Name
Edith Atwater
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-04-22
Deathday
1986-03-14 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Edith Atwater (April 22, 1911 – March 14, 1986) was an American stage, film and television actress.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Atwater made her Broadway debut in 1933. In 1939 she starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner.
On screen she appeared in such films as The Body Snatcher, Sweet Smell of Success, and Strait-Jacket. Her television work included roles on The Rockford Files and Knots Landing.
Atwater was married to actor Hugh Marlowe in 1941. She later married Kent Smith, with whom she remained married until his death in 1985, a year before her own death. She had no children.
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- 1957 Sweet Smell of Success as Mary
- 1945 The Body Snatcher as Meg Camden
- 1976 Family Plot as Mrs. Clay
- 1963 It Happened at the World's Fair as Miss Steuben
- 1951 Teresa as Mrs. Lawrence
- 1978 Mean Dog Blues as Linda's Mother
- 1964 Strait-Jacket as Mrs. Fields
- 1978 Die Sister, Die! as Amanda
- 1949 C-Man as Lydia Brundage
- 1969 True Grit as Mrs. Floyd
- 1970 Pieces of Dreams as Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)
- 1974 Our Time as Mrs. Pendleton
- 1936 We Went to College as Nina Talbot
- 1971 The Love Machine as Mary
- 1969 Ride a Northbound Horse as Mrs. Addy Mason
- 1965 Strange Bedfellows as Mrs. Stevens
- 1970 Norwood as Angry Bus Passenger
- 1969 Daddy's Gone A-Hunting as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
- 1972 Stand Up and Be Counted as Sophie
- 1975 Mackintosh and T.J. as Mrs. Webster
- 1982 Family Ties ( 1 episode ) as Trudy Harris
- 1966 Love on a Rooftop ( 8 episodes ) as Phyllis Hammond
- 1975 Baretta ( 1 episode )
- 1969 Room 222 ( 1 episode )
- 1979 Knots Landing ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Gillian McCary
- 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ( 4 episodes ) as Gertrude Hardy
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode )
- 1967 Ironside ( 1 episode )
- 1970 Nanny and the Professor ( 1 episode ) as Miss Dunbar
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Wood
- 1967 Judd, for the Defense ( 1 episode )
- 1964 Profiles in Courage ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Andrews
- 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Marian Burnett
- 1957 Decoy ( 1 episode ) as Lily Flagler
- 1949 Suspense ( 1 episode ) as Louise Lord
- 1965 The Legend of Jesse James ( 1 episode ) as Sarah Todd
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Miss Thorton
- 1973 Doc Elliot ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Roberta Lund
- 1959 Bonanza ( 1 episode ) as Roberta (uncredited)
- 1979 Hart to Hart ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Jane Barrett
- 1962 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Benner
- 1974 The Rockford Files ( 1 episode ) as Kate Banning
- 1949 Suspense ( 1 episode )
- 1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes ) as Mrs. Addy Mason
- 1971 Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law ( 1 episode ) as Eleanor Hamilton
- 1978 Kaz ( 9 episodes ) as Illsa Fogel
- 1962 Stoney Burke ( 1 episode ) as Ruth Coles
