Sarah Edwards

Sarah Edwards

Known for
Acting
Born
October 11, 1881
Died
January 7, 1965 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales

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).

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Filmography

1952
Carson City poster

Carson City

Movie · as Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)

1950
The Fuller Brush Girl poster

The Fuller Brush Girl

Movie · as Mrs. East (uncredited)

1949
Air Hostess poster

Air Hostess

Movie · as Bertha Hallum

1948
California Firebrand poster

California Firebrand

Movie · as Granny Hortense Mason

1948
Family Honeymoon poster

Family Honeymoon

Movie · as Mrs. Carp (uncredited)

1948
The Main Street Kid poster

The Main Street Kid

Movie · as Mrs. Clauson

1947
The Bishop's Wife poster

The Bishop's Wife

Movie · as Mrs. Duffy

1947
Good News poster

Good News

Movie · as Miss Pritchard (uncredited)

1947
The Romance of Rosy Ridge poster

The Romance of Rosy Ridge

Movie · as Mrs. Dessark (uncredited)

1947
The Devil Thumbs a Ride poster

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

Movie

1947
My Brother Talks to Horses poster

My Brother Talks to Horses

Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)

1946
It's a Wonderful Life poster

It's a Wonderful Life

Movie · as Mrs. Hatch

1946
Song of Arizona poster

Song of Arizona

Movie · as Dolly Finnuccin

1946
Undercurrent poster

Undercurrent

Movie · as Cora (uncredited)

1946
Girl on the Spot poster

Girl on the Spot

Movie · as Mrs. Richards (uncredited)

1946
The Verdict poster

The Verdict

Movie · as Housekeeper (uncredited)

1945
Allotment Wives poster

Allotment Wives

Movie · as Sadie

1945
Saratoga Trunk poster

Saratoga Trunk

Movie · as Miss Diggs (uncredited)

1945
Lady on a Train poster

Lady on a Train

Movie

1945
Girls of the Big House poster

Girls of the Big House

Movie · as Dormitory Matron

1945
Two O'Clock Courage poster

Two O'Clock Courage

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

1945
The Corn Is Green poster

The Corn Is Green

Movie · as Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited)

1944
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service poster

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

Movie · as Mrs. Hargue

1944
Storm Over Lisbon poster

Storm Over Lisbon

Movie · as Maude Perry-Tonides

1944
Bathing Beauty poster

Bathing Beauty

Movie · as Faculty Member (uncredited)

1944
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid poster

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

Movie · as Mrs. Bradley

1944
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret poster

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

Movie · as Mrs. Bradley

1943
Shadow of a Doubt poster

Shadow of a Doubt

Movie · as Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited)

1943
Dixie Dugan poster

Dixie Dugan

Movie · as Mrs. Kelly

1943
All by Myself poster

All by Myself

Movie · as Mrs. Vincent

1943
Nearly Eighteen poster

Nearly Eighteen

Movie · as Miss Perkins

1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder poster

Scattergood Survives a Murder

Movie · as Selma Quentin

1942
My Favorite Blonde poster

My Favorite Blonde

Movie · as Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited)

1942
Dudes Are Pretty People poster

Dudes Are Pretty People

Movie · as Miss Priddle

1942
The Forest Rangers poster

The Forest Rangers

Movie · as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

1942
The Sons of the Pioneers poster

The Sons of the Pioneers

Movie · as Housekeeper

1942
Apache Trail poster

Apache Trail

Movie · as Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)

1942
Calling All Pa's poster

Calling All Pa's

Movie · as Grandma Vanderscnooze (uncredited)

1942
Rings on Her Fingers poster

Rings on Her Fingers

Movie

1942
The Gay Sisters poster

The Gay Sisters

Movie · as Lady in Elevator (uncredited)

1941
Miss Polly poster

Miss Polly

Movie · as Angie Turner

1941
H.M. Pulham, Esq. poster

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Movie · as Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited)

1941
Sunset in Wyoming poster

Sunset in Wyoming

Movie · as Susanna Hawkins Peabody

1941
Three Girls About Town poster

Three Girls About Town

Movie · as Clubwoman

1941
Mr. District Attorney poster

Mr. District Attorney

Movie · as Miss Petherby

1941
I Wake Up Screaming poster

I Wake Up Screaming

Movie · as Customer (uncredited)

1941
Tom, Dick and Harry poster

Tom, Dick and Harry

Movie · as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)

1941
One Foot in Heaven poster

One Foot in Heaven

Movie · as Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)

1941
The Face Behind the Mask poster

The Face Behind the Mask

Movie · as Mrs. Perkins (uncredited)

1940
The Shop Around the Corner poster

The Shop Around the Corner

Movie · as Woman Customer

1940
Young People poster

Young People

Movie · as Mrs. Stinchfield

1940
Lucky Cisco Kid poster

Lucky Cisco Kid

Movie · as Spinster

1940
Opened by Mistake poster

Opened by Mistake

Movie · as Mrs. Karff (uncredited)

1940
The Invisible Woman poster

The Invisible Woman

Movie · as Showroom Buyer (uncredited)

1940
Strike Up the Band poster

Strike Up the Band

Movie · as Miss Hodges

1940
The Howards of Virginia poster

The Howards of Virginia

Movie · as Neighbor Girl

1940
Arise, My Love poster

Arise, My Love

Movie · as Spinster (uncredited)

