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Wendell K. Phillips
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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
.
Children with
Jean Shelton
:
Wendy Phillips
,
Christian Phillips
, and
Matthew Shelton
.
Children with Odielein Pearce: Wendell Phillips, Jr. and William Dodd Phillips.
Professional stage debut in 1932. Also active on Broadway as playwright and director.
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