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===Later career=== In all, Calvert acted in over 40 films, her later work including ''[[The Battle of the Villa Fiorita]]'' (1965), ''[[Twisted Nerve]]'' (1968), ''[[Oh! What a Lovely War]]'' (1969) and ''[[The Walking Stick]]'' (1970).<ref name=bfi/> From 1970 to 1972, she starred in her own TV series, ''[[Kate (TV series)|Kate]]'', playing the part of an [[agony aunt]] with problems of her own.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} She made TV appearances in programmes such as ''[[Crown Court (TV series)|Crown Court]]'', ''Ladykillers'', ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'', ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]'', ''[[After Henry (TV series)|After Henry]]'', ''[[Victoria Wood (1989 TV series)|Victoria Wood]]'' and ''Limelight: The Film Years β The Lime Grove Story''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/phyllis-calvert/|title=Phyllis Calvert|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b5c40dd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926061116/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7b5c40dd|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2017|title=Limelight β The Film Years (1991)|website=BFI|accessdate=16 March 2023}}</ref> She also played [[Tom Barnaby|D.I. Barnaby]]'s Aunt Alice (Alice Bly) in a ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' episode "Blue Herrings" in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8419489b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924053524/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8419489b|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2017|title=Blue Herring (2000)|website=BFI|accessdate=16 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/midsomer-murders-blue-herrings-v274567|title=Midsomer Murders: Blue Herrings (2000) β Peter Smith β Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref> She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1972 when she was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
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