Sarah Edwards

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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...

Known for

It's a Wonderful LifeMovie • 1946Shadow of a DoubtMovie • 1943The Shop Around the CornerMovie • 1940UndercurrentMovie • 1946Bathing BeautyMovie • 1944The Bishop's WifeMovie • 1947The Walking DeadMovie • 1936The Awful TruthMovie • 1937Good NewsMovie • 1947The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnMovie • 1939The VerdictMovie • 1946American MadnessMovie • 1932Lady on a TrainMovie • 1945The Invisible WomanMovie • 1940Strike Up the BandMovie • 1940The Devil Thumbs a RideMovie • 1947I Wake Up ScreamingMovie • 1941The General Died at DawnMovie • 1936The Cowboy and the LadyMovie • 1938One Foot in HeavenMovie • 1941Ruggles of Red GapMovie • 1935Carson CityMovie • 1952Arise, My LoveMovie • 1940Merrily We LiveMovie • 1938