1940
New Moon poster

New Moon

Movie · as Marquise della Rosa

1940
Little Men poster

Little Men

Movie · as Landlady

1940
Free, Blonde and 21 poster

Free, Blonde and 21

Movie · as Undetermined Role

1940
Curtain Call poster

Curtain Call

Movie · as Literary Committee Member

1939
Persons in Hiding poster

Persons in Hiding

Movie · as Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited)

1939
Boy Trouble poster

Boy Trouble

Movie · as Mrs. Moots

1939
Meet Dr. Christian poster

Meet Dr. Christian

Movie · as Mrs. Minnows

1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams poster

The Amazing Mr. Williams

Movie · as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)

1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn poster

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as Annie Rucker (uncredited)

1939
Blondie Meets the Boss poster

Blondie Meets the Boss

Movie · as Saleswoman (uncredited)

1939
Coast Guard poster

Coast Guard

Movie · as Florence (uncredited)

1939
Remember? poster

Remember?

Movie · as Lady in Revolving Door

1939
Espionage Agent poster

Espionage Agent

Movie · as Militant American Tourist

1939
Here I Am a Stranger poster

Here I Am a Stranger

Movie · as Chaperone at Dance

1939
Sabotage poster

Sabotage

Movie · as (uncredited)

1939
Too Busy to Work poster

Too Busy to Work

Movie

1939
Drunk Driving poster

Drunk Driving

Movie · as Driver (uncredited)

1939
Unmarried poster

Unmarried

Movie · as Mrs. Jones

1938
The Cowboy and the Lady poster

The Cowboy and the Lady

Movie · as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

1938
Three Loves Has Nancy poster

Three Loves Has Nancy

Movie · as Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited)

1938
A Doggone Mixup poster

A Doggone Mixup

Movie

1938
Judge Hardy's Children poster

Judge Hardy's Children

Movie · as Miss Adams (uncredited)

1938
Merrily We Live poster

Merrily We Live

Movie · as Mrs. Fleming

1938
A Man to Remember poster

A Man to Remember

Movie · as Clerk (uncredited)

1938
Love Is a Headache poster

Love Is a Headache

Movie · as Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited)

1938
Woman Against Woman poster

Woman Against Woman

Movie · as Party Guest

1938
The Beloved Brat poster

The Beloved Brat

Movie · as School Board Member Miss Brundage

1938
Women Are Like That poster

Women Are Like That

Movie · as Mrs. Snell

1938
The Shining Hour poster

The Shining Hour

Movie · as Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited)

1938
Gold Is Where You Find It poster

Gold Is Where You Find It

Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)

1937
It's Love I'm After poster

It's Love I'm After

Movie · as Mrs. Hinkle

1937
Public Wedding poster

Public Wedding

Movie · as Mrs. Van Drexel

1937
Varsity Show poster

Varsity Show

Movie · as Mrs. Biddle

1937
The Awful Truth poster

The Awful Truth

Movie · as Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited)

1937
Big Business poster

Big Business

Movie · as Miss Collins - School Principal

1937
We're on the Jury poster

We're on the Jury

Movie · as Evelyn Bottomley

1936
Theodora Goes Wild poster

Theodora Goes Wild

Movie · as Mrs. Moffat (uncredited)

1936
Two-Fisted Gentleman poster

Two-Fisted Gentleman

Movie · as Mrs. O'Shea

1936
Palm Springs poster

Palm Springs

Movie · as Miss Pinchon

1936
Colleen poster

Colleen

Movie · as First Society Woman (uncredited)

1936
The Golden Arrow poster

The Golden Arrow

Movie · as Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers

1936
Early to Bed poster

Early to Bed

Movie · as Miss Barton

1936
The General Died at Dawn poster

The General Died at Dawn

Movie · as Companion of American without Matches (uncredited)

1936
The Walking Dead poster

The Walking Dead

Movie

1935
Shadow of Doubt poster

Shadow of Doubt

Movie · as Dowager in Taxi

1935
Two-Fisted poster

Two-Fisted

Movie · as Abigail Adams

1935
Stars Over Broadway poster

Stars Over Broadway

Movie · as Woman Dancing with Fat Man

1935
It's in the Air poster

It's in the Air

Movie · as Old Maid (uncredited)

1935
I Live My Life poster

I Live My Life

Movie · as Professor Douglas (Uncredited)

1935
Ruggles of Red Gap poster

Ruggles of Red Gap

Movie · as Mrs. Myron Carey

1935
Sweepstake Annie

Sweepstake Annie

Movie · as Friend of Mrs. Foster (uncredited)

1935
People Will Talk poster

People Will Talk

Movie · as Martie Beemish

1934
My Grandfather's Clock poster

My Grandfather's Clock

Movie · as Housekeeper (uncredited)

1934
The World Accuses poster

The World Accuses

Movie · as Lucille Weymouth

1932
Wayward poster

Wayward

Movie · as Nurse (uncredited)

1932
American Madness poster

American Madness

Movie · as Gossip on Phone (uncredited)

1929
Glorifying the American Girl poster

Glorifying the American Girl

Movie · as Mrs. Hughes

1929
Two Americans

Two Americans

Movie