Phyllis Kennedy (June , â€" December , ) was an American film
actress.She was born in Detroit, Michigan on June , . Following her
high school graduation in , she got employment as a clothes model in a
local department store. During her modeling period, one of her friends
recommended that she try her hand at acting. She began her acting
career on the New York stage in a small role in a production of Jane
Eyre. Soon, she decided to try her hand in the film industry. Around ,
she broke her back while dancing in a show in Denver and was told she
would never dance again. Two years later, she was able to dance
again.Kennedy was noticed by Ginger Rogers when she performed as a
chorus girl in Shall We Dance? She did some comedy dances for Rogers
offstage, which impressed the other actress. This relationship led to
her being cast as a maid in Stage Door with Rogers and Katharine
Hepburn. She was eventually signed onto RKO Radio. She then began
getting parts in films playing dimwitted servants; most notably in
such films as Vivacious Lady (), Mother Carey's Chickens (), Love
Affair (), East Side of Heaven (), and Anne of Windy Poplars ().Well
into the s Kennedy made over twenty film appearances although a lot of
her film roles were uncredited. In later years she made appearances on
shows like the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Missourians, and The Lone
Ranger. She also appeared as an uncredited Cockney in the film My Fair
Lady (). Her last screen appearance was in Finian's Rainbow in in an
uncredited role.
actress.She was born in Detroit, Michigan on June , . Following her
high school graduation in , she got employment as a clothes model in a
local department store. During her modeling period, one of her friends
recommended that she try her hand at acting. She began her acting
career on the New York stage in a small role in a production of Jane
Eyre. Soon, she decided to try her hand in the film industry. Around ,
she broke her back while dancing in a show in Denver and was told she
would never dance again. Two years later, she was able to dance
again.Kennedy was noticed by Ginger Rogers when she performed as a
chorus girl in Shall We Dance? She did some comedy dances for Rogers
offstage, which impressed the other actress. This relationship led to
her being cast as a maid in Stage Door with Rogers and Katharine
Hepburn. She was eventually signed onto RKO Radio. She then began
getting parts in films playing dimwitted servants; most notably in
such films as Vivacious Lady (), Mother Carey's Chickens (), Love
Affair (), East Side of Heaven (), and Anne of Windy Poplars ().Well
into the s Kennedy made over twenty film appearances although a lot of
her film roles were uncredited. In later years she made appearances on
shows like the Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, The Missourians, and The Lone
Ranger. She also appeared as an uncredited Cockney in the film My Fair
Lady (). Her last screen appearance was in Finian's Rainbow in in an
uncredited role.
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