Sarah Edwards
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 11, 1881
- Died
- January 7, 1965
- Birthplace
- 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).
Filmography
Carson City 1952
as Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl 1950
as Mrs. East (uncredited)
Air Hostess 1949
as Bertha Hallum
Family Honeymoon 1948
as Mrs. Carp (uncredited)
California Firebrand 1948
as Granny Hortense Mason
The Main Street Kid 1948
as Mrs. Clauson
The Bishop's Wife 1947
as Mrs. Duffy
Good News 1947
as Miss Pritchard (uncredited)
The Romance of Rosy Ridge 1947
as Mrs. Dessark (uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride 1947
Actor
My Brother Talks to Horses 1947
as Townswoman (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life 1946
as Mrs. Hatch
Undercurrent 1946
as Cora (uncredited)
The Verdict 1946
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
Song of Arizona 1946
as Dolly Finnuccin
Girl on the Spot 1946
as Mrs. Richards (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk 1945
as Miss Diggs (uncredited)
Allotment Wives 1945
as Sadie
Girls of the Big House 1945
as Dormitory Matron
Lady on a Train 1945
Actor
Two O'Clock Courage 1945
as Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited)
The Corn Is Green 1945
as Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited)
Storm Over Lisbon 1944
as Maude Perry-Tonides
Bathing Beauty 1944
as Faculty Member (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret 1944
as Mrs. Bradley
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid 1944
as Mrs. Bradley
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service 1944
as Mrs. Hargue
Nearly Eighteen 1943
as Miss Perkins
All by Myself 1943
as Mrs. Vincent
Dixie Dugan 1943
as Mrs. Kelly
Shadow of a Doubt 1943
as Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited)
Calling All Pa's 1942
as Grandma Vanderscnooze (uncredited)
The Forest Rangers 1942
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Scattergood Survives a Murder 1942
as Selma Quentin
Apache Trail 1942
as Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
The Gay Sisters 1942
as Lady in Elevator (uncredited)
The Sons of the Pioneers 1942
as Housekeeper
My Favorite Blonde 1942
as Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers 1942
Actor
Dudes Are Pretty People 1942
as Miss Priddle
H.M. Pulham, Esq. 1941
as Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited)
Miss Polly 1941
as Angie Turner
One Foot in Heaven 1941
as Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)
I Wake Up Screaming 1941
as Customer (uncredited)
Three Girls About Town 1941
as Clubwoman
Sunset in Wyoming 1941
as Susanna Hawkins Peabody
Tom, Dick and Harry 1941
as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney 1941
as Miss Petherby
The Face Behind the Mask 1941
as Mrs. Perkins (uncredited)
The Invisible Woman 1940
as Showroom Buyer (uncredited)
Little Men 1940
as Landlady
Arise, My Love 1940
as Spinster (uncredited)
Strike Up the Band 1940
as Miss Hodges
The Howards of Virginia 1940
as Neighbor Girl
Young People 1940
as Mrs. Stinchfield
New Moon 1940
as Marquise della Rosa
Lucky Cisco Kid 1940
as Spinster
Opened by Mistake 1940
as Mrs. Karff (uncredited)
Curtain Call 1940
as Literary Committee Member
Free, Blonde and 21 1940
as Undetermined Role
The Shop Around the Corner 1940
as Woman Customer
Remember? 1939
as Lady in Revolving Door
The Amazing Mr. Williams 1939
as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
Too Busy to Work 1939
Actor
Meet Dr. Christian 1939
as Mrs. Minnows
Drunk Driving 1939
as Driver (uncredited)
Sabotage 1939
as (uncredited)
Espionage Agent 1939
as Militant American Tourist
Here I Am a Stranger 1939
as Chaperone at Dance
Coast Guard 1939
as Florence (uncredited)
Unmarried 1939
as Mrs. Jones
Blondie Meets the Boss 1939
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1939
as Annie Rucker (uncredited)
Persons in Hiding 1939
as Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Boy Trouble 1939
as Mrs. Moots
A Doggone Mixup 1938
Actor
The Shining Hour 1938
as Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Lady 1938
as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
A Man to Remember 1938
as Clerk (uncredited)
Three Loves Has Nancy 1938
as Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited)
Woman Against Woman 1938
as Party Guest
The Beloved Brat 1938
as School Board Member Miss Brundage
Women Are Like That 1938
as Mrs. Snell
Judge Hardy's Children 1938
as Miss Adams (uncredited)
Merrily We Live 1938
as Mrs. Fleming
Gold Is Where You Find It 1938
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Love Is a Headache 1938
as Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited)
The Awful Truth 1937
as Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited)
It's Love I'm After 1937
as Mrs. Hinkle
Varsity Show 1937
as Mrs. Biddle
Public Wedding 1937
as Mrs. Van Drexel
Big Business 1937
as Miss Collins - School Principal
We're on the Jury 1937
as Evelyn Bottomley
The General Died at Dawn 1936
as Companion of American without Matches (uncredited)
Theodora Goes Wild 1936
as Mrs. Moffat (uncredited)
Two-Fisted Gentleman 1936
as Mrs. O'Shea
Early to Bed 1936
as Miss Barton
Palm Springs 1936
as Miss Pinchon
The Golden Arrow 1936
as Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers
Colleen 1936
as First Society Woman (uncredited)
The Walking Dead 1936
Actor
Stars Over Broadway 1935
as Woman Dancing with Fat Man
It's in the Air 1935
as Old Maid (uncredited)
I Live My Life 1935
as Professor Douglas (Uncredited)
Two-Fisted 1935
as Abigail Adams
People Will Talk 1935
as Martie Beemish
Ruggles of Red Gap 1935
as Mrs. Myron Carey
Shadow of Doubt 1935
as Dowager in Taxi
- Sweepstake Annie
Sweepstake Annie 1935
as Friend of Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
The World Accuses 1934
as Lucille Weymouth
My Grandfather's Clock 1934
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
American Madness 1932
as Gossip on Phone (uncredited)
Wayward 1932
as Nurse (uncredited)
Glorifying the American Girl 1929
as Mrs. Hughes
- Two Americans
Two Americans 1929
Actor
Credits from TMDB.