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Cora Witherspoon
Actor
Born January 4, 1890Died November 17, 1957 (67 years)
Cora Witherspoon was an American stage and film character actress whose career spanned nearly half a century. She began in theatre where she remained rooted even after entering motion pictures in the early 1930s. As Witherspoon’s career progressed, she carved a niche playing haughty society women or harridan housewives such as Princess Lina in Ferenc Molnár's 1928 play Olympia, or Agatha Sousè, W.C. Fields’ domineering spouse in the 1940 film The Bank Dick. John Springer and Jack Hamilton, authors of They Had Faces Then: Super Stars, Stars, and Starlets of the 1930's (1974), wrote that "Witherspoon was blessed with a face that might have been drawn by one of those cartoonists who specialize in dealing with the war between men and women."
Filmography
| 2005 | The Great Man: W.C. Fields · as Agatha Sousé (clip From The Bank Dick (1940)) |
| 1982 | Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter · as Actress - 'the Bank Dick' |
| 1954 | It Should Happen to You · as Macy's Saleslady (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Just for You · as Mrs. Angevine |
| 1952 | The First Time · as Nurse Salisbury |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | The Mating Season · as Mrs. Williamson |
| 1949 | Fireside Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as Aunt Fanny |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1946 | I've Always Loved You · as Edwina Blythe |
| 1946 | She Wrote the Book · as Carrothers |
| 1946 | Young Widow · as Aunt Emeline |
| 1946 | Colonel Effingham's Raid · as Mrs. Clara Meigs |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes · as Mrs. Peterson - Patient (uncredited) |
| 1945 | This Love of Ours · as Woman |
| 1945 | Over 21 · as Mrs. Gates |
| 1941 | Honeymoon for Three · as Mrs. Sneddington |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick · as Agatha Sousé |
| 1940 | Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise · as Susie Watson |
| 1940 | I Was an Adventuress · as Aunt Cecile |
| 1939 | Stage Door · as Mrs. Orcutt |
| 1939 | The Women · as Mrs. Van Adams |
| 1939 | Dark Victory · as Carrie |
| 1939 | Dodge City · as Mrs. Mccoy |
| 1939 | The Flying Irishman · as Mamie Thompson |
| 1938 | Just Around the Corner · as Aunt Julia Ramsby |
| 1938 | Vacation from Love · as Mrs. Soames, Wedding |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy · as Mrs. Herford |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette · as Countess De Noailles |
| 1938 | Port of Seven Seas · as Claudine |
| 1938 | Professor Beware · as Mrs. Ophelia Pitts |
| 1938 | He Couldn't Say No · as Mrs. Coney |
| 1937 | Beg, Borrow or Steal · as Mrs. Elizabeth Miller |
| 1937 | Madame X · as Nora |
| 1937 | The Big Shot · as Elizabeth Simms |
| 1937 | The Lady Escapes · as Fanny Worthington |
| 1937 | Quality Street · as Patty |
| 1937 | Personal Property · as Mrs. Burns |
| 1937 | On the Avenue · as Aunt Fritz |
| 1937 | Dangerous Number · as Gypsy |
| 1936 | Libeled Lady · as Mrs. Burns-Norvell |
| 1936 | Piccadilly Jim · as Nesta Pett, Ann's Aunt |
| 1936 | Frankie and Johnnie · as Mrs. Lumpy Thornton |
| 1934 | A Peach of a Pair · as Suzy Woodbury (uncredited) |
| 1934 | Midnight · as Elizabeth Mcgrath |
| 1932 | Ladies of the Jury · as Lily Pratt |
| 1931 | Peach O'Reno · as Aggie Bruno |
| 1931 | The Night Angel · as Head Nurse |
| 1931 | Tarnished Lady · as Saleslady |