29 Facts About Phyllis Dare

Phyllis Dare 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, Phyllis Dare created the role of Eileen Cavanagh in the hit musical The Arcadians, where she met the producer George Edwardes.

Phyllis Dare 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 1949, Phyllis Dare opened as Marta the mistress in Ivor Novello's musical, King's Rhapsody.

Phyllis Dare retired to Brighton in 1951 and died 27 April 1975 at the age of 84.

Phyllis Dare's father, Arthur Albert Dones, was a divorce clerk, and her mother was Harriette Amelia Wheeler.

The next year, Phyllis Dare was cast as Little Christina in a production of Ib and Little Christina at the Prince of Wales's Theatre, the same year repeating the role at the Coronet Theatre, and she ended the year in the Christmas pantomime Little Red Riding Hood in Manchester.

Phyllis Dare took a few years off to concentrate on her studies.

Phyllis Dare's family did not approve and had the young nobleman rapidly shipped off to Scotland.

Phyllis Dare was Charley, one of the Babes in the Babes in the Wood, at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham.

Later in 1905, just after her fifteenth birthday, Phyllis Dare took over the starring role of Angela in The Catch of the Season from Terriss.

Phyllis Dare next appeared in a pantomime of Cinderella in Newcastle.

Phyllis Dare left the stage abruptly and travelled to a Belgian convent to continue her studies.

Phyllis Dare was found guilty and sentenced to 8 months imprisonment.

Phyllis Dare returned to London with her father in haste in 1906 to take over the title role, at age 16 and on short notice, of Julia Chaldicott, in The Belle of Mayfair when Edna May left the cast at the Vaudeville Theatre.

In 1907, Phyllis Dare published her autobiography From School to Stage.

In 1908, Phyllis Dare returned to The Dairymaids at the Adelphi Theatre for two months.

In 1909, Phyllis Dare created the role of Eileen Cavanagh in the hit musical The Arcadians at the Original Shaftesbury Theatre.

Phyllis Dare left The Sunshine Girl in 1913 to join the cast of The Dancing Mistress, as Nancy Joyce, at the Adelphi Theatre.

Phyllis Dare began to develop a relationship with the composer Paul Rubens.

Phyllis Dare had written the music for The Sunshine Girl and The Dairymaids, and they became acquainted.

Phyllis Dare would write the music for her next series of shows, including The Girl from Utah at the Adelphi, Miss Hook of Holland at the Prince of Wales's and Tina at the Adelphi.

Phyllis Dare dedicated his most famous song, "I Love the Moon" to her.

Phyllis Dare performed on stage rarely for the next few years, appearing in Hanky-Panky at the Empire Theatre in 1917.

Phyllis Dare returned to the stage in 1919 as Lucienne Touquet in Kissing Time at the Winter Garden and then played Princess Badr-al-budur in Aladdin in 1920 at the Hippodrome, London.

Phyllis Dare appeared in a few films including The Argentine Tango and Other Dances, Dr Wake's Patient, The Common Law, Crime on the Hill, Debt of Honour, Marigold and Gildersleeve on Broadway.

In 1940, for the first time in over four decades, Zena and Phyllis Dare shared the stage, in a tour of Full House, in which Dare played Lola Leadenhall.

In 1949, Phyllis Dare opened as Marta the mistress in Ivor Novello's musical, King's Rhapsody, again with her sister Zena.

Phyllis Dare retired to Brighton, England, at the age of 61, where she died at the age of 84.