Phyllis Dare
(1890-1975), ActressPhyllis Dare (Phyllis Constance Haddie Dones)
Sitter in 99 portraits
With her sister Zena (1887-1975) she was one of the most popular picture-postcard beauties of the Edwardian era. Beginning as a child on stage, she achieved stardom in The Belle of Mayfair (1906), and was on the London stage for the next twenty years. At the Gaiety Theatre she was Peggy (1911) and The Sunshine Girl (1912). The composer Paul Rubens was in love with her and dedicated his most famous song, 'I Love the Moon' to her. As fashions changed, she moved with the times, starring in Kissing Time (1919), The Street Singer (1924) and Rodgers and Hart's Lido Lady (1926) with 'Atlantic Blues'. Her last musical was Ivor Novello's King's Rhapsody (1949).
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x7986
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
hand-coloured postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x193721
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
hand-coloured postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x193722
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
hand-coloured postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x193723
by Bassano Ltd, published by The Rotophot Postcard
hand-coloured bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193724
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193725
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193726
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193727
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
hand-coloured postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193728
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193729
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193730
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193731
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193732
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193733
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x193734
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x193735
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x193736
by Bassano Ltd, published by The Philco Publishing Co
halftone postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193737
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rapid Photo Co
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193738
by Bassano Ltd, published by Davidson Brothers
postcard print, 1900s
NPG x193739
Related People
- Jack Dare (John William Cecil Dones) (brother)
- Zena Dare (Florence Harriette Zena Dones) (sister)
- Arthur Albert Dones (father)
- Harriette Amelia Dones (née Wheeler) (mother)
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