Phyllis Avery

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Phyllis Avery (born November 14, 1922 in New York City , † May 19, 2011 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress .

Life

Phyllis Avery was born as the daughter of the American playwright and screenwriter Stephen Morehouse Avery and his wife Evelyn Martine Avery. She grew up in France and Los Angeles.

Avery trained as an actor at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She had previously made her Broadway debut in May 1937, with the role of Goldie in the musical Orchids Preferred . In 1940/1941 she appeared on Broadway in the hit comedy Charley's Aunt . She played the role of Amy Spettigue, one of the young naive girls , at the side of José Ferrer . From November 1943 to May 1944 she played the role of Dorothy Ross in over 200 performances on Broadway in the musical play Winged Victory by Moss Hart , a production of the US Army Air Forces . One of her partners was actor Don Taylor , whom Avery later married.

Avery made her film debut in 1951 with the role of the young girl Marjorie in the comedy Queen for a Day . In 1952 she played the role of Tracy McAuliffe, the wife of the character Boake Tackman, played by Charlton Heston , in the MGM drama Ruby Gentry . In 1956 she belonged to Gordon MacRae , Ernest Borgnine and Dan Dailey to the cast of the musical Fanfares of Joy , a biopic about three composers. She played Margaret Henderson, the wife of music teacher and composer Ray Henderson .

Despite a few other film roles, Avery worked primarily as a television actress since the 1950s. She was seen in continuous series roles, episode roles and guest roles in a total of over 40 television series. From 1953 to 1955 she impersonated the wife of Ray Milland as professor's wife Peggy McNutley in the American sitcom Meet Mr. McNutley . From 1960 to 1962 she took on the role of Anne Shelby in the soap opera The Clear Horizon ; in it she played the wife of a US astronaut stationed in Cape Canaveral who is attracted to another man.

She had appearances in the television series Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957-1959), Perry Mason (1958; 1961), West of Santa Fé (1959), A Thousand Miles of Dust (1959), Peter Gunn (1960), At the foot of the Blue Mountains (1960; 1963), The People at Shiloh Ranch (1963), Dr. Kildare (1963), Daniel Boone (1967), All in The Family (1973), Charlie's Angels (1977) and Baretta (1978).

In the late 1970s, Avery retired as an actress. In the 1990s, she returned to the camera for a few sporadic film and television roles, including the comedy film Made in America and the comedy series Coach .

Avery had been a real estate agent in the Los Angeles area since the 1960s .

Private

Avery married actor Don Taylor in 1944, whom she met on the Broadway production of Winged Victory ; the marriage was divorced again in 1955. The marriage resulted in two daughters.

Avery died of heart failure at her Los Angeles home at the age of 88 .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Phyllis Avery  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e f PASSINGS: Phyllis Avery obituary in Los Angeles Times, May 25, 2011
  2. ↑ a b c d Prolific TV Actress Phyllis Avery Dies at 88 obituary in: The Hollywood Reporter, May 23, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Avery, Phyllis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Phyllis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 2011
Place of death Los Angeles , California , United States