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).
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1905-1906
NPG x201040
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1905-1906
NPG x201041
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1905-1906
NPG x201042
Zena Dare, Phyllis Dare and Arthur Albert Dones
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, mid 1900s
NPG x201044
Stanley Brett and Phyllis Dare in 'The Catch of the Season'
by Bassano Ltd, published by J. Beagles & Co
bromide postcard print, 1905
NPG x196047
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x27514
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201025
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201026
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201027
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201028
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by The Schofield Photographic Series
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201029
Phyllis Dare in 'The Belle of Mayfair'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1906
NPG x201030
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201031
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201032
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201033
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, probably 1906
NPG x201034
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1906-1907
NPG x201035
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1906-1907
NPG x201036
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1906-1908
NPG x201037
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, mid to late 1900s
NPG x201043
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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