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Elizabeth Lawrence

Elizabeth Lawrence

Born: 1922-05-03 • Huntington, West Virginia, USA

Elizabeth Lawrence (September 6, 1922 – June 11, 2000) was an American actress, best known for her long-running role as Myra Murdock Sloane in the soap opera All My Children from 1979–1991. She had roles in other soap operas: Guiding Light, As the World Turns, A World Apart, and The Road of Life. She is also known for her roles as Chloe Williams - blind mother of Julia Roberts' character Laura Burney - in Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Mrs. Blair in We're No Angels (with Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore), Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible (1996), and the school nurse in Unbreakable (2000) - released the year of her death.

Filmography
Unbreakable poster
Unbreakable
2000 • School Nurse
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Isn't She Great
2000 • Missy Hastings
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The Crucible
1996 • Rebecca Nurse
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The Butcher's Wife
1991 • Grammy D'arbo
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Sleeping with the Enemy
1991 • Chloe Williams
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We're No Angels
1989 • Mrs. Blair
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Four Friends
1981 • Mrs. Prozor