Phyllis Flax(1921-2007)
- Actress
Although Phyllis Flax came late to movies and television, she had been
acting and performing since the age of five when she performed for the
League of Nations. As she was quite under age when she started, Phyllis
was taken under the wing of comedian and impresario Vic Oliver and his
wife Sarah Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill. The Olivers became
her legal guardians, and for a time she was known as Phyllis Oliver.
Phyllis studied at the Royal Academy of Drama and Arts in London and
later studied dance at the Portland School of Dance. She became the
principal dancer at the London Palladium and between 1935 and 1937 she
gave three Royal Command performances before King George V and Queen
Mary. After serving in World War II as an ambulance driver, Phyllis
moved to the States, married, and subsequently moved with her family to
Palm Springs, California where she was active in social activities and
amateur dramatics, including the Palm Springs Playhouse. After her
husband's death, Flax moved to the Los Angeles area to "work her
craft".
