Rotund screen comedian Phyllis Allen had made quite a splash in vaudeville and musical comedy prior to signing with the Selig company around 1910. Allen, however, enjoyed her greatest popularity at Mack Sennett's slapstick factory Keystone, where she became a favorite foil of the equally burly Mack Swain and appeared as Charles Chaplin's wife in such farces as The Rounders (1914) and Getting Acquainted (1914). She was later found in several of Chaplin's Mutual comedies, including The Adventurer (1917; as the governess), but by 1920 she was supporting the lesser-known Gale Henry in low-budget "Model Comedies." There would be a reunion with Chaplin in the 1922 First National short Pay Day, but Allen's screen work slowed considerably in the early 1920s and her screen career seems to have run its course by the middle of the decade.
| Title | Year | Editors' Rating | User Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The Pilgrim
Actor |
1923 | |||
|
Pay Day
Actor |
1922 | |||
|
The Kid
Actor |
1921 | |||
|
Judge
Actor |
1916 | |||
|
A Night in the Show
Actor |
1915 | |||
|
A Submarine Pirate
Actor |
1915 | |||
|
Fickle Fatty's Fall
Actor |
1915 | |||
|
Giddy, Gay, and Ticklish
Actor |
1915 | |||
|
Gussle's Wayward Path
Actor |
1915 | |||
| 1915 | ||||
|
A Busy Day
Actor |
1914 | |||
|
Caught in a Cabaret
Actor |
1914 | |||
|
Dough and Dynamite
Actor |
1914 | |||
|
Fatty's Jonah Day
Actor |
1914 | |||
|
Gentlemen of Nerve
Actor |
1914 | |||
|
Getting Acquainted
Actor |
1914 | |||
|
His Trysting Place
Actor |
1914 | |||
|
The Property Man
Actor |
1914 | |||
|
The Rounders
Actor |
1914 | |||
| 1914 |