Edith Atwater
Born: 1911-04-22 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 1986-03-14
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edith Atwater (April 22, 1911 – March 14, 1986) was an American stage, film and television actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Atwater made her Broadway debut in 1933. In 1939 she starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner. On screen she appeared in such films as The Body Snatcher, Sweet Smell of Success, and Strait-Jacket. Her television work included roles on The Rockford Files and Knots Landing. Atwater was married to actor Hugh Marlowe in 1941. She later married Kent Smith, with whom she remained married until his death in 1985, a year before her own death. She had no children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Atwater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1982
- Family Ties as Trudy Harris
1979
- Knots Landing as Dr. Gillian McCary
- Hart to Hart
1978
- Kaz as Illsa Fogel
- Mean Dog Blues as Linda's Mother
- Die Sister, Die! as Amanda
1977
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Gertrude Hardy
1976
- Family Plot as Mrs. Clay
1975
- Baretta
- Switch as Mrs. Wood
- Mackintosh and T.J. as Mrs. Webster
1974
- The Rockford Files as Kate Banning
- Our Time as Mrs. Pendleton
1973
1972
- Stand Up and Be Counted as Sophie
1971
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law as Eleanor Hamilton
- The Love Machine as Mary
1970
- Nanny and the Professor as Miss Dunbar
- Norwood as Angry Bus Passenger
- Pieces of Dreams as Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)
1969
- Room 222
- True Grit as Mrs. Floyd
- Ride a Northbound Horse as Mrs. Addy Mason
- Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
1966
- Love on a Rooftop as Phyllis Hammond
1965
- The Legend of Jesse James as Sarah Todd
- Strange Bedfellows as Mrs. Stevens
1964
- Strait-Jacket as Mrs. Fields
- Profiles in Courage as Mrs. Andrews
1963
- It Happened at the World's Fair as Miss Steuben
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mrs. Benner
- Stoney Burke as Ruth Coles
1961
- Dr. Kildare as Miss Thorton
1959
- Bonanza as Roberta Lund
1957
- Decoy as Lily Flagler
- Sweet Smell of Success as Mary
1954
- The Wonderful World of Disney as Mrs. Addy Mason
1951
- Teresa as Mrs. Lawrence
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Marian Burnett
1945
- The Body Snatcher as Meg Camden
1936
- We Went to College as Nina Talbot