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Other InformationAwardsBest Actress in a Leading Role (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series Emmy Awards [1959] (Won/Nominated: Nominated) |
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Of Danish descent, and born in Syracuse, New York, Phyllis Kirk worked as a waitress and a perfume counter clerk before she began a modeling career. Stage roles ensued before Hollywood beckoned. She was a contract player at MGM and then Warner Brothers, where in her most famous role she was stalked by maniacal sculptor Vincent Price in House of Wax (1953). Kirk`s talents were better showcased on the small screen, where she dramatic roles on many prestigious series and consequently made the covers of TV Guide and Life magazines. Probably best known for her TV role was as Nora Charles, the daffy, fast-talking wife of Peter Lawford on "The Thin Man" (1957). During her acting career, she also worked as an interviewer and writer for an ACLU. Afterher final roles in the 1970s, she went worked in public relations before retiring.
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Trivia and QuotesTrivia Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch). Kirk was cremated and her remains will be interred at Arlington National Cemetery next to her husband, Warren Bush, a television producer she married in the 1960s. He died in 1991. [marvinseibert@msn.com 20061023]. Best remembered on series TV for playing stylish sleuth Nora Charles to Peter Lawford's Nick on "The Thin Man" (1957) for which she received an Emmy nomination. They took over the roles played famously on film by Myrna Loy and William Powell. Retired from acting in the 1970s. Once studied acting with Sanford Meisner. She spoke out against the death sentence of convicted kidnapper and sex offender Caryl Chessman, whom police nicknamed the "Red Light Bandit". Kirk visited Chessman several times in prison until he was executed in 1960. After the 1965 Watts race riots, she helped fund two preschool programs for poor families in the South Los Angeles neighborhood. Perhaps best remembered as "Nora Charles" in TV's "The Thin Man" (1957) series of the late 50s, opposite Peter Lawford in the role of "Nick Charles". Known for being outspoken, Phyllis worked with the American Civil Liberties Union to campaign against capital punishment in the late 1950s. Before the California Assembly, she spoke against the death sentence of Caryl Chessman - convicted on 17 counts of kidnapping, robbery and sexual assault - and visited him in prison several times before he was executed in 1960. The notoriety did not help her career. Had difficulty walking, possibly due to childhood polio. Became a publicist for CBS News. After the Watts riots in 1965, she helped establish and fund two preschool programs in the area. When MGM didn't renew her contract she moved to Warner Brothers. | ||
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