ACTOR

Phyllis Thaxter

1919 - 2012

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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 in Superman (1978). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phyllis Thaxter has received more than 845,729 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Phyllis Thaxter is the 7,494th most popular actor (down from 6,692nd in 2019), the 11,057th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,958th in 2019) and the 3,471st most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 850k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Phyllis Thaxter ranks 7,494 out of 13,578. Before her are David Denman, Indiana Evans, Kim Wayans, William Gillette, Valerie Bertinelli, and Kang Ha-neul. After her are Janet Munro, Monty Banks, Kim Ah-joong, April Bowlby, Catherine Mouchet, and Barbara Shelley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Phyllis Thaxter ranks 329. Before her are Nellie Connally, Pauline Betz, Jack McGrath, Henriette Avram, Cornelia Fort, and Marga Petersen. After her are Fenny Heemskerk, Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, Norman Lane, Leopold Neumer, Kaifi Azmi, and Shamshad Begum. Among people deceased in 2012, Phyllis Thaxter ranks 446. Before her are Manuel Preciado Rebolledo, Robert Hughes, Elyse Knox, Colin Davis, Elizabeth Catlett, and Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn. After her are Josef Kloimstein, Alan G. Poindexter, Phillip V. Tobias, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Milt Campbell, and Ronald Stretton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Phyllis Thaxter ranks 11,057 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom Scholz (1947), David Ruffin (1941), Ken Salazar (1955), Post Malone (1995), Mike Bryan (1978), and Valerie Bertinelli (1960). After her are Harvey Pekar (1939), Neil Abercrombie (1938), Raymond Thorne (1887), Burton Jastram (1910), Baby Dodds (1898), and Mike McCready (1966).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Phyllis Thaxter ranks 3,471. Before her are Chad Coleman (1974), Alfonso Ribeiro (1971), David Denman (1973), Kim Wayans (1961), William Gillette (1853), and Valerie Bertinelli (1960). After her are April Bowlby (1980), Balthazar Getty (1975), Richard Edson (1954), Hillary Brooke (1914), David Krumholtz (1978), and Natalie Martinez (1984).

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Television and Movie Roles

Superman
Ma Kent
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Dec 14th 19787.137 / 10
The Breaking Point
Lucy Morgan
A fisherman with money problems hires out his boat to transport criminals.
Oct 6th 19507.125 / 10
Bewitched
Joan Alris Ellis
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
Jul 4th 19455.3 / 10