Filmography
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Known For
Superman Ma Kent (1978) -
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Ellen Lawson (1944) -
Bewitched Joan Alris Ellis (1945) -
Known For
Blood on the Moon Carol Lufton (1948) -
Actress
Murder, She Wrote Emily Weymouth (1992) -
American Playhouse Rebecca Nurse (1985) -
Superman Ma Kent (1978)
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Visions Mrs. Taylor (1977) -
Once an Eagle Alma Caldwell (1976) -
Barnaby Jones Aunt Meg Catlin (1975) -
Marcus Welby, M.D. Kate Tannahill (1974) -
Love Story (1973) -
Cannon Rita McBain (1972) -
The Longest Night Norma Chambers (1972) -
![Incident in San Francisco]( "Incident in San Francisco")
Incident in San Francisco Lois Harmon (1971) -
![The F.B.I.]( "The F.B.I.")
The F.B.I. Valerie Hendricks (1967-1971) -
![Medical Center]( "Medical Center")
Medical Center Celia Jennings (1970) -
![Bonanza]( "Bonanza")
Bonanza Ruth Manning (1969) -
![Lancer]( "Lancer")
Lancer Marcy Dane (1968) -
![The Invaders]( "The Invaders")
The Invaders Sarah Concannon (1968) -
![Coronet Blue]( "Coronet Blue")
Coronet Blue Eleanor Barclay (1967) -
![The Fugitive]( "The Fugitive")
The Fugitive Enid Langer (1964) -
![The Defenders]( "The Defenders")
The Defenders Dolores Ritter (1964) -
![The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]( "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour")
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Elsa Hollands (1963-1964) -
![The World of Henry Orient]( "The World of Henry Orient")
The World of Henry Orient Mrs. Avis Gilbert (1964) -
![Kraft Suspense Theatre]( "Kraft Suspense Theatre")
Kraft Suspense Theatre Mildred Zaro (1964) -
![The Twilight Zone]( "The Twilight Zone")
The Twilight Zone Virginia Lane Walker (1962) -
![Rawhide]( "Rawhide")
Rawhide Pauline Cushman (1961) -
![Thriller]( "Thriller")
Thriller Ursula Sommerville (1961) -
![The United States Steel Hour]( "The United States Steel Hour")
The United States Steel Hour Jessy (1953-1961) -
![Outlaws]( "Outlaws")
Outlaws Mae Roberts (1960) -
Special for Women: The Trapped Housewife Willie Ross (1960)
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![Alfred Hitchcock Presents]( "Alfred Hitchcock Presents")
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Miss Dent (1956-1960) -
![Wagon Train]( "Wagon Train")
Wagon Train Christine Elliot (1959-1960) -
![Playhouse 90]( "Playhouse 90")
Playhouse 90 Nicole (1960) -
![General Electric Theater]( "General Electric Theater")
General Electric Theater Emily Skinner (1954-1959) -
![Lux Playhouse]( "Lux Playhouse")
Lux Playhouse Lucinda Vaughn (1959) -
![Suspicion]( "Suspicion")
Suspicion Flora (1957-1958) -
![The Frank Sinatra Show]( "The Frank Sinatra Show")
The Frank Sinatra Show Jean Armstrong (1958) -
![Climax!]( "Climax!")
Climax! Mary (1955-1957) -
![Man Afraid]( "Man Afraid")
Man Afraid Lisa Collins (1957) -
![Studio One in Hollywood]( "Studio One in Hollywood")
Studio One in Hollywood Laura Morgan (1957) -
![Studio 57]( "Studio 57")
Studio 57 April Taylor (1956) -
![Schlitz Playhouse]( "Schlitz Playhouse")
Schlitz Playhouse Dara Meadows (1955-1956) -
![Kraft Theatre]( "Kraft Theatre")
Kraft Theatre (1956) -
![Matinee Theatre]( "Matinee Theatre")
Matinee Theatre (1956) -
![Lux Video Theatre]( "Lux Video Theatre")
Lux Video Theatre Karen (1953-1956) -
![The Loretta Young Show]( "The Loretta Young Show")
The Loretta Young Show Dinah (1955-1956) -
![Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre]( "Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre")
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![Stage 7]( "Stage 7")
Stage 7 Muriel Blandings (1955) -
![Women's Prison]( "Women's Prison")
Women's Prison Helene Jensen (1955) -
![The Motorola Television Hour]( "The Motorola Television Hour")
The Motorola Television Hour Gladys Mitchell (1954) -
![Robert Montgomery Presents]( "Robert Montgomery Presents")
Robert Montgomery Presents (1954) -
![The Ford Television Theatre]( "The Ford Television Theatre")
The Ford Television Theatre Janet Shipley (1954) -
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![Operation Secret]( "Operation Secret")
Operation Secret Maria Corbet (1952) -
![Springfield Rifle]( "Springfield Rifle")
Springfield Rifle Erin Kearney (1952) -
![She's Working Her Way Through College]( "She's Working Her Way Through College")
She's Working Her Way Through College Helen Palmer (1952) -
![Come Fill the Cup]( "Come Fill the Cup")
Come Fill the Cup Paula Copeland (1951) -
![Jim Thorpe -- All-American]( "Jim Thorpe -- All-American")
Jim Thorpe -- All-American Margaret Miller (1951) -
![Fort Worth]( "Fort Worth")
Fort Worth Flora Talbot (1951) -
![The Breaking Point]( "The Breaking Point")
The Breaking Point Lucy Morgan (1950) -
![No Man of Her Own]( "No Man of Her Own")
No Man of Her Own Patrice Harkness (1950) -
![Act of Violence]( "Act of Violence")
Act of Violence Ann (1949) -
![Blood on the Moon]( "Blood on the Moon")
Blood on the Moon Carol Lufton (1948) -
![The Sign of the Ram]( "The Sign of the Ram")
The Sign of the Ram Sherida Binyon (1948) -
![Tenth Avenue Angel]( "Tenth Avenue Angel")
Tenth Avenue Angel Helen Mills (1948) -
![Living in a Big Way]( "Living in a Big Way")
Living in a Big Way Peggy Randall (1947) -
![The Sea of Grass]( "The Sea of Grass")
The Sea of Grass Sara Beth Brewton (1947) -
![Week-End at the Waldorf]( "Week-End at the Waldorf")
Week-End at the Waldorf Cynthia Drew (1945) -
![Bewitched]( "Bewitched")
Bewitched Joan Alris Ellis (1945) -
Actress
![Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo]( "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo")
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Ellen Lawson (1944) -
Soundtrack
![She's Working Her Way Through College]( "She's Working Her Way Through College")
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Archive footage
![Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman']( "Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'")
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Archive footage
![Studio 57]( "Studio 57")
Studio 57 (1957) -
![Twenty Years After]( "Twenty Years After")
Twenty Years After (1944)
All Filmography
Awards
1 win.Did You Know
Trivia
Thaxter's husband James Aubrey was reportedly the model for the lead character of Jacqueline Susann's novel "The Love Machine.".
Quotes
{In 1991 about "Thirty Seconds over Tokyo") The Lunts had said, 'Don't stay out there (in Hollywood.) I should have done just that one movie and gone back to Broadway. But I was foolish and stayed.
Star Sign
Scorpio
Personal Details
Born
Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter
Portland, Maine, USA
Died
(age 92)
Orlando, Florida, USA
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