Phyllis DeWitt Chase: Great Grandfather and she are Lambs
Phyllis DeWitt Chase was born in Manhattan and currently resides in West Hollywood, CA and East Hampton, NY. During the ’80’s she was an Actress and Director. She also attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts in 1987 and produced a new one-act play, Rare Books and starred in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She moved to Los Angeles in 1990 to pursue acting. Phyllis produced a film, wrote scripts, directed plays and some film, and studied with Larry Moss.
In 1993, she decided to get her Masters Degree in Marriage and Family Counseling and began her private practice where she specialized in working with “creatives.” She had numerous well known clients. She hosted a broadcast radio show, Shrink Rap, taught at Otis College for the Arts, supervised Interns and raised $250,000 to begin building The Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, CA.
Currently, Phyllis is traveling the world and raising money for The Asian World Film Festival and The Unstoppable Foundation. Philip Ruxton, Phyllis’ Great Grandfather was a Lifetime Member of The Lambs and she would be very happy to continue the tradition.