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August 14, 2012
Phyllis Thaxter, American actress (born 1919)
Phyllis Thaxter
Phyllis St. Felix Thaxter was an American actress. She is best known for portraying Ellen Lawson in Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) and Martha "Ma" Kent in Superman (1978). She also appeared in Bewitched (1945), Blood on the Moon (1948), and The World of Henry Orient (1964).
August 14
August 14 is the 226th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 139 days remain until the end of the year.