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Wendell K. Phillips

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Overview

  • Born
    November 27, 1907 · Blandinsville, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    October 6, 1991 · Berkeley, California, USA (emphysema)
  • Birth name
    Wendell Keith Phillips

Biography

    • Wendell K. Phillips was born on November 27, 1907 in Blandinsville, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Close-Up (1948), Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1950) and The Defenders (1961). He was married to Jean Shelton and Odielein M. Pearce. He died on October 6, 1991 in Berkeley, California, USA.

Family

  • Spouses
      Jean Shelton(1952 - 1960) (divorced, 3 children)
      Odielein M. Pearce(July 15, 1933 - ?) (divorced, 2 children)
  • Children
      Christian Phillips
      Matthew Shelton
      Wendell Keith Phillips Sr.
      William D Phillips
      Wendy Phillips
  • Relatives
      Jenny Dare Paulin(Grandchild)

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  • A New York stage actor who passively joined the Communist Party in the 1930s so he could continue to mingle with his strong theatre clique, then was blacklisted 20 years later.
  • Married to Jean Shelton, who runs an actor's school in San Francisco.
  • Father-in-law of actor Scott Paulin.
  • Father of actress Wendy Phillips.
  • Grandfather of Jenny Dare Paulin.

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