Friday, August 17, 2012

Phyllis Thaxter

Actress in film and on television -- via the Hollywood Reporter. Though only 21 of her 67 credits are in films, she worked in many significant ones, and with many important figures. She debuted in "30 Seconds over Tokyo"; she worked with Elia Kazan ("The Sea of Grass"), Gregory La Cava ("Living in a Big Way"), John Sturges ("Sign of the Ram"), appeared in Robert Wise's great noir Western, "Blood on the Moon" and  Fred Zinneman's  "Act of Violence," Michael Curtiz ("The Breaking Point" & "Jim Thorpe - All-American."







Her last film role was as the iconic Martha Kent in the 1978 "Superman."




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