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Edith Atwater

Edith Atwater

Born: 1911-04-22 • Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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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Filmography
Die Sister, Die! poster
Die Sister, Die!
1978 • Amanda
Mean Dog Blues poster
Mean Dog Blues
1978 • Linda's Mother
Family Plot poster
Family Plot
1976 • Mrs. Clay
Mackintosh and T.J. poster
Mackintosh and T.J.
1975 • Mrs. Webster
Our Time poster
Our Time
1974 • Mrs. Pendleton
Stand Up and Be Counted poster
Stand Up and Be Counted
1972 • Sophie
The Love Machine poster
The Love Machine
1971 • Mary
Norwood poster
Norwood
1970 • Angry Bus Passenger
Pieces of Dreams poster
Pieces of Dreams
1970 • Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)
True Grit poster
True Grit
1969 • Mrs. Floyd
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting poster
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969 • Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
Ride a Northbound Horse poster
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969 • Mrs. Addy Mason
Strange Bedfellows poster
Strange Bedfellows
1965 • Mrs. Stevens
Strait-Jacket poster
Strait-Jacket
1964 • Mrs. Fields
It Happened at the World's Fair poster
It Happened at the World's Fair
1963 • Miss Steuben
Sweet Smell of Success poster
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 • Mary
Teresa poster
Teresa
1951 • Mrs. Lawrence
C-Man poster
C-Man
1949 • Lydia Brundage
The Body Snatcher poster
The Body Snatcher
1945 • Meg Camden
No Image
We Went to College
1936 • Nina Talbot