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Acting

Phyllis Thaxter

Career: Active from 1944 to 1985, with a break from 1973 to 1984, with up to 3 main titles a year.

Leading roles: 13
top three billing

Average score: 64/100

Highest rated: The Breaking Point
89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 41 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Phyllis Thaxter Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.1, average 5.4
Cringe Humor
0.6, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
0.6, average 2.0
Situational Comedy
1.3, average 2.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Moral Dilemma 3
Historical Setting 3
Sentimental 3
Character-Driven 3
Intriguing Mystery 2
Noir 2
Psychological Tension 2
Social Commentary 2
Psychological Drama 2
Tension 2
Family-Friendly 2
Post-War America 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

57

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

1980s

4 titles · average score 72

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

72

TV show · as Rebecca Nurse

Three Sovereigns for Sarah

as Rebecca Nurse

Murder, She Wrote

76

TV show · as Emily Weymouth

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Rebecca Nurse

1970s

5 titles · average score 73

Superman

80

as Ma Kent

Once an Eagle

74

TV show · as Alma Caldwell

The Longest Night

70

as Norma Chambers

Cannon

67

TV show

Incident in San Francisco

as Lois Harmon

1960s

12 titles · average score 67

Medical Center

67

TV show · as Celia Jennings

Lancer

63

TV show

The Invaders

49

TV show · as Sarah Concannon

The F.B.I.

65

TV show · as Viv Caldwell / Rosemary Ramsey

The World of Henry Orient

76

as Mrs. Avis Gilbert

The Fugitive

84

TV show · as Enid Langer

Kraft Suspense Theatre

70

TV show · as Mildred Zaro

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Elsa Hollands / Mrs. Logan

The Defenders

71

TV show · as Dolores Ritter

Thriller

74

TV show · as Ursula Sommerville

Outlaws

TV show

Special for Women

TV show · as Wilhemina 'Willie' Ross

1950s

26 titles · average score 68

The Twilight Zone

91

TV show

Bonanza

73

TV show · as Ruth Manning

Man Afraid

60

as Lisa Collins

Wagon Train

71

TV show · as Christine Elliot

Atomic Attack

as Gladys Mitchell

Springfield Rifle

59

as Erin Kearney

Operation Secret

62

as Maria

Fort Worth

63

as Flora Talbot

Come Fill the Cup

69

as Paula Copeland

Jim Thorpe – All-American

64

as Margaret Miller

The Breaking Point

89

as Lucy Morgan

No Man of Her Own

71

as Patrice Harkness

1940s

10 titles · average score 59

Act of Violence

67

as Ann Sturgess

Blood on the Moon

74

as Carol Lufton

The Sign of the Ram

51

as Sherida Binyon

Tenth Avenue Angel

62

as Helen Mills

The Sea of Grass

33

as Sara Beth Brewton

Living in a Big Way

59

as Peggy Randall

Bewitched

53

as Joan Alris Ellis

Week-End at the Waldorf

63

as Cynthia Drew

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

70

as Ellen Lawson

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)