ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent’s adoptive mother in the 1978 film “Superman,” has died in Florida. She was 92. Thaxter’s daughter, Skye Aubrey, ...

She played Ma Kent in the 1978 superhero film after appearing years earlier in such classics as “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo” and “Act of Violence.” By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Thaxter died Tuesday at ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Phyllis Thaxter, an actress best known for her role as Clark Kent's adoptive mother in the 1978 film "Superman," has died in Florida. She was 92. Thaxter's daughter, Skye Aubrey, ...

Phyllis Thaxter, an actress who played Martha Kent, Clark Kent’s adoptive mother, in the 1978 film “Superman” as part of a long career in film and television, died in Longwood, just north of Orlando, ...