| Net Worth: | $4 Million |
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| Date of birth: | July 20, 1951 (72 years old) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Profession: | Actor, Dancer |
| Nationality: | American |
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Phyllis Smith Net Worth and Salary: Phyllis Smith is an American actress and former casting associate who has a net worth of $4 million. Smith is best known for playing Phyllis Lapin-Vance on the NBC series “The Office” (2005–2013), and she voiced Sadness in the computer-animated Disney film “Inside Out” (2015). Phyllis has also appeared in the films “Bad Teacher” (2011), “Butter” (2011), and “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar” (2021), and she had a recurring role as Betty Broderick-Allen on the Netflix series “The OA” (2016–2019).
Career
Career: Smith was an extra in the 1980 film “Caddyshack,” and she had an uncredited role as the narrator in 1991’s “The Princess and the Goblin.” She worked as a casting assistant on the 1992 television film “A Taste for Killing” and served as a casting associate on the series “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” (1994–1997) and the “Roswell” pilot (1999). Phyllis began working with casting director Allison Jones and was a casting associate on “Spin City” (2000–2002) and “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (2005). While working as assistant casting director on “The Office,” she impressed the executive producers so much with her line readings during pilot testing that they decided to create a role for her. Smith became a series regular and appeared in 186 episodes over nine seasons as well as the web series “The Office: The Accountants” (2006) and “The Office: The Outburst” (2008). Before starring on “The Office,” Phyllis guest-starred on “Arrested Development” (2005) and had an uncredited role in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” as Mrs. Stitzer, the mother of Andy Stitzer, who was played by her “Office” castmate Steve Carell; her scenes did not make the final cut of the film.
Quotes
“I grew up when Disney was doing movies like Cinderella, and all the girls were princesses.”
— Phyllis Smith
“I once prayed when struggling financially and worried how I was going to be able to assist my parents in their latter years living thousands of miles away, to help me win the lottery or something. And I did win the lottery, just in a different and better way.”
— Phyllis Smith
“To be in a Pixar movie is just great to begin with, and it has afforded me the opportunity to do a different medium because I have never done voice-over before. And I love it.”
— Phyllis Smith
“You have to understand that when you’re a voice actor on an animated film, you’re really just a tiny little piece of this huge process. And when you finally get to see the finished product and see all of the wonderful work that the animators & the designers & the writers did to make your character stand out, it’s just so touching, so humbling.”
— Phyllis Smith
“Sadness is a necessary emotion. It’s maybe not the most pleasant one to have, but it’s cathartic.”
— Phyllis Smith