Isabel Withers
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 20, 1896
- Died
- September 3, 1968 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Frankton, Indiana, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Isabel Withers (January 20, 1896 – September 3, 1968) was an American actress, who worked in theatre, film and television. In her youth, Withers lived in Coffeyville, Kansas and Illinois. She attended school in Kansas City, Missouri. She later enrolled in a school of drama in Kansas City and joined a Chautauqua circuit repertoire company. At the time it was playing in Billings, Montana performing The Melting Pot, a play by Israel Zangwill. Following a route of tented colleges, Withers first appeared on the road in Little Women. She played the leading role in The Tailor Made Man after a season in stock theatre in Utica, New York. She performed in Cappy Ricks in Chicago. George M. Cohan selected Withers for the lead feminine role, with Lowell Sherman, in the Chicago company of The Tavern. In New York City she appeared in Kempy at the Belmont Theater. While in New York Withers modeled for an exclusive gown shop during the day. Henry Duffy wired her to come to San Francisco, California to do Kempy just as she was on her way to visit her mother in Los Angeles. She made her way south acting in Love Em and Leave 'Em and Rain. Withers starred in Rain at the old Orpheum Theater, 12th Street, San Francisco, California, in November 1926. Drawing comparisons to actress Jeanne Eagels, she drew praise in the role of Sadie Thompson. Withers accumulated ninety-two screen and television credits, beginning with a role in the movie The Hot Spot (1931). Many of her screen appearances were uncredited parts. She was also in her share of B-movies. Two memorable movies in which she had uncredited parts were The Babe Ruth Story (1948) and Monkey Business (1952). She performed on television during the 1950s in such shows as Four Star Playhouse (1955), Lassie (1956), The Millionaire (1957), and The Bob Cummings Show (1958). Isabel Withers died in 1968 in Hollywood, California, aged 72.
Known For
Filmography
Monkey Business
Movie · as Laundress (uncredited)
The Sniper
Movie · as Desk Nurse (uncredited)
Four Star Playhouse
TV · as Doris · 1 ep
Goodbye, My Fancy
Movie · as Typist (Uncredited)
A Wonderful Life
Movie · as Jennie Wood
The Fuller Brush Girl
Movie · as Mrs. Finley (uncredited)
Beware of Blondie
Movie · as Harriet Woodley
Air Hostess
Movie · as Miss Fish
Shockproof
Movie · as Switchboard Operator (Uncredited)
Abandoned
Movie · as Mrs. Humes (uncredited)
Undertow
Movie
The Fountainhead
Movie · as Secretary (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
Movie · as Maid (Uncredited)
Possessed
Movie · as Nurse Rosen
A Likely Story
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
The Guilt of Janet Ames
Movie · as (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
Movie · as Miss Pendergast (uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)
The Undercover Woman
Movie · as Penny Davis
Mysterious Intruder
Movie · as Miss Gordon (Uncredited)
A Sporting Chance
Movie · as Susan Bailey
I Love a Mystery
Movie · as Miss Osgood, Ellen's Nurse (Uncredited)
The Missing Corpse
Movie · as Miss Patterson (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
Movie · as Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House
Movie · as Alma's Cell Warden
The Gay Senorita
Movie · as Kitty
Tahiti Nights
Movie · as She Wolf
Stars on Parade
Movie · as Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Ever Since Venus
Movie · as Miss Murray (uncredited)
Beautiful But Broke
Movie · as Mrs. Grayson
Law Men
Movie · as Auntie Mack
Six Gun Gospel
Movie · as Miss Elvira
Mission to Moscow
Movie · as Well-Wisher at Train (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky
Movie · as Blood Bank Nurse (uncredited)
Sweater Girl
Movie · as Mrs. McGill
Henry and Dizzy
Movie · as Laura Stevens
Blondie Goes to College
Movie · as Mrs. Stringer
Manpower
Movie · as Head Nurse (uncredited)
Our Wife
Movie · as Middle-Aged Woman in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay
Movie · as Woman in Club
No Time for Comedy
Movie · as First-Nighter (uncredited)
Four Wives
Movie · as Nurse Telling Jenkins It's a Boy (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
Movie · as Jail Matron (uncredited)
Off the Record
Movie · as Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Brother Rat
Movie · as Nurse
Crash Donovan
Movie · as Mrs. Horner (uncredited)
Ladies They Talk About
Movie · as Prisoner (uncredited)
Women Won't Tell
Movie · as Wanda Wolf
The Hot Spot
Movie · as Mrs. Burke
Easy to Get
Movie · as The Wife
The Big Scoop
Movie · as Mother