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Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter (November 20, 1919 – August 14, 2012) was an American actress. She is best known for portraying Ellen Lawson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and Martha Kent in Superman (1978). She also appeared in Bewitched (1945), Blood on the Moon (1948), and The World of Henry Orient (1964).
Actress: Superman. This warm and winning, very non-theatrical brunette was born Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter in Portland, Maine, on November 20, 1919. 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.
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Aug 18, 2012 · By Denise Grady. Aug. 18, 2012. Phyllis Thaxter, an actress who got her start in Hollywood in a war movie during World War II, overcame polio while pregnant and then carved out a long acting...
Actress: Superman. This warm and winning, very non-theatrical brunette was born Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter in Portland, Maine, on November 20, 1919. 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.
- November 20, 1919
- August 14, 2012
Aug 15, 2012 · Phyllis Thaxter, the wholesome actress who played Ma Kent in 1978’s Superman and the faithful girlfriend to vengeful POW Robert Ryan in the 1948 film noir classic Act of Violence, has died....
Sep 4, 2012 · With her warm personality and wistful voice, actress Phyllis Thaxter made an impact as the pregnant wife of a heroic airman in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), and seemed set to become for...
Aug 16, 2012 · Phyllis Thaxter, an actress who played Martha Kent, Clark Kent’s adoptive mother, in the 1978 film “Superman” as part of a long career in film and television, died in Longwood, just north...
