a 60-year resident of Hillsborough and was 95 years old when she died. She was an accomplished actress, both on Broadway in New York City and in Hollywood.. MacDonald died of natural causes in her sleep at her caretaker's home in San Mateo, California. She was 95 years old. Her husband, Graeme K. MacDonald, a contractor, died in 1993. She was survived by her five sons and their grandchildren. One of her grandchildren, actress Alexis MacDonald, is the founder of the Strings Attached Theater Company, which is based in New York City. References External links San Francisco Chronicle: Phyllis Welch MacDonald 1913 births 2008 deaths American stage actresses American film actresses People from Hillsborough, California American portrait painters American theatre managers and producers Actresses from Toledo, Ohio 20th-century American painters 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American women