1881-10-11 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 | Spinster on Stagecoach (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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Family Honeymoon | Mrs. Carp (uncredited) | 1948-12-06 |
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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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Good News | Miss Pritchard (uncredited) | 1947-12-04 |
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge | Mrs. Dessark (uncredited) | 1947-08-04 |
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The Bishop's Wife | Mrs. Duffy | 1947-12-25 |
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The Devil Thumbs a Ride | 1947-02-20 | |
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Girl on the Spot | Mrs. Richards (uncredited) | 1946-01-11 |
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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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Song of Arizona | Dolly Finnuccin | 1946-03-08 |
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Lady on a Train | 1945-08-03 | |
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Two O'Clock Courage | Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited) | 1945-04-13 |
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The Corn Is Green | Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited) | 1945-03-29 |
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Girls of the Big House | Dormitory Matron | 1945-11-02 |
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Saratoga Trunk | Miss Diggs (uncredited) | 1945-11-21 |
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Allotment Wives | Sadie | 1945-11-08 |
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Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Mrs. Bradley | 1944-06-10 |
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Bathing Beauty | Faculty Member (uncredited) | 1944-06-27 |
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Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Mrs. Bradley | 1944-04-01 |
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Charlie Chan in the Secret Service | Mrs. Hargue | 1944-02-14 |
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Storm Over Lisbon | Maude Perry-Tonides | 1944-10-16 |
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Dixie Dugan | Mrs. Kelly | 1943-03-12 |
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All by Myself | Mrs. Vincent | 1943-06-11 |
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Nearly Eighteen | Miss Perkins | 1943-11-12 |
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Shadow of a Doubt | Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited) | 1943-01-12 |
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Scattergood Survives a Murder | Selma Quentin | 1942-10-01 |
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Calling All Pa's | Grandma Vanderscnooze (uncredited) | 1942-10-24 |
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The Forest Rangers | Mrs. Hansen (uncredited) | 1942-10-21 |
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Apache Trail | Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited) | 1942-09-01 |
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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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Sons of the Pioneers | Housekeeper | 1942-07-02 |
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My Favorite Blonde | Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited) | 1942-04-02 |
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Sunset in Wyoming | Susanna Hawkins Peabody | 1941-07-15 |
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Tom, Dick and Harry | Mrs. Burton (uncredited) | 1941-06-13 |
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Three Girls About Town | Clubwoman | 1941-10-23 |
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I Wake Up Screaming | Customer (uncredited) | 1941-10-31 |
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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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The Face Behind the Mask | Mrs. Perkins (uncredited) | 1941-01-16 |
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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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Opened by Mistake | Mrs. Karff (uncredited) | 1940-05-10 |
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Young People | Mrs. Stinchfield | 1940-08-30 |
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Lucky Cisco Kid | Spinster | 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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The Shop Around the Corner | Woman Customer | 1940-01-12 |
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Curtain Call | Literary Committee Member | 1940-04-18 |
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The Invisible Woman | Showroom Buyer (uncredited) | 1940-12-27 |
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New Moon | Marquise della Rosa | 1940-06-28 |
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The Howards of Virginia | Neighbor Girl | 1940-09-19 |
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Arise, My Love | Spinster (uncredited) | 1940-11-08 |
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Strike Up the Band | Miss Hodges | 1940-09-27 |
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Too Busy to Work | 1939-11-17 | |
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Sabotage | (uncredited) | 1939-10-13 |
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Here I Am a Stranger | Chaperone at Dance | 1939-09-29 |
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Persons in Hiding | Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Annie Rucker (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
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Unmarried | Mrs. Jones | 1939-05-20 |
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The Amazing Mr. Williams | Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited) | 1939-11-22 |
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Meet Dr. Christian | Mrs. Minnows | 1939-11-17 |
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Blondie Meets the Boss | Saleswoman (uncredited) | 1939-03-08 |
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Drunk Driving | Driver (uncredited) | 1939-10-28 |
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Espionage Agent | Militant American Tourist | 1939-09-30 |
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Remember? | Lady in Revolving Door | 1939-12-19 |
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Boy Trouble | Mrs. Moots | 1939-01-27 |
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Coast Guard | Florence (uncredited) | 1939-08-04 |
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Gold Is Where You Find It | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1938-02-12 |
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The Shining Hour | Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited) | 1938-11-18 |
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Merrily We Live | Mrs. Fleming | 1938-03-04 |
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The Beloved Brat | School Board Member Miss Brundage | 1938-04-30 |
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A Doggone Mixup | 1938-12-05 | |
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Judge Hardy's Children | Miss Adams (uncredited) | 1938-03-26 |
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Love Is a Headache | Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited) | 1938-01-14 |
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Women Are Like That | Mrs. Snell | 1938-04-23 |
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Woman Against Woman | Party Guest | 1938-06-24 |
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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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A Man to Remember | Clerk (uncredited) | 1938-10-14 |
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We're on the Jury | Evelyn Bottomley | 1937-02-12 |
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Varsity Show | Mrs. Biddle | 1937-09-04 |
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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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Big Business | Miss Collins - School Principal | 1937-06-18 |
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It's Love I'm After | Mrs. Hinkle | 1937-10-08 |
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Theodora Goes Wild | Mrs. Moffat (uncredited) | 1936-11-12 |
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Palm Springs | Miss Pinchon | 1936-06-05 |
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The General Died at Dawn | Companion of American without Matches (uncredited) | 1936-11-17 |
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The Golden Arrow | Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers | 1936-05-23 |
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Two-Fisted Gentleman | Mrs. O'Shea | 1936-08-15 |
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Colleen | First Society Woman (uncredited) | 1936-03-21 |
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Early to Bed | Miss Barton | 1936-06-05 |
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Shadow of Doubt | Dowager in Taxi | 1935-02-15 |
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It's in the Air | Old Maid (uncredited) | 1935-10-10 |
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I Live My Life | Professor Douglas (Uncredited) | 1935-10-04 |
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Stars Over Broadway | Woman Dancing with Fat Man | 1935-11-23 |
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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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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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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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American Madness | Gossip on Phone (uncredited) | 1932-08-15 |
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Wayward | Nurse (uncredited) | 1932-02-19 |
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Glorifying the American Girl | Mrs. Hughes | 1929-12-07 |
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Two Americans | 1929-06-22 |
