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Phyllis Thaxter (1919–2012)

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This warm and winning, very non-theatrical brunette was born Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter in Portland, Maine, on November 20, 1921. The daughter of Maine Supreme Court Justice Sidney Thaxter, her acting talent came from her mother's side, who was a one-time Shakespearean actress. Phyllis was educated for a time at St... See full bio »

Born:

Phyllis Schuyler Thaxter
in Portland, Maine, USA

Died:

(age 92) in Orlando, Florida, USA
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1992 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Emily Weymouth
– Family Secrets (1992) … Emily Weymouth
 
1985 American Playhouse (TV series)
Rebecca Nurse
– Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I (1985) … Rebecca Nurse
 
1978 Superman
Ma Kent
 
1977 Visions (TV series)
Mrs. Taylor
– All I Could See from Where I Stood (1977) … Mrs. Taylor
 
1976 Once an Eagle (TV mini-series)
Alma Caldwell
 
1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
Aunt Meg Catlin
– Murder Once Removed (1975) … Aunt Meg Catlin
 
1974 Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV series)
Kate Tannahill
– A Full Life (1974) … Kate Tannahill
 
1973 Love Story (TV series)
– Mirabelle's Summer (1973)
 
1972 Cannon (TV series)
Rita McBain
– The Predators (1972) … Rita McBain
 
1972 The Longest Night (TV movie)
Norma Chambers
 
1971 Incident in San Francisco (TV movie)
Lois Harmon
 
1967-1971 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Rosemary Ramsey / Viv Caldwell
– The Replacement (1971)
– Traitor (1967) … Rosemary Ramsey
– The Conspirators (1967) … Viv Caldwell
 
1970 Medical Center (TV series)
Celia Jennings
– Junkie (1970) … Celia Jennings
 
1969 Bonanza (TV series)
Ruth Manning
– The Clarion (1969) … Ruth Manning
 
1968 Lancer (TV series)
Marcy Dane
– The Prodigal (1968) … Marcy Dane
 
1968 The Invaders (TV series)
Sarah Concannon
– The Peacemaker (1968) … Sarah Concannon
 
1967 Coronet Blue (TV series)
Mrs. Barclay
– Faces (1967) … Mrs. Barclay
 
1964 The Fugitive (TV series)
Enid Langer
– Detour on a Road Going Nowhere (1964) … Enid Langer
 
1964 The Defenders (TV series)
Dolores Ritter
– Go Between (1964) … Dolores Ritter
 
1963-1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Elsa Hollands / Mrs. Logan / Nora Cory Manson
– Change of Address (1964) … Elsa Hollands
– Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale (1963) … Mrs. Logan
– The Long Silence (1963) … Nora Cory Manson
 
1964 The World of Henry Orient
Mrs. Avis Gilbert
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
Mildred Zaro
– The Threatening Eye (1964) … Mildred Zaro
 
1962 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Virginia Lane Walker
– Young Man's Fancy (1962) … Virginia Lane Walker
 
1961 Rawhide (TV series)
Pauline Cushman
– The Blue Spy (1961) … Pauline Cushman
 
1961 Thriller (TV series)
Ursula Sommerville
– The Last of the Sommervilles (1961) … Ursula Sommerville
 
1953-1961 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Jessy / Judith
– Bury Me Twice (1961) … Jessy
– Obsession (1955) … Judith
– Tin Wedding (1953)
 
1961 Special for Women: The Trapped Housewife (TV movie)
Willie Ross
 
1960 Outlaws (TV series)
Mae Roberts
– The Quiet Killer (1960) … Mae Roberts
 
1956-1960 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Annette Borden / Karen Stewart / Lucy Pryor / …
– The Five-Forty-Eight (1960) … Miss Dent
– Murder Me Twice (1958) … Lucy Pryor
– The Deadly (1957) … Margot Brenner
– Malice Domestic (1957) … Annette Borden
– Fog Closing In (1956) … Mary Summers
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1959-1960 Wagon Train (TV series)
Christine Elliot / Vivian Carter
– The Christine Elliot Story (1960) … Christine Elliot
– The Vivian Carter Story (1959) … Vivian Carter
 
