She was the Definition of Feisty

She was the feistiest of the feisty old ladies! Judith Lowry played old ladies because she was one one. Her most memorable role was that of Mother Dexter on the 70's sitcom "Phyllis". Lowry was the voice of reason to Cloris Leachman's Phyllis threatening to break Phyliss' knees at times with a baseball bat.
Born 1890 Lowry was an actress who played smaller roles but gave up her career to raise her children until the 1940's when she went back to work. She started out doing small old lady roles and eventually became a sitcom star in her 80's. Lowry appeared in films as well as television. She was in "Valley of the Dolls" and "Cold Turkey" as well as appearing on Broadway in "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds"
Her last role was that of Mother Dexter on "Phyllis" and her last appearence was in the episode "Mother Dexter's Wedding" where her character married actor Burt Mustin's characeter. It was the last television appearence for both actors as they died after filming. Judith Lowry died in 1976 at the age of 86 just before her wedding episode aired.