Phyllis Welch

Harold Lloyd's co-star in Professor Beware (1938) had eight years training as a dancer and actress in Michigan and Ohio. For a while, she taught dancing at the University of Toledo, worked briefly in stock and then headed off to New York. After appearing in two failed Broadway productions, she received her first good reviews for 'End of Summer' (originally as understudy to Doris Dudley) in 1936. On the strength of her performance, Guthrie McClintic cast her in 'High Tor' in 1937, opposite Burgess Meredith and Peggy Ashcroft. She had some success on radio, particularly in 'John's Other Wife' (1937) and was heard on 'The Palmolive Hour' and 'Lux Radio Theatre'. Her contract with Lloyd for 'Professor Beware' stipulated that she was not to marry or become engaged for six months after release, or forfeit $ 5,000. Phyllis promptly married after completing the film, returned to Broadway and was not seen on celluloid again.