Edith Atwater

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

Mary

Sweet Smell of Success

Meg Camden

The Body Snatcher

Mrs. Clay

Family Plot

Miss Steuben

It Happened at the World's Fair

Mrs. Lawrence

Teresa

Linda's Mother

Mean Dog Blues

Mrs. Fields

Strait-Jacket

Amanda

Die Sister, Die!

Lydia Brundage

C-Man

Mrs. Floyd

True Grit

Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)

Pieces of Dreams

Mrs. Pendleton

Our Time

Nina Talbot

We Went to College

Mary

The Love Machine

Mrs. Addy Mason

Ride a Northbound Horse

Mrs. Stevens

Strange Bedfellows

Angry Bus Passenger

Norwood

Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)

Daddy's Gone A-Hunting

Sophie

Stand Up and Be Counted

Mrs. Webster

Mackintosh and T.J.