Phyllis Barrington
Born
Clara Otelia Parry

February 7, 1904
Ogden, Utah, U.S.
DiedJune 20, 1989, (aged 85)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Phyllis Barrington (February 7, 1904 – June 20, 1989) was an American actress. Born Clara Parry and raised in Salt Lake City, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Parry.[1] She was a graduate of Salt Lake's East High School.[2] She attended the Major School of Acting in Long Beach, California and studied voice.[3][4]

She was known for her roles in Hollywood films in the early 1930s such as Lewis D. Collins's The Law of the Tong (1931), with John Harron and Jason Robards Sr.,[5] Armand Schaefer's Sinister Hands (1932) opposite Jack Mulhall,[6] Sucker Money (Victims of the Beyond) (1933), with Mischa Auer,[7] and Melville Shyer's The Murder in the Museum (1934), with Henry B. Walthall and John Harron.[8] Barrington also appeared in plays.[3][9]

At some point before her father's death in 1938, she returned to her birth name and moved to New York City. She died in Los Angeles on June 20, 1989, aged 85.[10][11]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "Scores Success". Salt Lake Tribune. September 14, 1930. Retrieved July 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ↑ "Scores Success". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 14, 1930. p. 46. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. 1 2 "Actress To Essay Lead In Tragedy". Los Angeles Times. July 5, 1931. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ↑ "Voice Student Gets New Role". Los Angeles Times. December 14, 1930. p. 39. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ↑ Langman, Larry; Daniel Finn (1995). A Guide to American Crime Films of the Thirties. Greenwood Press. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-313-29532-4.
  6. ↑ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. p. 360. ISBN 978-3-11-095194-3.
  7. ↑ Langman, Larry (30 March 2009). The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900–1996. McFarland. p. 251. ISBN 978-1-4766-0925-6.
  8. ↑ Parish, James Robert; Pitts, Michael R. (1990). The Great Detective Pictures. Scarecrow Press. p. 358. ISBN 978-0-8108-2286-3.
  9. ↑ "From Leslie Howard To Shakespeare". Los Angeles Times. November 5, 1933. p. 32. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ↑ "Parry Funeral Set For Sunday". Salt Lake City Telegram. February 5, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  11. ↑ "Two S.L. Girls Winning Fame". Salt Lake City Telegram. September 14, 1930. p. 22. Retrieved November 13, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon


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