Sarah Edwards
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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).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 2.333 |
| Birthday | 1881-10-09 |
| Place of Birth | Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales |
| Also Known As | Sara Edwards, |
1946
It's a Wonderful Life
8.3/4430
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1936
Theodora Goes Wild
6.6/44
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1940
The Shop Around the Corner
8.1/737
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1949
Air Hostess
4.7/3
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1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
6.1/25
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1938
Three Loves Has Nancy
4.2/6
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1942
Scattergood Survives a Murder
4.5/3
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1944
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
5.9/26
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1947
The Bishop's Wife
7/245
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1945
Allotment Wives
6/5
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1941
Miss Polly
5/6
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1940
Young People
4.6/8
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1948
California Firebrand
3/1
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1945
Saratoga Trunk
5.7/15
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1937
It's Love I'm After
7/27
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1939
Persons in Hiding
3.5/2
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1944
Storm Over Lisbon
4.8/6
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1929
Glorifying the American Girl
5.5/13
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1936
Two-Fisted Gentleman
0/0
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Two-Fisted Gentleman
1945
Lady on a Train
6.5/47
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Lady on a Train
1935
Shadow of Doubt
6.2/4
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1935
Two-Fisted
7/1
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Two-Fisted
1938
A Doggone Mixup
0/0
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A Doggone Mixup
1939
Boy Trouble
5/4
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1938
Judge Hardy's Children
6.3/5
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
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1948
Family Honeymoon
5.7/3
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1938
Merrily We Live
7.1/35
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Merrily We Live
1942
My Favorite Blonde
6.4/20
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My Favorite Blonde
1936
Palm Springs
0/0
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1941
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
6.9/9
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1947
Good News
6.2/25
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1929
Two Americans
0/0
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Two Americans
1952
Carson City
6.1/19
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1944
Bathing Beauty
5.8/30
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1950
The Fuller Brush Girl
6/10
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1939
Meet Dr. Christian
0/0
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1938
A Man to Remember
6.5/6
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1938
Love Is a Headache
5.7/3
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1939
The Amazing Mr. Williams
5.8/10
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1936
Colleen
5.3/3
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1937
Public Wedding
5.7/3
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1935
Stars Over Broadway
5.2/4
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1944
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
0/0
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1944
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
0/0
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Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
6.5/19
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1939
Blondie Meets the Boss
5.8/9
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Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Coast Guard
5/3
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Coast Guard
1939
Remember?
5.8/5
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1942
Dudes Are Pretty People
0/0
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Dudes Are Pretty People
1939
Espionage Agent
5.9/9
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Espionage Agent
1940
Lucky Cisco Kid
5.6/5
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Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
Opened by Mistake
0/0
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Opened by Mistake
1945
Girls of the Big House
6/1
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Girls of the Big House
1939
Here I Am a Stranger
7/1
The story of a young man's discovery of his father.
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Here I Am a Stranger
1943
Shadow of a Doubt
7.5/1036
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Shadow of a Doubt
1937
Varsity Show
6/5
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Varsity Show
1938
Woman Against Woman
6.5/2
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Woman Against Woman
1943
Dixie Dugan
5/1
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Dixie Dugan
1941
Sunset in Wyoming
0/0
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1936
The Golden Arrow
6.1/10
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The Golden Arrow
1940
The Invisible Woman
5.7/73
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The Invisible Woman
1937
The Awful Truth
7.2/310
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The Awful Truth
1938
The Beloved Brat
6.4/8
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The Beloved Brat
1945
Two O'Clock Courage
6.2/23
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Two O'Clock Courage
1934
My Grandfather's Clock
7/1
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My Grandfather's Clock
1943
All by Myself
0/0
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All by Myself
1942
The Forest Rangers
0/0
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The Forest Rangers
1932
Wayward
6/1
Story of a mother's antagonism to her son's wife. Based on the novel "Wild Beauty" by Mateel Howe Farnham.
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Wayward
1940
Strike Up the Band
6.2/23
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Strike Up the Band
1940
The Howards of Virginia
6.4/10
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the...
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The Howards of Virginia
1940
Arise, My Love
6.1/17
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
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Arise, My Love
1940
New Moon
6.8/6
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
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New Moon
1935
It's in the Air
5/2
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It's in the Air
1940
Little Men
6.1/8
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's h...
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Little Men
1937
Big Business
5/1
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.
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Big Business
1948
The Main Street Kid
0/0
A young boy is struck by lightning, and discovers afterwards that he has the power of telepathy.
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The Main Street Kid
1935
I Live My Life
6.4/8
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
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I Live My Life
1940
Free, Blonde and 21
8/1
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
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Free, Blonde and 21
1939
Sabotage
7/3
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson,...
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Sabotage
1941
Three Girls About Town
5.3/3
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the...
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Three Girls About Town
1946
Song of Arizona
4.8/6
Roy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at a ranch for homeless boys run by Gabby Whittaker (Geor...
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Song of Arizona
1940
Curtain Call
7.3/3
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
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Curtain Call
1942
Sons of the Pioneers
0/0
A singing entomologist (Roy Rogers) acts meek to help a juggling sheriff (George "Gabby" Hayes) solve ranch raids.
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Sons of the Pioneers
1942
Apache Trail
6.4/5
The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the stati...
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Apache Trail
1936
Early to Bed
7/1
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with...
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Early to Bed
1937
We're on the Jury
5.8/5
A juror at a murder trial is convinced the defendant is innocent.
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We're on the Jury
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
7.1/73
In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a...
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Ruggles of Red Gap
1941
Mr. District Attorney
6.2/6
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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Mr. District Attorney
1941
I Wake Up Screaming
6.8/69
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip co...
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I Wake Up Screaming
1934
The World Accuses
0/0
When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.
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The World Accuses
1941
Tom, Dick and Harry
5.5/16
Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry....
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Tom, Dick and Harry
1939
Too Busy to Work
0/0
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their househ...
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Too Busy to Work
1946
Undercurrent
5.8/49
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant...
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Undercurrent
1942
Calling All Pa's
6/1
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.
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Calling All Pa's
1942
Rings on Her Fingers
6.5/11
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Ente...
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Rings on Her Fingers
1945
The Corn Is Green
7.1/33
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The Corn Is Green
1939
Drunk Driving
5.286/7
In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks too much but denies he has a problem. One day he mixes...
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Drunk Driving
1938
Women Are Like That
5.7/3
Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her...
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Women Are Like That
1939
Unmarried
3/1
Pals Pat Rogers and Slag Bailey try to collect a debt from Slag's recently deceased boxing promoter but wind up collecting his child, instead, and rai...
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1935
Sweepstake Annie
3.7/3
A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and...
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Sweepstake Annie
1935
People Will Talk
3/1
Henry and Clarice Wilkins have been married twenty-three years and are a model suburban couple who have never had a quarrel. But when their daughter,...
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People Will Talk
1938
The Shining Hour
6.6/21
A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
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The Shining Hour
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It
6.9/9
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1...
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Gold Is Where You Find It
1941
One Foot in Heaven
6.6/17
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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One Foot in Heaven
1932
American Madness
7.1/40
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American Madness
1943
Nearly Eighteen
5/1
A singer pretends to be younger so she can enter a music school.
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Nearly Eighteen
1936
The General Died at Dawn
6.2/19
China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum o...
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The General Died at Dawn
1941
The Face Behind the Mask
6.5/44
A sweet, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hote...
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