1960 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Nicole
– The Cruel Day (1960) … Nicole
 
1954-1959 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Emily Skinner / Marie
– The House of Truth (1959) … Emily Skinner
– Nora (1959) … Marie
– Nora #1 (1954)
 
1959 Lux Playhouse (TV series)
Lucinda Vaughn
– Frederick (1959) … Lucinda Vaughn
 
1957-1958 Suspicion (TV series)
– Return from Darkness (1958)
– The Dark Stairway (1957)
 
1958 The Frank Sinatra Show (TV series)
Jean Armstrong
– The Seedling Doubt (1958) … Jean Armstrong
 
1955-1957 Climax! (TV series)
Helen Ditmar / Joan Long / Mary / …
– Payment for Judas (1957)
– Night of the Heat Wave (1956) … Mary
– Schedule to Defraud (1955) … Joan Long
– Deal a Blow (1955) … Helen Ditmar
– The Dark Fleece (1955) … Olive
 
1957 Man Afraid
Lisa Collins
 
1957 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Laura Morgan
– The Dark Corner (1957) … Laura Morgan
 
1956 Studio 57 (TV series)
April Taylor
– Mr. Cinderella (1956) … April Taylor
 
1955-1956 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
Dara Meadows / Mona Tyrrel
– Dara (1956) … Dara Meadows
– Man Out of the Rain (1955) … Mona Tyrrel
 
1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Night of May Third (1956)
 
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– To Have and to Hold (1956)
 
1953-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Anne / Connie Ennis / Diana Forbes / …
– The Night of January Sixteenth (1956) … Karen
– Holiday Affair (1955) … Connie Ennis
– Thunder on the Hill (1955) … Sister Mary
– Penny Serenade (1955) … Julie
– The Girl Who Couldn't Cry (1954) … Anne
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1955-1956 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Dinah / Laurie
– Hapless Holiday (1956) … Dinah
– Man in the Ring (1955) … Laurie
– Fear Me Not (1955)
 
1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– The Velvet Trap (1956)
 
1955 Stage 7 (TV series)
Muriel Blandings
– The Hayfield (1955) … Muriel Blandings
 
1955 Women's Prison
Helene Jensen
 
1954 The Motorola Television Hour (TV series)
Gladys Mitchell
– Atomic Attack (1954) … Gladys Mitchell
 
1954 Robert Montgomery Presents (TV series)
– Richard Said No (1954)
 
1954 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Janet Shipley
– The Ardent Woodsman (1954) … Janet Shipley
 
1953 Willys Theatre Presenting Ben Hecht's Tales of the City (TV series)
– Miracle in the Rain (1953)
 
1952 Operation Secret
Maria Corbet
 
1952 Springfield Rifle
Erin Kearney
 
1952 She's Working Her Way Through College
Helen Palmer
 
1951 Come Fill the Cup
Paula Copeland
 
1951 Jim Thorpe -- All-American
Margaret Miller
 
1951 Fort Worth
Flora Talbot
 
1950 The Breaking Point
Lucy Morgan
 
1950 No Man of Her Own
Patrice Harkness
 
1948 Act of Violence
Ann
 
1948 Blood on the Moon
Carol Lufton
 
1948 The Sign of the Ram
Sherida Binyon
 
1948 Tenth Avenue Angel
Helen Mills
 
1947 Living in a Big Way
Peggy Randall
 
1947 The Sea of Grass
Sara Beth Brewton
 
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
Cynthia Drew
 
1945 Bewitched
Joan Alris Ellis
 
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Ellen Lawson
 
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1952 She's Working Her Way Through College (performer: "As Time Goes By" - uncredited)
 
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2006 You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (video documentary) (special thanks)
 
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2001 Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (video documentary short)
Herself/Ma Kent (uncredited)
 

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