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Sarah Edwards
Actor
Born October 9, 1881Died January 7, 1965 (83 years)
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Sarah Edwards (October 11, 1881 – January 7, 1965) was a Welsh-born American film and stage actress. She often played dowagers or spinsters in numerous Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, mostly in minor roles. Edwards started her acting career as a stage actress, she was described in 1916 by a newspaper article as a leading actress "very popular with West End theatre-goers".[1] She eventually settled in the United States and appeared in six Broadway plays between 1919 and 1931, primarily in comedies like The Merry Malones by George M. Cohan. Among her first movies was the New York-filmed 1929 musical Glorifying the American Girl (1929), where she portrayed the mercenary mother of leading actress Mary Eaton. She came to Hollywood in the mid-1930s where she appeared in about 190 films until her retirement 1951, mostly in uncredited, small character roles. Sarah Edwards died in Hollywood in 1965, aged 83.
Edwards seemed older than she was and often portrayed a "kindly grandmother, imperious dowager, hardy pioneer wife, ill-tempered teacher and strict governess". She remains perhaps best-known to modern audiences as the imperious mother of Mary Hatch (Donna Reed) in Frank Capra's film classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946) who tries to keep her daughter away from George Bailey. Edwards also played a customer in Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940) with James Stewart. She also appeared in another Christmas classic, The Bishop's Wife (1947) with Cary Grant, and as the wife of a doctor on the train in Hitchcock's thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943). Edwards sometimes also portrayed more substantial roles, for instance in the Charlie Chan movie Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944).
Sarah Edwards (October 11, 1881 – January 7, 1965) was a Welsh-born American film and stage actress. She often played dowagers or spinsters in numerous Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, mostly in minor roles. Edwards started her acting career as a stage actress, she was described in 1916 by a newspaper article as a leading actress "very popular with West End theatre-goers".[1] She eventually settled in the United States and appeared in six Broadway plays between 1919 and 1931, primarily in comedies like The Merry Malones by George M. Cohan. Among her first movies was the New York-filmed 1929 musical Glorifying the American Girl (1929), where she portrayed the mercenary mother of leading actress Mary Eaton. She came to Hollywood in the mid-1930s where she appeared in about 190 films until her retirement 1951, mostly in uncredited, small character roles. Sarah Edwards died in Hollywood in 1965, aged 83.
Edwards seemed older than she was and often portrayed a "kindly grandmother, imperious dowager, hardy pioneer wife, ill-tempered teacher and strict governess". She remains perhaps best-known to modern audiences as the imperious mother of Mary Hatch (Donna Reed) in Frank Capra's film classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946) who tries to keep her daughter away from George Bailey. Edwards also played a customer in Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940) with James Stewart. She also appeared in another Christmas classic, The Bishop's Wife (1947) with Cary Grant, and as the wife of a doctor on the train in Hitchcock's thriller Shadow of a Doubt (1943). Edwards sometimes also portrayed more substantial roles, for instance in the Charlie Chan movie Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944).
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Filmography
| 1952 | Carson City · as Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Honeychile · as Sarah |
| 1951 | The Lemon Drop Kid · as Woman In Home |
| 1950 | The Glass Menagerie · as Mrs. Miller |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl · as Mrs. East (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Petty Girl · as Prof. Morrison |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah · as Spectator |
| 1949 | Air Hostess · as Bertha Hallum |
| 1948 | Family Honeymoon · as Mrs. Carp (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Isn't It Romantic · as Bird-Like Woman |
| 1947 | |
| 1947 | The Voice of the Turtle · as Woman Seeking Theater Tickets |
| 1947 | The Bishop's Wife · as Mrs. Duffy |
| 1947 | That Hagen Girl · as Charlotte Miller |
| 1947 | The Romance of Rosy Ridge · as Mrs. Dessark |
| 1947 | That Way with Women · as Mrs. Irwin |
| 1947 | The Devil Thumbs a Ride · as Minnie |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses · as Townswoman |
| 1947 | It's a Joke, Son! · as Annabelle |
| 1946 | It's a Wonderful Life · as Mrs. Hatch |
| 1946 | Cross My Heart · as Matron |
| 1946 | Undercurrent · as Cora (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Verdict · as Housekeeper |
| 1946 | No Leave, No Love · as Irate Woman |
| 1946 | Shadowed · as Tillie |
| 1946 | Easy to Wed · as Mrs. Dibson |
| 1946 | Renegades · as Townswoman |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint · as Apartment Seeker |
| 1946 | Song of Arizona · as Dolly Finnuccin |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk · as Miss Diggs (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Allotment Wives · as Sadie |
| 1945 | |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green · as Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited) |
| 1945 | The Clock · as Clerk At Blood Lab |
| 1945 | Two O'Clock Courage · as Mrs. Tuttle (patty's Landlady) (uncredited) |
| 1944 | The Thin Man Goes Home · as Passenger On Train Asking 'why Should I?' |
| 1944 | Music for Millions · as Lady In Train Station |
| 1944 | Storm Over Lisbon · as Maude Perry-Tonides |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain · as Townswoman |
| 1944 | The Story of Dr. Wassell · as 'janssen' Passenger |
| 1944 | Bathing Beauty · as Faculty Member (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich's Little Secret · as Mrs. Bradley |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid · as Mrs. Bradley |
| 1944 | Rationing · as Mrs. Beachman |
| 1944 | Charlie Chan in the Secret Service · as Mrs. Hargue |
| 1943 | Nearly Eighteen · as Miss Perkins |
