Phyllis Ponn Nayor, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 9, 2022 in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 91. Born to parents June and Nathaniel Ponn, on March 30th, 1931 in Brookline, Massachusetts, she attended Devotion School, Brookline High School, and Boston University. She was an accomplished ballerina who was crowned winner of WBZ's first annual Miss Television Contest in Boston in 1948. She performed with the Boston Ballet and also traveled the country performing at a variety of prominent hotels and clubs. Married in 1959 to Boston attorney Charles Nayor, she had one child, daughter, Nancy Nayor, who currently resides in Los Angeles and works as a Casting Director for feature films and TV. Phyllis became an active Boston socialite working with local charitable organizations and was a long-standing member of the gourmet food societies, La Chaîne de Rôtisseurs and Les D’Ames d’Escoffier, providing culinary scholarships for rising chefs. After her husband's passing, Phyllis moved to Beverly Hills in 2011. She was predeceased by her beloved brother, Rabbi Alan Ponn of Arizona. She leaves her daughter, Nancy Nayor Hadaegh and her husband, Dean Hadaegh, of Encino, California. A private service was held at Pierce Brothers Westwood Mortuary in Los Angeles, Wednesday May 11th and she was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills on Thursday, May 12th, 2022.
