Sarah Edwards

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1881-10-09

Day of death

1965-01-07 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales

Sarah Edwards

Biography

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).

Known For

  • It's a Wonderful Life

    It's a Wonderful Life

  • The Bishop's Wife

    The Bishop's Wife

  • California Firebrand

    California Firebrand

  • Remember?

    Remember?

  • Nearly Eighteen

    Nearly Eighteen

  • Allotment Wives

    Allotment Wives

  • New Moon

    New Moon

  • Young People

    Young People

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • Bathing Beauty

    Bathing Beauty

  • The Shop Around the Corner

    The Shop Around the Corner

  • Big Business

    Big Business

  • Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt

  • Wayward

    Wayward

  • Two-Fisted

    Two-Fisted

  • American Madness

    American Madness

  • Varsity Show

    Varsity Show

  • Gold Is Where You Find It

    Gold Is Where You Find It

  • Boy Trouble

    Boy Trouble

  • Sweepstake Annie

    Sweepstake Annie

  • Drunk Driving

    Drunk Driving

  • The Awful Truth

    The Awful Truth

  • Curtain Call

    Curtain Call

  • Little Men

    Little Men

  • Public Wedding

    Public Wedding

  • Carson City

    Carson City

  • People Will Talk

    People Will Talk

  • A Man to Remember

    A Man to Remember

  • The Face Behind the Mask

    The Face Behind the Mask

  • Family Honeymoon

    Family Honeymoon

  • Miss Polly

    Miss Polly

  • I Wake Up Screaming

    I Wake Up Screaming

  • The Invisible Woman

    The Invisible Woman

  • The Cowboy and the Lady

    The Cowboy and the Lady

  • Ruggles of Red Gap

    Ruggles of Red Gap

  • Early to Bed

    Early to Bed

  • H.M. Pulham, Esq.

    H.M. Pulham, Esq.

  • Sons of the Pioneers

    Sons of the Pioneers

  • Colleen

    Colleen

  • It's in the Air

    It's in the Air

  • Glorifying the American Girl

    Glorifying the American Girl

  • The Main Street Kid

    The Main Street Kid

  • Strike Up the Band

    Strike Up the Band

  • Undercurrent

    Undercurrent

  • Song of Arizona

    Song of Arizona

  • Espionage Agent

    Espionage Agent

  • Arise, My Love

    Arise, My Love

  • Love Is a Headache

    Love Is a Headache

  • The Amazing Mr. Williams

    The Amazing Mr. Williams

  • Merrily We Live

    Merrily We Live

  • Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

    Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

  • Lady on a Train

    Lady on a Train

  • The Howards of Virginia

    The Howards of Virginia

  • Persons in Hiding

    Persons in Hiding

  • Three Loves Has Nancy

    Three Loves Has Nancy

  • Scattergood Survives a Murder

    Scattergood Survives a Murder

  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  • Theodora Goes Wild

    Theodora Goes Wild

  • Storm Over Lisbon

    Storm Over Lisbon

  • The Forest Rangers

    The Forest Rangers

  • The Golden Arrow

    The Golden Arrow

  • Girls of the Big House

    Girls of the Big House

  • The General Died at Dawn

    The General Died at Dawn

  • Women Are Like That

    Women Are Like That

  • One Foot in Heaven

    One Foot in Heaven

  • All by Myself

    All by Myself

  • The Beloved Brat

    The Beloved Brat

  • Woman Against Woman

    Woman Against Woman

  • Unmarried

    Unmarried

  • Two O'Clock Courage

    Two O'Clock Courage

  • Good News

    Good News

  • Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

    Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

  • Meet Dr. Christian

    Meet Dr. Christian

  • My Grandfather's Clock

    My Grandfather's Clock

  • The Fuller Brush Girl

    The Fuller Brush Girl

  • Lucky Cisco Kid

    Lucky Cisco Kid

  • Shadow of Doubt

    Shadow of Doubt

  • Here I Am a Stranger

    Here I Am a Stranger

  • Mr. District Attorney

    Mr. District Attorney

  • The World Accuses

    The World Accuses

  • Stars Over Broadway

    Stars Over Broadway

  • Blondie Meets the Boss

    Blondie Meets the Boss

  • Three Girls About Town

    Three Girls About Town

  • Rings on Her Fingers

    Rings on Her Fingers

  • My Favorite Blonde

    My Favorite Blonde

  • Sunset in Wyoming

    Sunset in Wyoming

  • Two-Fisted Gentleman

    Two-Fisted Gentleman

  • Calling All Pa's

    Calling All Pa's

  • Tom, Dick and Harry

    Tom, Dick and Harry

  • Palm Springs

    Palm Springs

  • Free, Blonde and 21

    Free, Blonde and 21

  • It's Love I'm After

    It's Love I'm After

  • Coast Guard

    Coast Guard

  • Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

    Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

  • Opened by Mistake

    Opened by Mistake

  • I Live My Life

    I Live My Life

  • The Shining Hour

    The Shining Hour

  • Two Americans

    Two Americans

  • A Doggone Mixup

    A Doggone Mixup

  • Air Hostess

    Air Hostess

  • Saratoga Trunk

    Saratoga Trunk

  • The Corn Is Green

    The Corn Is Green

  • Judge Hardy's Children

    Judge Hardy's Children

  • We're on the Jury

    We're on the Jury

  • Dudes Are Pretty People

    Dudes Are Pretty People

  • Dixie Dugan

    Dixie Dugan

  • Too Busy to Work

    Too Busy to Work

  • Apache Trail

    Apache Trail