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Ray Milland and Phyllis Avery for the CBS sitcom “The Ray Milland Show” (1953-1955)

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Character Actress

Phyllis Avery (November 14, 1922[3]-May 19, 2011) Film and television actress.

Avery made her film debut in 1951 and made several features but she worked primarily as a television actress since the 1950s. She has appeared in continuous series roles, episode roles and guest roles in a total of over 40 television series. From 1953 to 1955, she embodied Peggy McNutley as Ray Milland's wife in the US sitcom Meet Mr. McNutley. From 1960 to 1962 she took on the role of Anne Shelby in soap opera The Clear Horizon; in it she played the wife of a US astronaut stationed in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, who was attracted to another man.

She had appearances in the television series Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957-1959),Trackdown (1957), Perry Mason (1958; 1961), The Rifleman (1959), Rawhide (1959), Peter Gunn (1960), Have Gun Will Travel (1962), Laramie (1960; 1963), The Virginian (1963), Dr. Kildare (1963), Daniel Boone (1967), All in the Family (1973), Maude (1976), Charlie's Angels (1977) and Baretta (1978).

In the late 1970s, Avery ended her career as an actress. She returned to the camera for some sporadic film and television roles in the 1990s, including the comedy series Coach. (Wikipedia)

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