Sarah Edwards

Sarah Edwards

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1881-10-09
Deathday: 1965-01-07 (83 years old)

Biography

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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". 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).

Filmography

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Movies 108

Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Carson City

Carson City (1952)

Movie
Mrs. East (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

Movie
Mrs. Carp (uncredited)
Family Honeymoon

Family Honeymoon (1948)

Movie
Miss Pritchard (uncredited)
Good News

Good News (1947)

Movie
Cora (uncredited)
Undercurrent

Undercurrent (1946)

Movie
Miss Diggs (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk

Saratoga Trunk (1945)

Movie
Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited)
Two O'Clock Courage

Two O'Clock Courage (1945)

Movie
Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited)
The Corn Is Green

The Corn Is Green (1945)

Movie
Faculty Member (uncredited)
Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty (1944)

Movie
Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited)
Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

Movie
3.17
Grandma Vanderscnooze
Calling All Pa's

Calling All Pa's (1942)

Movie
Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers

The Forest Rangers (1942)

Movie
Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
Apache Trail

Apache Trail (1942)

Movie
Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde

My Favorite Blonde (1942)

Movie
Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited)
H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)

Movie
Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven (1941)

Movie
Customer (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Movie
Susanna Hawkins Peabody
Sunset in Wyoming

Sunset in Wyoming (1941)

Movie
Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
Tom, Dick and Harry

Tom, Dick and Harry (1941)

Movie
4
Showroom Buyer (uncredited)
The Invisible Woman

The Invisible Woman (1940)

Movie
5.24
Spinster (Uncredited)
Arise, My Love

Arise, My Love (1940)

Movie
Mrs. Stinchfield
Young People

Young People (1940)

Movie
Marquise della Rosa
New Moon

New Moon (1940)

Movie
Mrs. Karff (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake (1940)

Movie
Literary Committee Member
Curtain Call

Curtain Call (1940)

Movie
Lady in Revolving Door
Remember?

Remember? (1939)

Movie
Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
The Amazing Mr. Williams

The Amazing Mr. Williams (1939)

Movie
Militant American Tourist
Espionage Agent

Espionage Agent (1939)

Movie
Florence (uncredited)
Coast Guard

Coast Guard (1939)

Movie
Saleswoman (uncredited)
Blondie Meets the Boss

Blondie Meets the Boss (1939)

Movie
Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Persons in Hiding

Persons in Hiding (1939)

Movie
Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited)
The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour (1938)

Movie
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)

Movie
Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)

Movie
School Board Member Miss Brundage
The Beloved Brat

The Beloved Brat (1938)

Movie
Miss Adams (uncredited)
Judge Hardy's Children

Judge Hardy's Children (1938)

Movie
Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache (1938)

Movie
Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited)
The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth (1937)

Movie
5.88
Miss Collins - School Principal
Big Business

Big Business (1937)

Movie
Mrs. Moffat (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Movie
6
Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers
The Golden Arrow

The Golden Arrow (1936)

Movie
First Society Woman (uncredited)
Colleen

Colleen (1936)

Movie
Woman Dancing with Fat Man
Stars Over Broadway

Stars Over Broadway (1935)

Movie
Old Maid (uncredited)
It's in the Air

It's in the Air (1935)

Movie
Professor Douglas (Uncredited)
I Live My Life

I Live My Life (1935)

Movie
Friend of Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
Sweepstake Annie

Sweepstake Annie (1935)

Movie
Gossip on Phone (uncredited)
American Madness

American Madness (1932)

Movie
6

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1881-10-09

Deathday
1965-01-07 (83 years old)

Birth Place
Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales

Citizenships
Wales, United States of America

Also Known As
Sara Edwards

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