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Isabel Withers
Actor
Born January 20, 1896Died September 3, 1968 (72 years)
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Isabel Withers (January 20, 1896 – September 3, 1968) was an American actress, who worked in theatre, film and television.
In her youth, Withers lived in Coffeyville, Kansas and Illinois. She attended school in Kansas City, Missouri. She later enrolled in a school of drama in Kansas City and joined a Chautauqua circuit repertoire company. At the time it was playing in Billings, Montana performing The Melting Pot, a play by Israel Zangwill. Following a route of tented colleges, Withers first appeared on the road in Little Women. She played the leading role in The Tailor Made Man after a season in stock theatre in Utica, New York. She performed in Cappy Ricks in Chicago.
George M. Cohan selected Withers for the lead feminine role, with Lowell Sherman, in the Chicago company of The Tavern. In New York City she appeared in Kempy at the Belmont Theater. While in New York Withers modeled for an exclusive gown shop during the day. Henry Duffy wired her to come to San Francisco, California to do Kempy just as she was on her way to visit her mother in Los Angeles. She made her way south acting in Love Em and Leave 'Em and Rain. Withers starred in Rain at the old Orpheum Theater, 12th Street, San Francisco, California, in November 1926. Drawing comparisons to actress Jeanne Eagels, she drew praise in the role of Sadie Thompson.
Withers accumulated ninety-two screen and television credits, beginning with a role in the movie The Hot Spot (1931). Many of her screen appearances were uncredited parts. She was also in her share of B-movies. Two memorable movies in which she had uncredited parts were The Babe Ruth Story (1948) and Monkey Business (1952).
She performed on television during the 1950s in such shows as Four Star Playhouse (1955), Lassie (1956), The Millionaire (1957), and The Bob Cummings Show (1958).
Isabel Withers died in 1968 in Hollywood, California, aged 72.
Isabel Withers (January 20, 1896 – September 3, 1968) was an American actress, who worked in theatre, film and television.
In her youth, Withers lived in Coffeyville, Kansas and Illinois. She attended school in Kansas City, Missouri. She later enrolled in a school of drama in Kansas City and joined a Chautauqua circuit repertoire company. At the time it was playing in Billings, Montana performing The Melting Pot, a play by Israel Zangwill. Following a route of tented colleges, Withers first appeared on the road in Little Women. She played the leading role in The Tailor Made Man after a season in stock theatre in Utica, New York. She performed in Cappy Ricks in Chicago.
George M. Cohan selected Withers for the lead feminine role, with Lowell Sherman, in the Chicago company of The Tavern. In New York City she appeared in Kempy at the Belmont Theater. While in New York Withers modeled for an exclusive gown shop during the day. Henry Duffy wired her to come to San Francisco, California to do Kempy just as she was on her way to visit her mother in Los Angeles. She made her way south acting in Love Em and Leave 'Em and Rain. Withers starred in Rain at the old Orpheum Theater, 12th Street, San Francisco, California, in November 1926. Drawing comparisons to actress Jeanne Eagels, she drew praise in the role of Sadie Thompson.
Withers accumulated ninety-two screen and television credits, beginning with a role in the movie The Hot Spot (1931). Many of her screen appearances were uncredited parts. She was also in her share of B-movies. Two memorable movies in which she had uncredited parts were The Babe Ruth Story (1948) and Monkey Business (1952).
She performed on television during the 1950s in such shows as Four Star Playhouse (1955), Lassie (1956), The Millionaire (1957), and The Bob Cummings Show (1958).
Isabel Withers died in 1968 in Hollywood, California, aged 72.
