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Phyllis Murden

Phyllis Murden (1919-20)

[Born Kensington, West London 5 Jul 1897, died Perth, Western Australia 19 Jul 1996]

Soprano Phyllis Rose Murden toured with the D'Oyly Carte "New" Opera Company from September 1919 to May 1920, taking the small parts of Leila in Iolanthe and Vittoria in The Gondoliers in addition to her chorus duties. It was her only season with the Company.

She later toured England in 1921 in in a musical comedy The Manchu Maid, in which she played the romantic lead. Later that year, she moved to Australia where she married, but the following year, returned to London where she worked in variety with a former D'Oyly Carte collegue, baritone Nelson Brontay. She ultimately returned to Australia.

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