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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 22, 1911
Died
March 14, 1986
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Edith Atwater
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.2
Trudy Harris
Family Ties
1982
6.7
Dr. Gillian McCary
Knots Landing
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
Dr. Jane Barrett
Hart to Hart
1979
4.7
Amanda
Die Sister, Die!
1978
5.0
Illsa Fogel
Kaz
1978
4.4
Linda's Mother
Mean Dog Blues
1978
7.1
Gertrude Hardy
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
6.8
Mrs. Clay
Family Plot
1976
5.6
Mrs. Webster
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975
Credits
Family Ties
as Trudy Harris
1982
7.2
Knots Landing
as Dr. Gillian McCary
1979
6.7
Hart to Hart
1979
6.9
Hart to Hart
as Dr. Jane Barrett
1979
6.9
Die Sister, Die!
as Amanda
1978
4.7
Kaz
as Illsa Fogel
1978
5.0
Mean Dog Blues
as Linda's Mother
1978
4.4
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Gertrude Hardy
1977
7.1
Family Plot
as Mrs. Clay
1976
6.8
Mackintosh and T.J.
as Mrs. Webster
1975
5.6
Switch
as Mrs. Wood
1975
6.7
Baretta
1975
6.4
The Rockford Files
as Kate Banning
1974
7.6
Our Time
as Mrs. Pendleton
1974
7.5
Doc Elliot
1973
0.0
Stand Up and Be Counted
as Sophie
1972
7.0
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Eleanor Hamilton
1971
6.3
The Love Machine
as Mary
1971
4.3
Norwood
as Angry Bus Passenger
1970
5.6
Pieces of Dreams
as Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)
1970
3.2
Nanny and the Professor
as Miss Dunbar
1970
6.0
Room 222
1969
6.0
True Grit
as Mrs. Floyd
1969
7.3
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
as Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
1969
5.0
Ride a Northbound Horse
as Mrs. Addy Mason
1969
0.0
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Ironside
1967
6.8
Love on a Rooftop
as Phyllis Hammond
1966
5.0
The Legend of Jesse James
as Sarah Todd
1965
4.8
Strange Bedfellows
as Mrs. Stevens
1965
5.9
🎬
Profiles in Courage
as Mrs. Andrews
1964
5.0
Strait-Jacket
as Mrs. Fields
1964
6.5
It Happened at the World's Fair
as Miss Steuben
1963
5.7
Stoney Burke
as Ruth Coles
1962
5.7
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mrs. Benner
1962
7.8
Dr. Kildare
as Miss Thorton
1961
5.5
Bonanza
as Roberta Lund
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Roberta (uncredited)
1959
7.5
Decoy
as Lily Flagler
1957
6.4
Sweet Smell of Success
as Mary
1957
7.6
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Mrs. Addy Mason
1954
7.8
Teresa
as Mrs. Lawrence
1951
5.8
C-Man
as Lydia Brundage
1949
5.2
Suspense
as Louise Lord
1949
4.9
Suspense
1949
4.9
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Marian Burnett
1948
6.3
The Body Snatcher
as Meg Camden
1945
7.0
🎬
We Went to College
as Nina Talbot
1936
3.0