Edith Atwater

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1911-04-22 (75 years old)

Deathday

1986-03-14

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Edith Atwater

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. Description above fro...

Acting

1945

The Body Snatcher

as Meg Camden

1976

Family Plot

as Mrs. Clay

1951

Teresa

as Mrs. Lawrence

1978

Mean Dog Blues

as Linda's Mother

1964

Strait-Jacket

as Mrs. Fields

1978

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

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)

1975

Mackintosh and T.J.

as Mrs. Webster

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