| 1943 | My Kingdom for a Cook · as Woman In Employment Office |
| 1943 | Let's Face It · as Woman In Court |
| 1943 | Hers to Hold · as Graduate Nurse |
| 1943 | Dixie Dugan · as Mrs. Kelly |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Shadow of a Doubt · as Doctor's Wife On Train (uncredited) |
| 1943 | The Powers Girl · as School Board Membner |
| 1943 | Happy Go Lucky · as Spinster |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde · as Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Forest Rangers · as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Scattergood Survives a Murder · as Selma Quentin |
| 1942 | Apache Trail · as Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters · as Lady In Elevator |
| 1942 | Flight Lieutenant · as Customer |
| 1942 | Sons of the Pioneers · as Housekeeper |
| 1942 | Reap the Wild Wind · as Dowager At Tea |
| 1942 | |
| 1941 | Bedtime Story · as Housekeeper |
| 1941 | H.M. Pulham, Esq. · as Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Miss Polly · as Angie Turner |
| 1941 | Birth of the Blues · as Dowager In Cafe |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven · as Mrs. Spicer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | I Wake Up Screaming · as Customer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Three Girls About Town · as Clubwoman |
| 1941 | You Belong to Me · as Mrs. Snyder |
| 1941 | Sunset in Wyoming · as Susanna Hawkins Peabody |
| 1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry · as Mrs. Burton (uncredited) |
| 1941 | She Knew All the Answers · as Undetermined Secondary Role |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe · as Mrs. Hawkins |
| 1941 | Mr. District Attorney · as Miss Petherby |
| 1941 | Footsteps in the Dark · as Mrs. Belgarde |
| 1941 | The Face Behind the Mask · as Mrs. Perkins (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Invisible Woman · as Showroom Buyer (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Little Men · as Landlady |
| 1940 | Arise, My Love · as Spinster (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Strike Up the Band · as Miss Hodges |
| 1940 | The Howards of Virginia · as Neighbor Girl |
| 1940 | Young People · as Mrs. Stinchfield |
| 1940 | New Moon · as Marquise Della Rosa |
| 1940 | Anne of Windy Poplars · as Cast |
| 1940 | Lucky Cisco Kid · as Spinster |
| 1940 | Curtain Call · as Literary Committee Member |
| 1940 | Star Dust · as Woman In Dining Car |
| 1940 | Free, Blonde and 21 · as Undetermined Role |
| 1940 | The Shop Around the Corner · as Woman Customer |
| 1939 | Remember? · as Lady In Revolving Door |
| 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Williams · as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Meet Dr. Christian · as Mrs. Minnows |
| 1939 | Sabotage · as (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Espionage Agent · as Militant American Tourist |
| 1939 | Here I Am a Stranger · as Chaperone At Dance |
| 1939 | Coast Guard · as Florence (uncredited) |
| 1939 | 6,000 Enemies · as Fourth Lady |
| 1939 | Unmarried · as Mrs. Jones |
| 1939 | Blondie Meets the Boss · as Saleswoman (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · as Annie Rucker (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Persons in Hiding · as Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Boy Trouble · as Mrs. Moots |
| 1938 | The Shining Hour · as Chairwoman Of Morals Society (uncredited) |
| 1938 | The Cowboy and the Lady · as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1938 | A Man to Remember · as Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Sons of the Legion · as Mrs. Hynes |
| 1938 | Three Loves Has Nancy · as Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Keep Smiling · as Governess |
| 1938 | Woman Against Woman · as Party Guest |
| 1938 | The Beloved Brat · as School Board Member Miss Brundage |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That · as Mrs. Snell |
| 1938 | Fools for Scandal · as Tourist Buying Rug |
| 1938 | Judge Hardy's Children · as Miss Adams (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Merrily We Live · as Mrs. Fleming |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Love Is a Headache · as Mrs. Warden, Fan From New Jersey (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Second Honeymoon · as Woman In Airplane |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited) |
| 1937 | It's Love I'm After · as Mrs. Hinkle |
| 1937 | Life Begins in College · as Teacher |
| 1937 | Varsity Show · as Mrs. Biddle |
| 1937 | Public Wedding · as Mrs. Van Drexel |
| 1937 | Maytime · as Minor Role |
| 1937 | We're on the Jury · as Evelyn Bottomley |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild · as Mrs. Moffat (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn · as Companion Of American Without Matches (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Stage Struck · as Schoolteacher At Aquarium |
| 1936 | My American Wife · as Townswoman |
| 1936 | Early to Bed · as Miss Barton |
| 1936 | Palm Springs · as Miss Pinchon |
| 1936 | The Golden Arrow · as Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers |
| 1936 | The Great Ziegfeld · as Wardrobe Woman |
| 1936 | Moonlight Murder · as Autograph Seeker |
| 1936 | Colleen · as First Society Woman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Walking Dead · as Female Doctor - Guest At Party |
| 1935 | Miss Pacific Fleet · as Woman With Mrs. Freytag In Snuggle-Up Inn |
| 1935 | Stars Over Broadway · as Woman Dancing With Fat Man |
| 1935 | Anna Karenina · as Wife - Second Couple |
| 1935 | It's in the Air · as Old Maid (uncredited) |
| 1935 | I Live My Life · as Professor Douglas (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Two Fisted · as Abigail Adams |
| 1935 | The Dark Angel · as Josephine Bidley |
| 1935 | Man on the Flying Trapeze · as Motorcar Owner |
| 1935 | People Will Talk · as Martie Beemish |
| 1935 | Ruggles of Red Gap · as Mrs. Myron Carey |
| 1935 | Shadow of Doubt · as Dowager In Taxi |
| 1934 | The World Accuses · as Lucille Weymouth |
| 1934 | Side Streets · as Second Customer |
| 1934 | Smarty · as Mrs. Crosby's Mother |
| 1932 | American Madness · as Gossip On Phone (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Wayward · as Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1929 | Glorifying the American Girl · as Mrs. Hughes |