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Elizabeth Lawrence

Actor
Born May 3, 1922Died June 11, 2000 (78 years)
Elizabeth Lawrence (September 6, 1922 – June 11, 2000) was an American actress, best known for her long-running role as Myra Murdock Sloane in the soap opera All My Children from 1979–1991. She had roles in other soap operas: Guiding Light, As the World Turns, A World Apart, and The Road of Life. She is also known for her roles as Chloe Williams - blind mother of Julia Roberts' character Laura Burney - in Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Mrs. Blair in We're No Angels (with Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore), Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible (1996), and the school nurse in Unbreakable (2000) - released the year of her death.

Known For

  • Sleeping with the Enemy
  • Four Friends

Filmography

2000
Unbreakable · as School Nurse
2000
Isn't She Great · as Missy Hastings
1999
Third Watch (TV Series) · as Mary Stiverson
1997
Oz (TV Series) · as Beecher's Grandmother
1996
The Crucible · as Rebecca Nurse
1991
The Butcher's Wife · as Grammy D'arbo
1991
Sleeping with the Enemy · as Chloe Williams
1990
Law & Order (TV Series) · as Miss Elsie Hatch
1989
We're No Angels · as Mrs. Blair
1981
Four Friends · as Mrs. Prozor
1970
All My Children (TV Series) · as Myra Murdock Sloane
1964
Lilith · as Patient
1963
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Mrs. Cunningham
1963
East Side/West Side (TV Series) · as Emily Mooney
1963
The Doctors (TV Series) · as Virginia Dancy
1956
As The World Turns (TV Series) · as Marsha Davidson
1956
The Edge of Night (TV Series) · as Constance Johnson
1952
Guiding Light (TV Series) · as Bess Lowell
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast

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