage with the correct backdrop. Backstage Charlie and an old man fight, often disrupting the on-stage performances. The audience also break into a fight, and a hose brought out behind the scenes ends up squirted over them.
Fatty's Finish
Fatty's Friend's Wife
Fatty's Finish is a 1914 comedy short.
Fatty and the Heiress
Fatty and the Heiress is a 1914 silent Comedy
A Busy Day
The Other Woman (unconfirmed)
A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.
Caught in a Cabaret
Cabaret Dancer (uncredited)
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.
Where Hazel Met the Villain
Hazel
Where Hazel Met the Villain is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Phyllis Allen.
The Star Boarder
Boarder (uncredited)
A brat's magic lantern show exposes an indiscreet moment between a landlady and her star boarder.
A Thief Catcher
Woman Hanging Out Washing (uncredited)
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
Rebecca's Wedding Day
Wedding Guest
Rebecca's Wedding Day is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Billy Gilbert.
Fatty at San Diego
Fatty's Wife
Fatty induces wife to let him take a day off to go to the celebration at San Diego. He has a wonderful time, flirting with the girls, breaking up a parade, fighting the police force and falling into the fountain with him, escapes, and with the crowd after him, leaps into the river. Here he rescues a little boy and becomes a hero. He goes home to wife in a bedraggled condition, tells of rescue and is set upon a pedestal. Wife, as a reward, takes him to the movies at night and sees husband flirting and fighting in the fountain, where some enterprising cameraman caught him. That explaining, as she thought, the bedraggled state in which he arrived home, she turns and beats him all the way home.