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Phyllis
Jun 27, 2005 11:54:07 GMT -5
Post by Shaun on Jun 27, 2005 11:54:07 GMT -5
I have a couple of questions about Kate's personal assistant, Phyllis Wilbourn. Did she have any family? Did she live with Kate or did she have her own place? Was she paid for her work? I imagine it must have been hard to accept money from such a close friend.
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Phyllis
Jun 27, 2005 14:14:22 GMT -5
Post by smith on Jun 27, 2005 14:14:22 GMT -5
My assumption has always been that she didn't have any family - some accounts say that she was an orphan . She was actually a nurse who was originally employed by Ms Collier to help with her diabetes
Phyllis definitely got paid and she didn't live with Katharine - she had her own place . In one of the biographies there was mention of her taking holidays. I believe that in the final 15 years of her life Phyllis developed dementia . She still "worked" for Katharine and got paid but in reality Katharine really looked after her . Phyllis was buried with the Hepburn family .
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Phyllis
Aug 29, 2007 17:03:30 GMT -5
Post by dreamer on Aug 29, 2007 17:03:30 GMT -5
Take a look at this site -> www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=11350Phyllis (as I believe it is the same Phyllis Wilbourn) played Miss Fenwick in a play written by Constance Collier and ..... called Peter Ibbetson in 1931 at the Schubert Theatre
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Phyllis
Aug 29, 2007 18:34:07 GMT -5
Post by Shaun on Aug 29, 2007 18:34:07 GMT -5
I guess she was working for Constance Collier by then? Did Phyllis act or was Miss Fenwick just a bit part Collier gave her?
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Phyllis
Aug 29, 2007 19:49:57 GMT -5
Post by dreamer on Aug 29, 2007 19:49:57 GMT -5
Wasn't it somewhere mentioned that while Kate was rehearsing/playing a part .. Phyllis did recitate Kate's lines or was it the complete play at the same time - not quite sure here Somebody told Kate afterwards and she smiled. Something about her not being aware that Phyllis had acted I think that Phyllis did some acting but somewhere stopped - not sure where I read it .... Judy please help me here - my memorie is quiting
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