Phyllis Avery
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Phyllis Avery (November 14, 1922-May 19, 2011) was an American actress.

Phyllis Avery was born to screenwriter Stephen Morehouse Avery and his wife Evelyn Martine Avery. She grew up in France and Los Angeles.

Avery completed her training 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 successful comedy Charley's Aunt. She played alongside José Ferrer the role of Amy Spettigue, one of the young naive girls. From November 1943 to May 1944, she played the role of Dorothy Ross on Broadway in the musical play Winged Victory by Moss Hart, a production of the US Army Air Forces, in over 200 performances. 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 film comedy Queen for a Day. In 1952, she played the role of Tracy McAuliffe, the wife of the movie character Boake Tackman embodied by Charlton Heston, in the MGM film drama Ruby Gentry. In 1956, along with Gordon MacRae, Ernest Borgnine and Dan Dailey, she was part of the cast for the musical The Best Things in Life Are Free, a film biography of three composers. She embodied Margaret Henderson, the wife of the music teacher and composer Ray Henderson.