Acting · Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales · Born October 11, 1881
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).
MovieCarson City
1952
as Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)
MovieThe Fuller Brush Girl
1950
as Mrs. East (uncredited)
MovieAir Hostess
1949
as Bertha Hallum
MovieFamily Honeymoon
1948
as Mrs. Carp (uncredited)
MovieCalifornia Firebrand
1948
as Granny Hortense Mason
MovieThe Main Street Kid
1948
as Mrs. Clauson
MovieThe Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mrs. Duffy
MovieGood News
1947
as Miss Pritchard (uncredited)
MovieThe Romance of Rosy Ridge
1947
as Mrs. Dessark (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
MovieIt's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Mrs. Hatch
MovieUndercurrent
1946
as Cora (uncredited)
MovieSong of Arizona
1946
as Dolly Finnuccin
MovieGirl on the Spot
1946
as Mrs. Richards (uncredited)
MovieSaratoga Trunk
1945
as Miss Diggs (uncredited)
MovieAllotment Wives
1945
as Sadie
MovieGirls of the Big House
1945
as Dormitory Matron
MovieLady on a Train
1945
MovieTwo O'Clock Courage
1945
as Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited)
MovieThe Corn Is Green
1945
as Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited)
MovieStorm Over Lisbon
1944
as Maude Perry-Tonides
MovieBathing Beauty
1944
as Faculty Member (uncredited)
MovieHenry Aldrich's Little Secret
1944
as Mrs. Bradley
MovieHenry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
as Mrs. Bradley
MovieCharlie Chan in the Secret Service
1944
as Mrs. Hargue
MovieNearly Eighteen
1943
as Miss Perkins
MovieAll by Myself
1943
as Mrs. Vincent
MovieDixie Dugan
1943
as Mrs. Kelly
MovieShadow of a Doubt
1943
as Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited)
MovieCalling All Pa's
1942
as Grandma Vanderscnooze (uncredited)
MovieThe Forest Rangers
1942
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
MovieScattergood Survives a Murder
1942
as Selma Quentin
MovieApache Trail
1942
as Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited)
MovieThe Sons of the Pioneers
1942
as Housekeeper
MovieMy Favorite Blonde
1942
as Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited)
MovieRings on Her Fingers
1942
MovieDudes Are Pretty People
1942
as Miss Priddle
MovieH.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited)
MovieMiss Polly
1941
as Angie Turner
MovieOne Foot in Heaven
1941
as Mrs. Spicer (uncredited)
MovieI Wake Up Screaming
1941
as Customer (uncredited)
MovieThree Girls About Town
1941
as Clubwoman
MovieSunset in Wyoming
1941
as Susanna Hawkins Peabody
MovieTom, Dick and Harry
1941
as Mrs. Burton (uncredited)
MovieMr. District Attorney
1941
as Miss Petherby
MovieThe Face Behind the Mask
1941
as Mrs. Perkins (uncredited)
MovieThe Invisible Woman
1940
as Showroom Buyer (uncredited)
MovieLittle Men
1940
as Landlady
MovieArise, My Love
1940
as Spinster (uncredited)
MovieStrike Up the Band
1940
as Miss Hodges
MovieThe Howards of Virginia
1940
as Neighbor Girl
MovieYoung People
1940
as Mrs. Stinchfield
MovieLucky Cisco Kid
1940
as Spinster
MovieNew Moon
1940
as Marquise della Rosa
MovieOpened by Mistake
1940
as Mrs. Karff (uncredited)
MovieCurtain Call
1940
as Literary Committee Member
MovieFree, Blonde and 21
1940
as Undetermined Role
MovieThe Shop Around the Corner
1940
as Woman Customer
MovieRemember?
1939
as Lady in Revolving Door
MovieThe Amazing Mr. Williams
1939
as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited)
MovieMeet Dr. Christian
1939
as Mrs. Minnows
MovieToo Busy to Work
1939
MovieDrunk Driving
1939
as Driver (uncredited)
MovieSabotage
1939
as (uncredited)
MovieEspionage Agent
1939
as Militant American Tourist
MovieHere I Am a Stranger
1939
as Chaperone at Dance
MovieCoast Guard
1939
as Florence (uncredited)
MovieUnmarried
1939
as Mrs. Jones
MovieBlondie Meets the Boss
1939
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
MoviePersons in Hiding
1939
as Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
MovieThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Annie Rucker (uncredited)
MovieBoy Trouble
1939
as Mrs. Moots
MovieA Doggone Mixup
1938
MovieThe Shining Hour
1938
as Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited)
MovieThe Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieA Man to Remember
1938
as Clerk (uncredited)
MovieThree Loves Has Nancy
1938
as Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited)
MovieWoman Against Woman
1938
as Party Guest
MovieThe Beloved Brat
1938
as School Board Member Miss Brundage
MovieWomen Are Like That
1938
as Mrs. Snell
MovieJudge Hardy's Children
1938
as Miss Adams (uncredited)
MovieMerrily We Live
1938
as Mrs. Fleming
MovieGold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieLove Is a Headache
1938
as Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited)
MovieThe Awful Truth
1937
as Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited)
MovieIt's Love I'm After
1937
as Mrs. Hinkle
MovieVarsity Show
1937
as Mrs. Biddle
MoviePublic Wedding
1937
as Mrs. Van Drexel
MovieBig Business
1937
as Miss Collins - School Principal
MovieWe're on the Jury
1937
as Evelyn Bottomley
MovieThe General Died at Dawn
1936
as Companion of American without Matches (uncredited)
MovieTheodora Goes Wild
1936
as Mrs. Moffat (uncredited)
MovieTwo-Fisted Gentleman
1936
as Mrs. O'Shea
MoviePalm Springs
1936
as Miss Pinchon
MovieEarly to Bed
1936
as Miss Barton
MovieThe Golden Arrow
1936
as Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers
MovieColleen
1936
as First Society Woman (uncredited)
MovieThe Walking Dead
1936
MovieStars Over Broadway
1935
as Woman Dancing with Fat Man
MovieIt's in the Air
1935
as Old Maid (uncredited)
MovieI Live My Life
1935
as Professor Douglas (Uncredited)
MovieTwo-Fisted
1935
as Abigail Adams
MoviePeople Will Talk
1935
as Martie Beemish
MovieRuggles of Red Gap
1935
as Mrs. Myron Carey
MovieShadow of Doubt
1935
as Dowager in Taxi
Sweepstake Annie
1935
as Friend of Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
MovieThe World Accuses
1934
as Lucille Weymouth
My Grandfather's Clock
1934
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
MovieAmerican Madness
1932
as Gossip on Phone (uncredited)
MovieWayward
1932
as Nurse (uncredited)
MovieGlorifying the American Girl
1929
as Mrs. Hughes
Two Americans
1929
