Norma Phillips

Norma Phillips (1893 – November 13, 1931) was an American film and theater actress in the 1910s and 1920s. Starting as a theater performer, she was a member of a high profile chorus line and performed in England in addition to the United States from 1911 through 1913. After being scouted by film studios, she starred in several films with the Reliance Company before becoming the star for the 52 episode film serial Our Mutual Girl that established her career in film. Taking a break from film in 1915 for two years, she returned for several more appearances before leaving for a career in Broadway theater and forming her own stock company.

Career Born to a Southern family and raised in Baltimore, she attended Mount Saint Agnes College in her early years. Phillips started her performing background as a musical comedy artist in theater productions. She also played the main role in The Clown's Daughter, where the actors spent several days at Sig Sautelle's Circus practicing for their roles and Phillips trying circus horseback riding.

The following year, she gained popularity for appearing in weekly film serials, becoming particularly known as the "Mutual Girl" from the 52 episode serial Our Mutual Girl. The episodes featured Phillips having tea with a different celebrity every week, following the storyline of a young small city girl moving to a big city and becoming involved in high fashion and social life. During the production of Our Mutual Girl, Phillips lived with her mother in New York City, who also accompanied her on her theater and film trips. She later left the film industry permanently, spending several years in theater stock performances, including creating her own Phillips stock company that became one of the most known in the United States, before obtaining roles on Broadway and traveling theater productions. She had been seriously ill for several weeks, following a much longer period of failing health. The Higher Justice (1913) The Girl Spy's Atonement (1913) as the girl spy The Clown's Daughter (1913) as Madge The Glow Worm (1913) as Electra Below the Deadline (1913) Our Mutual Girl (1914) Runaway June (1915) as June Red Light Annie (1924) as Annie

Theater Jumping Jupiter (1911) John W. Blake (1916) Parents (1928)