Judith Lowry became well-known for her role as Mother Dexter on the CBS show Phyllis during the last year of her life, but died midway through the show's second season.
10 Facts About Judith Lowry
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Judith Lowry was the daughter of Mildred Elizabeth Megeath and Francis Joseph Ives.
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Judith Lowry's father was a career surgeon in the US Army, attaining the rank of Major.
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Judith Lowry made her stage debut in 1913 in a stock company in Washington, DC In 1921, she gave birth to her first child and retired from acting to raise her family.
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Judith Lowry resumed her acting career in 1952 after the youngest of nine children turned 18, appearing on stage and taking occasional bit parts in film and television.
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Judith Lowry played an uncredited part in Valley of the Dolls as Aunt Amy, followed by roles in such films as The Anderson Tapes and Cold Turkey.
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Judith Lowry's best-remembered role is that of acid-tongued, no-nonsense Mother Dexter on the 1970s sitcom Phyllis, starring Cloris Leachman.
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Judith Lowry died of a heart attack during the series' final season.
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Judith Lowry collapsed and died from a heart attack while walking down a Greenwich Village street with her son Rayphield Semmes Judith Lowry, on November 29,1976; she was 86 years old.
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Judith Lowry was buried next to her husband, Rudd Lowry, in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York.