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 …

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.

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.

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, …

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 …

Although 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 …

Apr 29, 2008 · During World War II, Phyllis Thaxter was something of a phenomenon. With her first film, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, based on the true story of the Doolittle air raid on Japan, …

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 16, 2012 · Phyllis Thaxter, 92, an actress who had an active film career in the 1940s and ‘50s and capped it with her portrayal of Clark Kent’s mother in the 1978 version of “Superman,” …

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.