Phyllis Allen (November 25, 1861 – March 26, 1938) was an American

vaudeville Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic compositio ...

and silent screen

comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience dir ...

. She worked with

Charles Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is consider ...

Mabel Normand Amabel Ethelreid Normand (November 9, 1893 – February 23, 1930), better known as Mabel Normand, was an American silent film actress, screenwriter, director, and producer. She was a popular star and collaborator of Mack Sennett in their K ...

Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Roscoe Conkling "Fatty" Arbuckle (; March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) was an American silent film actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He started at the Selig Polyscope Company and eventually moved to Keystone Studios, where he worked w ...

, and

Mack Sennett Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in th ...

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 Marie Dressler (born Leila Marie Koerber, November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was a Canadian stage and screen actress, comedian, and early silent film and Great Depression, Depression-era film star. In 1914, she was in the first full-lengt ...

Partial filmography

*''Forced Bravery'' (1913) *''

Murphy's I.O.U. ''Murphy's I.O.U.'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Nick Cogley * Dot Farley * Henry Lehrman * Fred Mace as Murphy * Hank Mann * Charles Murray * Mack Sennett as P ...

'' (1913) *''

Peeping Pete ''Peeping Pete'' is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Pete's wife * Charles Avery * Peggy Pearce Peggy Pearce (born Velma Pearce; June 4, 1894 – Febru ...

'' (1913) *''

The Riot ''The Riot'' is a 1913 American short comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and starring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Alice Davenport * Hank Mann * Charles Murray * Mabel Normand * Ford Sterling * Al St. Jo ...

'' (1913) *''

Mother's Boy Mother's boy, also commonly and informally mummy's boy or mama's boy, is a term for a man seen as having an unhealthy dependence on his mother at an age at which he is expected to be self-reliant (e.g. live on his own, be economically independent) ...

'' (1913) *'' Two Old Tars'' (1913) *'' Fatty at San Diego'' (1913) *'' Rebecca's Wedding Day'' (1914) *''

A Robust Romeo ''A Robust Romeo'' is a 1914 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Cast * Phyllis Allen * Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle * Emma Clifton * Alice Davenport * Ford Sterling * Mack Swain See also * List of American films of 1914 * Fatty A ...

'' (1914) *''

A Busy Day ''A Busy Day'' is a 1914 short film starring Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain. Plot In ''A Busy Day'', a wife (played by an energetic Charlie Chaplin) becomes jealous of her husband's interest in another woman during a military parade. On her w ...

'' (1914) *'' Love and Bullets'' (1914) *''

Caught in a Cabaret ''Caught in a Cabaret'' is a 1914 short comedy film written and directed by Mabel Normand and starring Normand and Charles Chaplin. Plot Chaplin plays a waiter who fakes being the Prime Minister of Greenland to impress a girl. He then is invi ...

'' (1914) *'' The Rounders'' (1914) *'' Hello, Mabel'' (1914) *'' Lover's Luck'' (1914) *''

Gentlemen of Nerve ''Gentlemen of Nerve'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film directed by Charles Chaplin, starring Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and produced by Mack Sennett for Keystone Studios. Plot Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Cha ...

'' (1914) *'' His Trysting Place'' (1914) *'' Getting Acquainted'' (1914) *'' Leading Lizzie Astray'' (1914) *'' Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1914) (uncredited) *'' That Little Band of Gold'' (1915) *'' Fatty's Plucky Pup'' (1915) *'' Fickle Fatty's Fall'' (1915) *''

A Submarine Pirate ''A Submarine Pirate'' is a 1915 American short comedy film starring Syd Chaplin and featuring an early uncredited appearance by Harold Lloyd. Cast * Syd Chaplin as Ambitious waiter * Wesley Ruggles as The inventor's accomplice * Glen Caven ...

'' (1915) *''

A Night in the Show ''A Night in the Show'' was Charlie Chaplin's 12th film for Essanay. It was made at Majestic Studio in Los Angeles in the fall of 1915. Chaplin played two roles: one as Mr. Pest and one as Mr. Rowdy. The film was created from Chaplin's stage wor ...

'' (1915) *'' The Adventurer'' (1917) *'' The Vagabond'' (1916) *'' White Youth'' (1920) *'' Pay Day'' (1922) with

*''

The Pilgrim A pilgrim is one who undertakes a religious journey or pilgrimage. Pilgrim(s) or The Pilgrim(s) may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film, television, radio and the stage * The Pilgrim (1923 film), ''The Pilgrim'' (1923 film), a si ...

'' (1923)

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