Sarah Edwards

Sarah Edwards

Known for

Acting

Born

October 11, 1881

Birthplace

Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales

Died

January 7, 1965 (aged 83)

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...

Best known work

It's a Wonderful Life
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Shadow of a Doubt
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
The Shop Around the Corner
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
The Awful Truth
The Awful Truth
1937
The Bishop's Wife
The Bishop's Wife
1947
The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead
1936
The Invisible Woman
The Invisible Woman
1940
Ruggles of Red Gap
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
I Wake Up Screaming
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Lady on a Train
Lady on a Train
1945

Filmography

  1. 1952

    Carson City

    as Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)

  2. 1950

    The Fuller Brush Girl

    as Mrs. East (uncredited)

  3. 1949

    Air Hostess

    as Bertha Hallum

  4. 1948

    Family Honeymoon

    as Mrs. Carp (uncredited)

  5. 1948

    California Firebrand

    as Granny Hortense Mason

  6. 1948

    The Main Street Kid

    as Mrs. Clauson

  7. 1947

    The Bishop's Wife

    as Mrs. Duffy

  8. 1947

    Good News

    as Miss Pritchard (uncredited)

  9. 1947

    The Romance of Rosy Ridge

    as Mrs. Dessark (uncredited)

  10. 1947

  11. 1946

  12. 1946

    Undercurrent

    as Cora (uncredited)

  13. 1946

    The Verdict

    as Housekeeper (uncredited)

  14. 1946

    Song of Arizona

    as Dolly Finnuccin

  15. 1946

    Girl on the Spot

    as Mrs. Richards (uncredited)

  16. 1945

    Saratoga Trunk

    as Miss Diggs (uncredited)

  17. 1945

  18. 1945

    Girls of the Big House

    as Dormitory Matron

  19. 1945

  20. 1945

    Two O'Clock Courage

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

  21. 1945

    The Corn Is Green

    as Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited)

  22. 1944

    Storm Over Lisbon

    as Maude Perry-Tonides

  23. 1944

    Bathing Beauty

    as Faculty Member (uncredited)

  24. 1944

  25. 1944

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