Phyllis Barrington


Phyllis Barrington was an American actress. Born Clara Parry in Salt Lake City, she was the daughter of Parley and Eva Parry. She was a graduate of Salt Lake's East High School. Barrington was also a graduate of 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, opposite John Harron and Jason Robards Sr., Armand Schaefer's Sinister Hands opposite Jack Mulhall, Sucker Money , alongside Mischa Auer and Earl McCarthy and Melville Shyer's The Murder in the Museum, opposite Henry B. Walthall and John Harron. Barrington also appeared in plays.
At some point prior to her father's death in 1938, she returned to her birth name and moved to New York City.

Selected filmography