Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter (November , â€" August , ) was an American
actress.Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter was born in Portland, Maine, to
Sidney St. Felix Thaxter, who later became a Justice of the Maine
Supreme Court, and his wife, Phyllis (Schuyler), a former actress and
member of the Dutch-American Schuyler family.Before appearing in
movies, Thaxter was on the stage. When Dorothy McGuire went to
Hollywood, Thaxter replaced her in the Broadway play Claudia. In , she
signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her movie debut was
opposite Van Johnson in the wartime film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
In the film-noir Bewitched, Thaxter played Joan Alris Ellis, a woman
suffering from split personality. In , she played a cattle owner's
daughter with Barbara Bel Geddes in Blood on the Moon.At MGM, she
routinely portrayed the ever-patient wife to a number of leading men.
She moved to Warner Brothers in the s, but usually played the same
type of roles.
actress.Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter was born in Portland, Maine, to
Sidney St. Felix Thaxter, who later became a Justice of the Maine
Supreme Court, and his wife, Phyllis (Schuyler), a former actress and
member of the Dutch-American Schuyler family.Before appearing in
movies, Thaxter was on the stage. When Dorothy McGuire went to
Hollywood, Thaxter replaced her in the Broadway play Claudia. In , she
signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her movie debut was
opposite Van Johnson in the wartime film Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
In the film-noir Bewitched, Thaxter played Joan Alris Ellis, a woman
suffering from split personality. In , she played a cattle owner's
daughter with Barbara Bel Geddes in Blood on the Moon.At MGM, she
routinely portrayed the ever-patient wife to a number of leading men.
She moved to Warner Brothers in the s, but usually played the same
type of roles.
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