St. Louis' accidental actress Phyllis Smith returns in 'Inside Out 2'

Since then, she has been in the movie “Bad Teacher” — a real-life degree in elementary education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis may have helped inform that role — has performed in a handful of shows at the Muny and has received an Annie Award for outstanding voice actor for providing the voice of Sadness in the hit animated film “Inside Out.” Smith is from St. Louis — she went to Cleveland High School — and lives with her mother in the south city house in which she grew...