1881-10-09 Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales
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).
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Carson City | Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited) | 1952-06-13 |
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The Fuller Brush Girl | Mrs. East (uncredited) | 1950-09-15 |
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Air Hostess | Bertha Hallum | 1949-08-25 |
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California Firebrand | Granny Hortense Mason | 1948-04-01 |
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The Main Street Kid | Mrs. Clauson | 1948-01-01 |
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Family Honeymoon | Mrs. Carp (uncredited) | 1948-12-06 |
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Good News | Miss Pritchard (uncredited) | 1947-12-04 |
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The Bishop's Wife | Mrs. Duffy | 1947-12-25 |
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Song of Arizona | Dolly Finnuccin | 1946-03-08 |
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It's a Wonderful Life | Mrs. Hatch | 1946-12-20 |
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Undercurrent | Cora (uncredited) | 1946-11-11 |
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Lady on a Train | 1945-08-03 | |
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Girls of the Big House | Dormitory Matron | 1945-11-02 |
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The Corn Is Green | Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited) | 1945-03-29 |
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Allotment Wives | Sadie | 1945-11-08 |
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Saratoga Trunk | Miss Diggs (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
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Two O'Clock Courage | Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited) | 1945-04-13 |
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Bathing Beauty | Faculty Member (uncredited) | 1944-06-27 |
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Charlie Chan in the Secret Service | Mrs. Hargue | 1944-02-14 |
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Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Mrs. Bradley | 1944-04-01 |
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Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Mrs. Bradley | 1944-06-10 |
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Storm Over Lisbon | Maude Perry-Tonides | 1944-10-16 |
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Nearly Eighteen | Miss Perkins | 1943-11-12 |
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Dixie Dugan | Mrs. Kelly | 1943-03-12 |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited) | 1943-01-15 |
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All by Myself | Mrs. Vincent | 1943-06-11 |
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Sons of the Pioneers | Housekeeper | 1942-07-02 |
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Calling All Pa's | Grandma Vanderscnooze (uncredited) | 1942-10-24 |
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Apache Trail | Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited) | 1942-09-01 |
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The Forest Rangers | Mrs. Hansen (uncredited) | 1942-10-21 |
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My Favorite Blonde | Mrs. Weatherwax | 1942-04-02 |
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Dudes Are Pretty People | Miss Priddle | 1942-03-13 |
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Rings on Her Fingers | 1942-03-20 | |
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Scattergood Survives a Murder | Selma Quentin | 1942-10-01 |
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Three Girls About Town | Clubwoman | 1941-10-23 |
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Sunset in Wyoming | Susanna Hawkins Peabody | 1941-07-15 |
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H.M. Pulham, Esq. | Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited) | 1941-12-04 |
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Mr. District Attorney | Miss Petherby | 1941-03-27 |
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I Wake Up Screaming | Customer (uncredited) | 1941-10-31 |
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Tom, Dick and Harry | Mrs. Burton (uncredited) | 1941-06-13 |
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Miss Polly | Angie Turner | 1941-11-14 |
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One Foot in Heaven | Mrs. Spicer (uncredited) | 1941-11-01 |
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The Face Behind the Mask | Mrs. Perkins (uncredited) | 1941-01-16 |
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Lucky Cisco Kid | Spinster | 1940-06-28 |
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Opened by Mistake | Mrs. Karff (uncredited) | 1940-05-10 |
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Young People | Mrs. Stinchfield | 1940-08-30 |
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The Shop Around the Corner | Woman Customer | 1940-01-12 |
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Strike Up the Band | Miss Hodges | 1940-09-27 |
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Curtain Call | Literary Committee Member | 1940-04-18 |
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New Moon | Marquise della Rosa | 1940-06-28 |
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Little Men | Landlady | 1940-11-29 |
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Free, Blonde and 21 | Undetermined Role | 1940-03-28 |
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Arise, My Love | Spinster (Uncredited) | 1940-11-08 |
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The Invisible Woman | Showroom Buyer (uncredited) | 1940-12-28 |
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The Howards of Virginia | Neighbor Girl | 1940-09-19 |
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Sabotage | (uncredited) | 1939-10-13 |
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Unmarried | Mrs. Jones | 1939-05-20 |
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Too Busy to Work | 1939-11-17 | |
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Drunk Driving | Driver (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
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Here I Am a Stranger | Chaperone at Dance | 1939-09-29 |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Annie Rucker (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
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Coast Guard | Florence (uncredited) | 1939-08-04 |
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Boy Trouble | Mrs. Moots | 1939-01-27 |
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Persons in Hiding | Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
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Meet Dr. Christian | Mrs. Minnows | 1939-11-17 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited) | 1939-11-22 |
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Remember? | Lady in Revolving Door | 1939-12-19 |
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Blondie Meets the Boss | Saleswoman (uncredited) | 1939-03-08 |
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Espionage Agent | Militant American Tourist | 1939-09-30 |
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The Beloved Brat | School Board Member Miss Brundage | 1938-04-30 |
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The Shining Hour | Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited) | 1938-11-18 |
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Love Is a Headache | Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited) | 1938-01-14 |
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A Man to Remember | Clerk (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
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A Doggone Mixup | 1938-12-05 | |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1938-02-12 |
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Judge Hardy's Children | Miss Adams (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
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Merrily We Live | Mrs. Fleming | 1938-03-04 |
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Women Are Like That | Mrs. Snell | 1938-04-23 |
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The Cowboy and the Lady | Dinner Party Guest (uncredited) | 1938-11-17 |
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Three Loves Has Nancy | Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited) | 1938-09-02 |
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Woman Against Woman | Party Guest | 1938-06-24 |
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We're on the Jury | Evelyn Bottomley | 1937-02-12 |
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Big Business | Miss Collins - School Principal | 1937-06-18 |
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Varsity Show | Mrs. Biddle | 1937-09-04 |
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It's Love I'm After | Mrs. Hinkle | 1937-10-08 |
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The Awful Truth | Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited) | 1937-10-21 |
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Public Wedding | Mrs. Van Drexel | 1937-07-09 |
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Theodora Goes Wild | Mrs. Moffat (uncredited) | 1936-11-12 |
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Two-Fisted Gentleman | Mrs. O'Shea | 1936-08-15 |
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The General Died at Dawn | Companion of American without Matches (uncredited) | 1936-11-17 |
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Palm Springs | Miss Pinchon | 1936-06-05 |
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Early to Bed | Miss Barton | 1936-06-05 |
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The Golden Arrow | Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers | 1936-05-23 |
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Colleen | First Society Woman (uncredited) | 1936-03-21 |
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I Live My Life | Professor Douglas (Uncredited) | 1935-10-04 |
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It's in the Air | Old Maid (uncredited) | 1935-10-10 |
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Stars Over Broadway | Woman Dancing with Fat Man | 1935-11-23 |
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People Will Talk | Martie Beemish | 1935-05-24 |
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Sweepstake Annie | Friend of Mrs. Foster (uncredited) | 1935-01-29 |
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Two-Fisted | Abigail Adams | 1935-10-03 |
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Ruggles of Red Gap | Mrs. Myron Carey | 1935-03-08 |
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Shadow of Doubt | Dowager in Taxi | 1935-02-15 |
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My Grandfather's Clock | Housekeeper (uncredited) | 1934-10-27 |
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The World Accuses | Lucille Weymouth | 1934-11-11 |
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Wayward | Nurse (uncredited) | 1932-02-19 |
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American Madness | Gossip on Phone (uncredited) | 1932-08-15 |
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Glorifying the American Girl | Mrs. Hughes | 1929-12-07 |
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Two Americans | 1929-06-22 |
