Phyllis Kirk

Kirk did appear as a guest in some TV shows and was a panalist on Mantrap in 1971. She lived her final years in seclusion and died in Kensington, London from cirrhosis of the liver. Subsequently, Phyllis Kirk performed on stage before she left show business to enter public relations, working as a publicist for CBS News. Her acceptance of this award marked her last public appearance. Kirk was also a regular on the Red Buttons Show. She continued to act until the late 1970s, and was created Dame of the British Empire in 1980. She also appeared with Jerry Lewis in his 1957 film The Sad Sack, with Robert Ryan, Anita Ekberg, and Rod Steiger in the 1956 film Back from Eternity. Her greatest success was in the title role in The Wicked Lady (1945), a film which was controversial in its day and brought Lockwood considerable publicity.

Her most notable television role was with Peter Lawford in The Thin Man (1957 - 1959), where they played Nick and Nora Charles. In the early 1940s she changed her on-screen image to play villainesses in both contemporary and period films, becoming the most successful actress in British films during that period. She appeared with Vincent Price in the film House of Wax in 1953. Her most successful film of the 1930s was Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. She is best known for her many television and film roles throughout the 1950s. In 1935 she appeared in the film version of Lorna Doone. Later she became a Hollywood contract player for MGM and Warner Brothers. She made her stage debut at the age of 12, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she was seen by a talent scout and signed to a contract.

She worked as a sales clerk, waitress, and model before entering show business on the stage. Born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan), Lockwood's family returned to the United Kingdom while she was a child. Reportedly, she had polio as a child and had difficulty walking later in life. Dame Margaret Mary Lockwood (September 15, 1916 - July 15, 1990) was a British actress. Phyllis Kirk (born 18 September 1929) is an American actress born in Syracuse, New York.