Phyllis Barrington
Phyllis Barrington (February 7, 1904 – June 20, 1989) was an American actress. Born Clara Parry and raised in Salt Lake City, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Parry. She was a graduate of Salt Lake's East High School. She attended the Major School of Acting in Long Beach, California and studied voice.
She was known for her roles in Hollywood films in the early 1930s such as Lewis D. Collins's The Law of the Tong (1931), with John Harron and Jason Robards Sr., Armand Schaefer's Sinister Hands (1932) opposite Jack Mulhall, Sucker Money (Victims of the Beyond) (1933), with Mischa Auer, and Melville Shyer's The Murder in the Museum (1934), with Henry B. Walthall and John Harron. Barrington also appeared in plays.
At some point before her father's death in 1938, she returned to her birth name and moved to New York City. She died in Los Angeles on June 20, 1989, aged 85.
Acted in
Gun Smoke
1935
as Mrs. Parker in Photo (uncredited)
The Murder in the Museum
1934
as Lois Brandon
Under Secret Orders
1933
as Jane Lawrence
Sucker Money
1933
as Clare Walton
The Racing Strain
1932
as Marian Martin
A Scarlet Week-End
1932
as The Girlfriend
The Reckless Rider
1932
as Mary Jones
Sinister Hands
1932
as Ruth Frazer
The Drifter
1932
as Bonnie McNary
The Law of the Tong
1931
as Joan
Ten Nights in a Bar-room
1931
as Ann Slade
Chiselers of Hollywood
1930