Phyllis Thaxter: Phyllis Thaxter. 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. Phyllis was educated for a time at St. Genevieve School in Montreal and back at Portland's Deering High School. She apprenticed in summer stock...
Known For: Superman (Ma Kent), Bewitched (Joan Alris Ellis), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (Ellen Lawson), No Man of Her Own (Patrice Harkness)