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