Phyllis Monkman
(1892-1976), Actress and dancerSitter in 41 portraits
Actress, dancer and singer. She began as a teenager, achieving success in Butterflies (1908). After many appearances in revues, notably Bubbly (1917), and Tails Up! (1918) in which she sang Ivor Novello's 'Any Little Thing' with Jack Buchanan, Monkman was one of the founders in 1921 of the 'Co-Optimists' 'pierrotic' concert party, in which she appeared on and off for several years with her husband, Laddie Cliff. Noël Coward cast her in his musical play Operette (1938), and Ivor Novello wrote a part for her in The Sunshine Sisters (1933).
Phyllis Monkman in 'The Butterflies'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1908
NPG x201168
by Wrather & Buys
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG Ax160366
by Wrather & Buys, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1910s
NPG x138973
by Malcolm Arbuthnot
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x198127
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1913
NPG x83380
Phyllis Monkman; Lee White; Oscar Shaw (Oscar Schwartz) and Jack Morrison in '5064 Gerrard'
by Wrather & Buys
bromide print, 1915
NPG x135870
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101407
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101408
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101409
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101410
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101411
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101412
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101413
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101414
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101415
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101416
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101417
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 1915
NPG x101418
Phyllis Monkman; Jack Buchanan
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 28 January 1919
NPG x83381
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1919
NPG x83382
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