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