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 from the Wikipedia article Edith Atwater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Appearances
Sweet Smell of Success
as Mary
1957
The Body Snatcher
as Meg Camden
1945
Family Plot
as Mrs. Clay
1976
It Happened at the World's Fair
as Miss Steuben
1963
Teresa
as Mrs. Lawrence
1951
Mean Dog Blues
as Linda's Mother
1978
Strait-Jacket
as Mrs. Fields
1964
Die Sister, Die!
as Amanda
1978
C-Man
as Lydia Brundage
1949
True Grit
as Mrs. Floyd
1969
Pieces of Dreams
as Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)
1970
Our Time
as Mrs. Pendleton
1974
We Went to College
as Nina Talbot
1936
The Love Machine
as Mary
1971
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mrs. Addy Mason
1969
Strange Bedfellows
as Mrs. Stevens
1965
Norwood
as Angry Bus Passenger
1970
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
1969
Stand Up and Be Counted
as Sophie
1972
Mackintosh and T.J.
as Mrs. Webster
1975
TV Appearances
Family Ties
as Trudy Harris
1982
Love on a Rooftop
as Phyllis Hammond
1966
Baretta
1975
Room 222
1969
Knots Landing
as Dr. Gillian McCary
1979
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Gertrude Hardy
1977
Hart to Hart
1979
Ironside
1967
Nanny and the Professor
as Miss Dunbar
1970
Switch
as Mrs. Wood
1975
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Profiles in Courage
as Mrs. Andrews
1964