Edith Atwater

from Chicago, Illinois, USA

Artwork for True GritImage of Edith Atwater

Biography

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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.

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Timeline

1978Aged 67

  • Poster for Mean Dog Blues

    Linda's Mother

  • Poster for Die Sister, Die!

    Amanda

1976Aged 65

  • Poster for Family Plot

    Mrs. Clay

1975Aged 64

  • Poster for Mackintosh and T.J.

    Mrs. Webster

1974Aged 63

  • Poster for Our Time

    Mrs. Pendleton

1972Aged 61

  • Poster for Stand Up and Be Counted

    Sophie

1971Aged 60

  • Poster for The Love Machine

    Mary

1970Aged 59

  • Poster for Pieces of Dreams

    Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)

  • Poster for Norwood

    Angry Bus Passenger

1969Aged 58

  • Poster for Ride a Northbound Horse

    Mrs. Addy Mason

  • Poster for Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

    Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)

  • Poster for True Grit

    Mrs. Floyd

1965Aged 54

  • Poster for Strange Bedfellows

    Mrs. Stevens

1964Aged 53

  • Poster for Strait-Jacket

    Mrs. Fields

1963Aged 52

  • Poster for It Happened at the World's Fair

    Miss Steuben

1957Aged 46

  • Poster for Sweet Smell of Success

    Mary

1951Aged 40

  • Poster for Teresa

    Mrs. Lawrence

1949Aged 38

  • Poster for C-Man

    Lydia Brundage

1945Aged 34

  • Poster for The Body Snatcher

    Meg Camden

1936Aged 25