Portrait of Edith Atwater

Edith Atwater

Acting

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Edith Atwater (April 22, 1911 – March 14, 1986) was an American stage, film and television actress. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Atwater made her Broadway debut in 1933. In 1939 she starred in The Man Who Came to Dinner. On screen she appeared in such films as The Body Snatcher, Sweet Smell of Success, and Strait-Jacket. Her television work included roles on The Rockford Files and Knots Landing. Atwater was married to actor Hugh Marlowe in 1941. She later married Kent Smith, with whom she remained married until his death in 1985, a year before her own death. She had no children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Atwater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: April 22, 1911

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Filmography

1982
Family Ties

as Trudy Harris

1979
Knots Landing

as Dr. Gillian McCary

1979
Hart to Hart

as Dr. Jane Barrett

1978
1978
Kaz

as Illsa Fogel

1978
Mean Dog Blues

as Linda's Mother

1976
Family Plot

as Mrs. Clay

1975
Mackintosh and T.J.

as Mrs. Webster

1975
Switch

as Mrs. Wood

1974
The Rockford Files

as Kate Banning

1974
Our Time

as Mrs. Pendleton

1971
1971
1970
Norwood

as Angry Bus Passenger

1970
Pieces of Dreams

as Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)

1970
1969
True Grit

as Mrs. Floyd

1969
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)

1969
Ride a Northbound Horse

as Mrs. Addy Mason

1966
Love on a Rooftop

as Phyllis Hammond

1965
1965
Strange Bedfellows

as Mrs. Stevens

1964
Strait-Jacket

as Mrs. Fields

1962
Stoney Burke

as Ruth Coles

1962
1961
Dr. Kildare

as Miss Thorton

1959
Bonanza

as Roberta (uncredited)

1959
Bonanza

as Roberta Lund

1957
Decoy

as Lily Flagler

1954
1951
Teresa

as Mrs. Lawrence

1949
C-Man

as Lydia Brundage

1949
Suspense

as Louise Lord

1948
1945
The Body Snatcher

as Meg Camden