Phyllis Allen

Acting

Phyllis Allen

Born — Died

1861-11-25 — 1938-03-26

Place of birth

Staten Island, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

Phyllis Allen (November 25, 1861 – March 26, 1938) was an American vaudeville and silent screen comedian. She 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. Due to her imposing demeanour and perennially haughty expression, she was quite similar in appearance to fellow screen comedian Marie Dressler. [biography from Wikipedia]

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 6 titles

1910s · 38 titles

Tillie's Punctured Romance poster
6.2

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

Caught in a Cabaret poster
5.8

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.

Caught in a Cabaret

1914

A Lover's Lost Control poster
5.7

Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.

A Lover's Lost Control

1915

A Lover's Lost Control poster
5.7

Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.

A Lover's Lost Control

1915

Fatty's Magic Pants poster
5.5

'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.

Fatty's Magic Pants

1914

His Trysting Places poster
6.2

On his way to a restaurant, Ambrose, a happily married man, obliges to mail a letter for a woman in the apartment lobby. Unbeknownst to him, the letter is about a rendezvous with her own lover at their "trysting place". Elsewhere, after some domestic frustration, Charlie runs an errand to buy a baby bottle before stopping at the same restaurant. After a confrontation there, they both inadvertently leave with each other's coats. Later, their wives independently discover what appears to be incriminating evidence of extramarital affairs from the pockets of the swapped garments. It all comes to a head when all four of them find themselves at the "trysting place" in the park.

His Trysting Places

1914

The Adventurer poster
6.9

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 Adventurer

1917

The Property Man poster
5.8

Charlie is in charge of stage props and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room. Once all that is resolved the next issue is getting everyone on stage with the correct backdrop.

The Property Man

1914

The Vagabond poster
6.8

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

The Vagabond

1916

That Little Band Of Gold poster
5.1

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.

That Little Band Of Gold

1915

Fatty’s Plucky Pup poster
5.6

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.

Fatty’s Plucky Pup

1915

Dough and Dynamite poster
6.1

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.

Dough and Dynamite

1914

The Rounders poster
6.1

Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.

The Rounders

1914

Getting Acquainted poster
5.4

Charlie and his wife are in the park when he encounters Ambrose and his wife. Each man is attracted to and shows unwanted attention to the other man's wife. A policeman becomes involved.

Getting Acquainted

1914

Fatty at San Diego poster
NR

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.

Fatty at San Diego

1913

A Thief Catcher poster
5.1

Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.

A Thief Catcher

1914

The Star Boarder poster
5.2

A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.

The Star Boarder

1914

Gentlemen of Nerve poster
5.7

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.

Gentlemen of Nerve

1914

Murphy's I.O.U. poster
NR

Murphy, the cop, gives his I. O. U. to the money-lender. Pressed for payment, he gives up his wife's jewelry. She thinks she has been robbed and reports the matter to the police lieutenant. Amusing complications result in which Murphy's duplicity is exposed, and his wife administers punishment for his offense.

Murphy's I.O.U.

1913

Zip, the Dodger poster
NR

Zip is a young man whose job is to dodge baseballs at a resort concession. To impress a young lady under a parasol he gets a friend to substitute for him while he pretends to be a young man of leisure. Trouble starts when the girl happens along later and discovers what Zip's job really is.

Zip, the Dodger

1914

Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life poster
5.3

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 and Mabel’s Simple Life

1915

Gussle's Day of Rest poster
5.5

The disgraceful Reggie Gussle spends a day at the park with his hated wife while trying to steal a lovely girl from her boyfriend.

Gussle's Day of Rest

1915

Fickle Fatty's Fall poster
NR

Fickle Fatty's Fall is a 1914 Comedy short.

Fickle Fatty's Fall

1915

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10.0

Where Hazel Met the Villain is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Phyllis Allen.

Where Hazel Met the Villain

1914

A Submarine Pirate poster
4.9

A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.

A Submarine Pirate

1915

Gussle's Wayward Path poster
5.0

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 Wayward Path

1915

Leading Lizzie Astray poster
4.4

A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.

Leading Lizzie Astray

1914

A Busy Day poster
4.8

A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.

A Busy Day

1914

No artwork available
NR

Rebecca's Wedding Day is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Billy Gilbert.

Rebecca's Wedding Day

1914

No artwork available
NR

Fatty's Finish is a 1914 comedy short.

Fatty's Finish

1914

No artwork available
NR

Fatty hopes to marry for money but thanks to many slapstick complications his plan doesn't go as smoothly as he intended.

Fatty and the Heiress

1914

Lover's Luck poster
3.9

A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.

Lover's Luck

1914

Monkey Stuff poster
8.0

Two-reel comedy, directed by William S. Campbell staring noted orangutan actor, Joe Martin

Monkey Stuff

1919

The Head Waiter poster
7.0

The headwaiter does tricks with spaghetti that the greatest spaghetti handlers in the world never heard of. The sight makes your mouth water. Besides food, the scenes are garnished with a couple of trayfuls of beautiful girls.

The Head Waiter

1919

No artwork available
5.0

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.

Caught in a Park

1915

No artwork available
NR

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.

Fatty Again

1914

A Movie Star poster
5.5

The star of a film attends a public showing.

A Movie Star

1916

No artwork available
NR

Gussle Rivals Jonah is a silent comedy

Gussle Rivals Jonah

1915