The daughter of a Supreme Court judge, Phyllis Thaxter followed the example of her mother, a former actress. Thaxter made her first stage appearance, at the Ogunquit (Maine) Playhouse. In her teens, she received on-the-job training with the Montreal Repertory. On Broadway from 1938, she appeared in such popular plays as What a Life!, There Shall Be No Night, and Claudia. Signed to an MGM contract in 1944, Phyllis was often wasted in traditional faithful-wife roles, but on occasion was permitted a wider acting range in such parts as the schizophrenic heroine of Arch Oboler's Bewitched (1944). While at MGM, Phyllis married James Aubrey, who later ascended to the presidency of CBS-TV (andstill later, took over MGM); the union lasted until 1962, producing a daughter, actress Skye Aubrey. Sidelined by an attack of infantile paralysis in 1952, Thaxter made a slow, steady stage, screen and TV comeback in character parts, frequently accepting roles that would challenge her physical limitations. In 1978, after a long absence from the screen, Phyllis Thaxter was cast as Ma Kent in Superman: The Movie.
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Superman: The Movie
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1978 | |||
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The Longest Night
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1972 | |||
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Bonanza: The Clarion
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1969 | |||
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The F.B.I.: Traitor
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Man Afraid
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Women's Prison
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1955 | |||
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Operation Secret
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1952 | |||
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Springfield Rifle
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1952 | |||
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Come Fill the Cup
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1951 | |||
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Fort Worth
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1951 | |||
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No Man of Her Own
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1950 | |||
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The Breaking Point
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1950 | |||
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Act of Violence
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1949 | |||
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Blood on the Moon
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1948 | |||
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Tenth Avenue Angel
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1948 | |||
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The Sign of the Ram
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1948 | |||
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Living in a Big Way
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1947 | |||
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The Sea of Grass
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1947 | |||
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Bewitched
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1945 | |||
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Weekend at the Waldorf
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1945 | |||
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