Filmography
| 1960 | Dante (TV Series) · as Nurse Hawken |
| 1959 | The Detectives (1959) (TV Series) · as Old Woman |
| 1957 | The Careless Years · as High School History Teacher |
| 1957 | Slaughter on 10th Avenue · as Landlady |
| 1957 | The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm · as Bit Role |
| 1956 | Broken Arrow (TV Series) · as Ma Graf |
| 1955 | The Millionaire (TV Series) · as Alice |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as The Motel Manager's Wife |
| 1954 | Studio 57 (TV Series) · as Miss Watson |
| 1954 | Lassie (TV Series) · as Anne Bush |
| 1953 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1953 | It Happens Every Thursday · as Minor Role |
| 1953 | Tonight We Sing · as Emma's Maid |
| 1953 | Girls in the Night · as Nurse |
| 1953 | The Life of Riley (1953) (TV Series) · as Lorna |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as (segment "nothing So Monstrous") |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre (TV Series) · as Emelia |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse (TV Series) · as Doris |
| 1952 | Monkey Business · as Laundress (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Sniper · as Desk Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Never Trust a Gambler · as Typist |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy · as Typist (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Front Page Detective (TV Series) · as Mrs. Ames |
| 1950 | My Blue Heaven · as Gladys |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) · as Mrs. Rigney |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl · as Mrs. Finley (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Perfect Strangers · as Jury Registrar Woman |
| 1950 | Beware of Blondie · as Harriet Woodley |
| 1949 | Abandoned · as Mrs. Humes (uncredited) |
| 1949 | |
| 1949 | Riders in the Sky · as Galloway's Secretary |
| 1949 | Chicago Deadline · as Nurse |
| 1949 | Once More, My Darling · as Bit Part |
| 1949 | Air Hostess · as Miss Fish |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead · as Secretary (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Adventure in Baltimore · as Ella Wade |
| 1949 | Mr. Belvedere Goes to College · as Mrs. Myrtle - The Baby-Sitter |
| 1949 | Shockproof · as Switchboard Operator (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Snake Pit · as Nurse Johnson |
| 1948 | You Gotta Stay Happy · as Maid (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Babe Ruth Story · as Older Nurse |
| 1948 | The Return of the Whistler · as Older Nurse |
| 1948 | The Mating of Millie · as Receptionist |
| 1948 | I Love Trouble · as Gracie |
| 1947 | Possessed · as Nurse Rosen |
| 1947 | A Likely Story · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames · as (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Suddenly It's Spring · as Reporter |
| 1946 | Dead Reckoning · as Nurse |
| 1946 | That Brennan Girl · as Miss Pendergast (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Mysterious Intruder · as Miss Gordon (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Deadline at Dawn · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1946 | To Each His Own · as Customer |
| 1945 | The Lost Weekend · as Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Kiss and Tell · as Nora Wilcox |
| 1945 | The Missing Corpse · as Miss Patterson (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion · as Landlady |
| 1945 | I Love a Mystery · as Miss Osgood, Ellen's Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Together Again · as Townswoman |
| 1944 | Practically Yours · as Grace Mahoney |
| 1944 | Once Upon a Time · as Woman In Elevator |
| 1944 | Casanova Brown · as Nurse Who Helps Casanova |
| 1944 | Law Men · as Auntie Mack |
| 1944 | Up in Arms · as Businessman's Wife |
| 1944 | Beautiful But Broke · as Mrs. Grayson |
| 1943 | What a Woman! · as Telephone Operator |
| 1943 | Mr. Lucky · as Blood Bank Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Mission to Moscow · as Well-Wisher At Train (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Lady of Burlesque · as Teletype Operator |
| 1942 | George Washington Slept Here · as Wife Of Apartment Hunter |
| 1942 | My Heart Belongs to Daddy · as Mrs. Evans - Landlady |
| 1942 | Now, Voyager · as Ship's Passenger |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · as Nurse In Dr. Olcott's Office |
| 1942 | Sweater Girl · as Mrs. Mcgill |
| 1942 | Henry and Dizzy · as Laura Stevens |
| 1942 | Blondie Goes to College · as Mrs. Stringer |
| 1941 | Our Wife · as Middle-Aged Woman In Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Manpower · as Head Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1940 | I Want a Divorce · as Secretary |
| 1940 | No Time for Comedy · as First-Nighter (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The House Across the Bay · as Woman In Club |
| 1939 | Four Wives · as Nurse Telling Jenkins It's A Boy (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny · as Jail Matron (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Off the Record · as Telephone Operator (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Brother Rat · as Nurse |
| 1936 | Crash Donovan · as Mrs. Horner (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Public Enemy's Wife · as Telephone Operator |
| 1935 | The Case of the Lucky Legs · as Diner Proprietress |
| 1933 | Ladies They Talk About · as Prisoner (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Paid · as Helen Morris |