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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.
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.
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. She...
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Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter (November 20, 1921 – August 14, 2012) [2] was an American stage and movie actress. She was known for playing Superman's mother in the 1978 movie Superman, and as Ellen Lawson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
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 career that led to her final film...
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 of...
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 MGM a...
Birthday: Nov 20, 1919. Birthplace: Portland, Maine, USA. Born the daughter of a Shakespearean actress and a Supreme Court justice for the state of Maine, Phyllis Thaxter had the love of...
Aug 15, 2012 · Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent's adoptive mother in the 1978 film "Superman," has died in Florida.
Executive. Married in 1944; divorced in 1962. Born the daughter of a Shakespearean actress and a Supreme Court justice for the state of Maine, Phyllis Thaxter had the love of performing arts and an impeccable sense of poise instilled in her at an early age.
Aug 16, 2012 · ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent's adoptive mother in the 1978 film "Superman," has died in Florida. She was 92....
Aug 15, 2012 · ORLANDO, Fla. – Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent’s adoptive mother in the 1978 film “Superman,” has died in Florida. She was 90. Thaxter’s daughter, Skye...
A lthough she is known best for her minor role as Ma Kent, the brunette farm wife and mother of Christopher Reeve’s Man of Steel in 1978’s “Superman,” Phyllis Thaxter was one of Hollywood’s most...
Aug 16, 2012 · ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent's adoptive mother in the 1978 film "Superman," has died in Florida. She was 92. Thaxter's daughter,...
Aug 14, 2012 · Known For. Superman. The Breaking Point. Bewitched. Springfield Rifle. Act of Violence. Blood on the Moon. No Man of Her Own. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. Acting. Phyllis Thaxter was an American stage, screen, and television actress.
Oct 12, 2012 · Phyllis Thaxter, an actress know for several memorable film roles and decades of television appearances, died August 14, 2012, in Orlando, Florida. She was 90. According to news reports, the cause was complications related to Alzheimer's disease.
Phyllis Thaxter is an American actress. Born as Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter, she was the daughter of Maine Supreme Court Justice Sidney Thaxter, and his wife, a former actress. Phyllis Thaxter worked as a Broadway actress in the 1930s and eventually signed an MGM contract in 1944.
Aug 16, 2012 · Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent’s adoptive mother in the 1978 film ‘‘Superman,’’ has died in Florida. She was 92.