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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
April 22, 1911
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Edith Atwater
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Mean Dog Blues | Linda's Mother |
| 1978 | Die Sister, Die! | Amanda |
| 1976 | Family Plot | Mrs. Clay |
| 1975 | Mackintosh and T.J. | Mrs. Webster |
| 1974 | Our Time | Mrs. Pendleton |
| 1972 | Stand Up and Be Counted | Sophie |
| 1971 | The Love Machine | Mary |
| 1970 | Pieces of Dreams | Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother) |
| 1970 | Norwood | Angry Bus Passenger |
| 1969 | True Grit | Mrs. Floyd |
| 1969 | Ride a Northbound Horse | Mrs. Addy Mason |
| 1969 | Daddy's Gone A-Hunting | Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited) |
| 1965 | Strange Bedfellows | Mrs. Stevens |
| 1964 | Strait-Jacket | Mrs. Fields |
| 1963 | It Happened at the World's Fair | Miss Steuben |
| 1957 | Sweet Smell of Success | Mary |
| 1951 | Teresa | Mrs. Lawrence |
| 1949 | C-Man | Lydia Brundage |
| 1945 | The Body Snatcher | Meg Camden |
| 1936 | We Went to College | Nina Talbot |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Family Ties | Trudy Harris |
| 1979 | Knots Landing | Dr. Gillian McCary |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | |
| 1979 | Hart to Hart | Dr. Jane Barrett |
| 1978 | Kaz | |
| 1978 | Kaz | Illsa Fogel |
| 1977 | The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries | Gertrude Hardy |
| 1975 | Baretta | |
| 1975 | Switch | Mrs. Wood |
| 1974 | The Rockford Files | Kate Banning |
| 1973 | Doc Elliot | |
| 1971 | Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law | Eleanor Hamilton |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | Miss Dunbar |
| 1969 | Room 222 | |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | Judd for the Defense | |
| 1966 | Love on a Rooftop | Phyllis Hammond |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Sarah Todd |
| 1964 | Profiles in Courage | Mrs. Andrews |
| 1962 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mrs. Benner |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Miss Thorton |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Roberta (uncredited) |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Roberta Lund |
| 1957 | Decoy | Lily Flagler |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Mrs. Addy Mason |
| 1949 | Suspense | Louise Lord |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Marian Burnett |