Mildred Natwick
Known for Acting · 57 credits
- Born
- 1905-06-19
- Died
- 1994-10-25
- Place of birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
Mildred Natwick (June 19, 1905 – October 25, 1994) was an American stage, film and television actress. In 1967, she earned an Academy Award nomination for her supporting role in Barefoot in the Park. She was nominated for two Tony Awards in 1957 and 1972 and won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work in the miniseries The Snoop Sisters, opposite Helen Hayes.
Natwick began performing on the stage at age 21 with "The Vagabonds", a non-professional theatre group in Baltimore. She soon joined the University Players on Cape Cod. Natwick made her Broadway debut in 1932 playing Mrs. Noble in Frank McGrath’s play Carry Nation, about the famous temperance crusader Carrie Nation. Throughout the 1930s she starred in a number of plays, frequently collaborating with friend and actor-director-playwright Joshua Logan. On Broadway, she played "Prossy" in Katharine Cornell's production of Candida. She made her film debut in John Ford's The Long Voyage Home as a Cockney slattern, and portrayed the landlady in The Enchanted Cottage (1945).
Natwick is remembered for small but memorable roles in several John Ford film classics, including 3 Godfathers (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and The Quiet Man (1952). She played Miss Ivy Gravely, in Alfred Hitchcock's Trouble with Harry (1955), and a sorceress in The Court Jester (1956).
Natwick in the film The Trouble with Harry in 1955
She continued to appear onstage, and made regular guest appearances in television series. She was twice nominated for Tony Awards: in 1957 for The Waltz of the Toreadors, the same year she also starred in Tammy and the Bachelor with Debbie Reynolds and Leslie Nielsen and in 1972 for the musical 70 Girls 70. She returned to film in Barefoot in the Park (1967) as the mother of the character played by Jane Fonda. The role earned Natwick her only Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting actress. One of Natwick's memorable roles was in The House Without a Christmas Tree (1972), which starred Jason Robards and Lisa Lucas. The program's success spawned three sequels: The Thanksgiving Treasure, The Easter Promise, and Addie and The King of Hearts.
Known For
TV Shows (20)
Bonanza
1959
as Mrs. Wharton
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Carrie McKittrick
The Love Boat
1977
as Beatrice Dale
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Millicent Shand
Magnum, P.I.
1980
as Madge LaSalle
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
Alice
1976
Naked City
1958
as Irma Mahoney
Studio One
1948
as Mrs. Beam / Kate
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
Lights Out
1949
Suspense
1949
as Suspicious Woman / Nadia Demarest
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Aunt Rosalie Tallendier / Millicent Bracegirdle
The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Mrs. Boyd
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Mrs. Redman
The Evil Touch
1973
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Martha Brewster
The Snoop Sisters
1973
as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
Movies (37)
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
as Madame de Rosemonde
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
as Abby Allshard
The Quiet Man
1952
as The Widow Sarah Tillane
3 Godfathers
1948
as The Mother
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
as Mrs. Mebane
The Trouble with Harry
1955
as Miss Gravely
Barefoot in the Park
1967
as Ethel Banks
The Kissing Bandit
1948
as Isabella
The Court Jester
1955
as Griselda
Maid in America
1982
as Mrs. Angstrom
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
as Jenny Grant
Against All Flags
1952
as Molvina MacGregor
Daisy Miller
1974
as Mrs. Costello
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
as Nurse Caroline Braddock
The Long Voyage Home
1940
as Freda
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
as Mrs. Reilly
At Long Last Love
1975
as Mabel Pritchard
The Enchanted Cottage
1945
as Mrs. Abigail Minnett
Eloise
1956
as Nanny
Deadly Deception
1987
as Sarah Cleason
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
as Aunt Renie
You Can't Take it With You
1979
as Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
The Female Instinct
1972
as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
The Maltese Bippy
1969
as Molly Fletcher
Teenage Rebel
1956
as Grace Hewitt
The Easter Promise
1975
as Grandma Mills
The Late George Apley
1947
as Amelia Newcombe
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
1971
as Shelby Saunders
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
as Martha Brewster
Money to Burn
1973
as Emily Finnegan
The Power and the Glory
1963
Blithe Spirit
1956
as Madame Arcati
Yolanda and the Thief
1945
as Aunt Amarilla
The Thanksgiving Treasure
1973
as Grandma Mills
Trilogy
1969
as Miss Miller
Addie and the King of Hearts
1976
as Grandma Mills
The House Without a Christmas Tree
1972
as Grandma Mills
About Mildred Natwick
Mildred Natwick (June 19, 1905 – October 25, 1994) was an American stage, film and television actress. In 1967, she earned an Academy Award nomination for her supporting role in Barefoot in the Park. She was nominated for two Tony Awards in 1957 and 1972 and won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work in the miniseries The Snoop Sisters, opposite Helen Hayes. Natwick began performing on the stage at age 21 with "The Vagabonds", a non-professional theatre group in Baltimore. She soon joined the University Players on Cape Cod. Natwick made her Broad… With 57 credits spanning from 1940 to 1988, Mildred Natwick has appeared in 37 films and 20 TV shows.
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- Dangerous Liaisons (1988) — as Madame de Rosemonde
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) — as Abby Allshard
- The Quiet Man (1952) — as The Widow Sarah Tillane
- 3 Godfathers (1948) — as The Mother
- Cheaper by the Dozen (1950) — as Mrs. Mebane
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