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Sarah Edwards

Sarah Edwards

Acting

Born: October 11, 1881Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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).

Known For
Filmography
Carson City

Carson City

Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)

1952
The Fuller Brush Girl

The Fuller Brush Girl

Mrs. East (uncredited)

1950
Air Hostess

Air Hostess

Bertha Hallum

1949
Family Honeymoon

Family Honeymoon

Mrs. Carp (uncredited)

1948
California Firebrand

California Firebrand

Granny Hortense Mason

1948
The Main Street Kid

The Main Street Kid

Mrs. Clauson

1948
The Bishop's Wife

The Bishop's Wife

Mrs. Duffy

1947
Good News

Good News

Miss Pritchard (uncredited)

1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Mrs. Dessark (uncredited)

1947
It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life

Mrs. Hatch

1946
Undercurrent

Undercurrent

Cora (uncredited)

1946
Song of Arizona

Song of Arizona

Dolly Finnuccin

1946
Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk

Miss Diggs (uncredited)

1945
Allotment Wives

Allotment Wives

Sadie

1945
Girls of the Big House

Girls of the Big House

Dormitory Matron

1945
Lady on a Train

Lady on a Train

1945
Two O'Clock Courage

Two O'Clock Courage

Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited)

1945
The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green

Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited)

1945
Storm Over Lisbon

Storm Over Lisbon

Maude Perry-Tonides

1944
Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty

Faculty Member (uncredited)

1944
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

Mrs. Bradley

1944
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

Mrs. Bradley

1944
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

Mrs. Hargue

1944
Nearly Eighteen

Nearly Eighteen

Miss Perkins

1943
All by Myself

All by Myself

Mrs. Vincent

1943
Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan

Mrs. Kelly

1943
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt

Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited)

1943
Calling All Pa's

Calling All Pa's

Grandma Vanderscnooze (uncredited)

1942
The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers

Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Selma Quentin

1942
Apache Trail

Apache Trail

Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)

1942
Sons of the Pioneers

Sons of the Pioneers

Housekeeper

1942
My Favorite Blonde

My Favorite Blonde

Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited)

1942
Rings on Her Fingers

Rings on Her Fingers

1942
Dudes Are Pretty People

Dudes Are Pretty People

Miss Priddle

1942
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited)

1941
Miss Polly

Miss Polly

Angie Turner

1941
One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven

Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)

1941
I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming

Customer (uncredited)

1941
Three Girls About Town

Three Girls About Town

Clubwoman

1941
Sunset in Wyoming

Sunset in Wyoming

Susanna Hawkins Peabody

1941
Tom, Dick and Harry

Tom, Dick and Harry

Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

1941
Mr. District Attorney

Mr. District Attorney

Miss Petherby

1941
The Face Behind the Mask

The Face Behind the Mask

Mrs. Perkins (uncredited)

1941
The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman

Showroom Buyer (uncredited)

1940
Little Men

Little Men

Landlady

1940
Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love

Spinster (uncredited)

1940
Strike Up the Band

Strike Up the Band

Miss Hodges

1940
The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

Neighbor Girl

1940
Young People

Young People

Mrs. Stinchfield

1940
New Moon

New Moon

Marquise della Rosa

1940
Lucky Cisco Kid

Lucky Cisco Kid

Spinster

1940
Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake

Mrs. Karff (uncredited)

1940
Curtain Call

Curtain Call

Literary Committee Member

1940
Free, Blonde and 21

Free, Blonde and 21

Undetermined Role

1940
The Shop Around the Corner

The Shop Around the Corner

Woman Customer

1940
Remember?

Remember?

Lady in Revolving Door

1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)

1939
Too Busy to Work

Too Busy to Work

1939
Meet Dr. Christian

Meet Dr. Christian

Mrs. Minnows

1939
Drunk Driving

Drunk Driving

Driver (uncredited)

1939
Sabotage

Sabotage

(uncredited)

1939
Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent

Militant American Tourist

1939
Here I Am a Stranger

Here I Am a Stranger

Chaperone at Dance

1939
Coast Guard

Coast Guard

Florence (uncredited)

1939
Unmarried

Unmarried

Mrs. Jones

1939
Blondie Meets the Boss

Blondie Meets the Boss

Saleswoman (uncredited)

1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Annie Rucker (uncredited)

1939
Persons in Hiding

Persons in Hiding

Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

1939
Boy Trouble

Boy Trouble

Mrs. Moots

1939
A Doggone Mixup

A Doggone Mixup

1938
The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour

Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited)

1938
The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

1938
A Man to Remember

A Man to Remember

Clerk (uncredited)

1938
Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy

Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited)

1938
Woman Against Woman

Woman Against Woman

Party Guest

1938
The Beloved Brat

The Beloved Brat

School Board Member Miss Brundage

1938
Women Are Like That

Women Are Like That

Mrs. Snell

1938
Judge Hardy's Children

Judge Hardy's Children

Miss Adams (uncredited)

1938
Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live

Mrs. Fleming

1938
Gold Is Where You Find It

Gold Is Where You Find It

Party Guest (uncredited)

1938
Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache

Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited)

1938
The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth

Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited)

1937
It's Love I'm After

It's Love I'm After

Mrs. Hinkle

1937
Varsity Show

Varsity Show

Mrs. Biddle

1937
Public Wedding

Public Wedding

Mrs. Van Drexel

1937
Big Business

Big Business

Miss Collins - School Principal

1937
We're on the Jury

We're on the Jury

Evelyn Bottomley

1937
The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn

Companion of American without Matches (uncredited)

1936
Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild

Mrs. Moffat (uncredited)

1936
Two-Fisted Gentleman

Two-Fisted Gentleman

Mrs. O'Shea

1936
Early to Bed

Early to Bed

Miss Barton

1936
Palm Springs

Palm Springs

Miss Pinchon

1936
The Golden Arrow

The Golden Arrow

Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers

1936
Colleen

Colleen

First Society Woman (uncredited)

1936
Stars Over Broadway

Stars Over Broadway

Woman Dancing with Fat Man

1935
It's in the Air

It's in the Air

Old Maid (uncredited)

1935
I Live My Life

I Live My Life

Professor Douglas (Uncredited)

1935
Two-Fisted

Two-Fisted

Abigail Adams

1935
People Will Talk

People Will Talk

Martie Beemish

1935
Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

Mrs. Myron Carey

1935
Shadow of Doubt

Shadow of Doubt

Dowager in Taxi

1935

Sweepstake Annie

Friend of Mrs. Foster (uncredited)

1935
The World Accuses

The World Accuses

Lucille Weymouth

1934

My Grandfather's Clock

Housekeeper (uncredited)

1934
American Madness

American Madness

Gossip on Phone (uncredited)

1932
Wayward

Wayward

Nurse (uncredited)

1932
Glorifying the American Girl

Glorifying the American Girl

Mrs. Hughes

1929

Two Americans

1929