Sarah Edwards
Known for Acting · 111 credits
- Born
- 1881-10-11
- Died
- 1965-01-07
- Place of birth
- Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales
- Also known as
- Sara Edwards
Biography
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
Movies (111)
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Mrs. Hatch
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
as Woman Customer
Undercurrent
1946
as Cora (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited)
Bathing Beauty
1944
as Faculty Member (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
1939
as Mrs. Moots
American Madness
1932
as Gossip on Phone (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Annie Rucker (uncredited)
Public Wedding
1937
as Mrs. Van Drexel
Apache Trail
1942
as Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Young People
1940
as Mrs. Stinchfield
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mrs. Duffy
The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Neighbor Girl
Allotment Wives
1945
as Sadie
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Clubwoman
Carson City
1952
as Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)
Merrily We Live
1938
as Mrs. Fleming
Song of Arizona
1946
as Dolly Finnuccin
Espionage Agent
1939
as Militant American Tourist
Good News
1947
as Miss Pritchard (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
as Mrs. East (uncredited)
Air Hostess
1949
as Bertha Hallum
The Awful Truth
1937
as Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
Unmarried
1939
as Mrs. Jones
It's Love I'm After
1937
as Mrs. Hinkle
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Customer (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Miss Diggs (uncredited)
Strike Up the Band
1940
as Miss Hodges
Coast Guard
1939
as Florence (uncredited)
Curtain Call
1940
as Literary Committee Member
The Invisible Woman
1940
as Showroom Buyer (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon
1948
as Mrs. Carp (uncredited)
Woman Against Woman
1938
as Party Guest
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Mrs. Perkins (uncredited)
New Moon
1940
as Marquise della Rosa
The Shining Hour
1938
as Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited)
Early to Bed
1936
as Miss Barton
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Mrs. Moffat (uncredited)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Mrs. Dessark (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Sunset in Wyoming
1941
as Susanna Hawkins Peabody
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Mrs. Myron Carey
The Corn Is Green
1945
as Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited)
Remember?
1939
as Lady in Revolving Door
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn
1936
as Companion of American without Matches (uncredited)
Little Men
1940
as Landlady
Miss Polly
1941
as Angie Turner
Sabotage
1939
as (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1940
as Mrs. Karff (uncredited)
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
I Live My Life
1935
as Professor Douglas (Uncredited)
The Beloved Brat
1938
as School Board Member Miss Brundage
Lady on a Train
1945
Persons in Hiding
1939
as Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
A Man to Remember
1938
as Clerk (uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
1944
as Mrs. Hargue
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
as Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936
as Mrs. O'Shea
Arise, My Love
1940
as Spinster (uncredited)
Glorifying the American Girl
1929
as Mrs. Hughes
Storm Over Lisbon
1944
as Maude Perry-Tonides
Women Are Like That
1938
as Mrs. Snell
My Grandfather's Clock
1934
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Sweepstake Annie
1935
as Friend of Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited)
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
as Spinster
Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Selma Quentin
California Firebrand
1948
as Granny Hortense Mason
The World Accuses
1934
as Lucille Weymouth
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
as Miss Adams (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
A Doggone Mixup
1938
It's in the Air
1935
as Old Maid (uncredited)
Colleen
1936
as First Society Woman (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Stars Over Broadway
1935
as Woman Dancing with Fat Man
Varsity Show
1937
as Mrs. Biddle
Palm Springs
1936
as Miss Pinchon
We're on the Jury
1937
as Evelyn Bottomley
The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Too Busy to Work
1939
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache
1938
as Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House
1945
as Dormitory Matron
Meet Dr. Christian
1939
as Mrs. Minnows
Two Americans
1929
The Golden Arrow
1936
as Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers
Dixie Dugan
1943
as Mrs. Kelly
Mr. District Attorney
1941
as Miss Petherby
All by Myself
1943
as Mrs. Vincent
Shadow of Doubt
1935
as Dowager in Taxi
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
as Undetermined Role
Here I Am a Stranger
1939
as Chaperone at Dance
Nearly Eighteen
1943
as Miss Perkins
The Main Street Kid
1948
as Mrs. Clauson
Dudes Are Pretty People
1942
as Miss Priddle
Drunk Driving
1939
as Driver (uncredited)
People Will Talk
1935
as Martie Beemish
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
1944
as Mrs. Bradley
Girl on the Spot
1946
as Mrs. Richards (uncredited)
Sons of the Pioneers
1942
as Housekeeper
Two-Fisted
1935
as Abigail Adams
Wayward
1932
as Nurse (uncredited)
Big Business
1937
as Miss Collins - School Principal
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
as Mrs. Bradley
Calling All Pa's
1942
as Grandma Vanderscnooze (uncredited)
About Sarah Edwards
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… With 111 credits spanning from 1929 to 1952, Sarah Edwards has appeared in 111 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sarah Edwards Movies
- It's a Wonderful Life (1946) — as Mrs. Hatch
- The Shop Around the Corner (1940) — as Woman Customer
- Undercurrent (1946) — as Cora (uncredited)
- Shadow of a Doubt (1943) — as Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited)
- Bathing Beauty (1944) — as Faculty Member (uncredited)
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