Sarah Edwards
Oct 11, 1881 — Jan 7, 1965 (83 years)
Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales
99 Movies
Born in Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales, Sarah Edwards is an actress. They are internationally recognised for their role in It's a Wonderful Life as Mrs. Hatch. Their work further includes The Shop Around the Corner and The Bishop's Wife. They have 99 films to their name, working mainly across genres like drama, comedy, fantasy.
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Sarah Edwards
99 Movies
Born in Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales, Sarah Edwards is an actress. They are internationally recognised for their role in It's a Wonderful Life as Mrs. Hatch. Their work further includes The Shop Around the Corner and The Bishop's Wife. They have 99 films to their name, working mainly across genres like drama, comedy, fantasy.
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It's a Wonderful Life
1946
Bathing Beauty
1944
Shadow of a Doubt
1943
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
Young People
1940
Undercurrent
1946
Family Honeymoon
1948
The Awful Truth
1937
Arise, My Love
1940
The Bishop's Wife
1947
Wayward
1932
Unmarried
1939
Three Loves Has Nancy
1938
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
Remember?
1939
Mr. District Attorney
1941
Good News
1947
The Invisible Woman
1940
Merrily We Live
1938
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
Song of Arizona
1946
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
It's Love I'm After
1937
The Corn Is Green
1945
Saratoga Trunk
1945
Strike Up the Band
1940
One Foot in Heaven
1941
New Moon
1940
Carson City
1952
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
My Favorite Blonde
1942
The Howards of Virginia
1940
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
American Madness
1932
Tom, Dick and Harry
1941
Apache Trail
1942
Storm Over Lisbon
1944
The Face Behind the Mask
1941
It's in the Air
1935
I Live My Life
1935
Three Girls About Town
1941
The Shining Hour
1938
Two O'Clock Courage
1945
Espionage Agent
1939
Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
Little Men
1940
Public Wedding
1937
Free, Blonde and 21
1940
Love Is a Headache
1938
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Carson City
Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited)
1952
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The Fuller Brush Girl
Mrs. East (uncredited)
1950
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Air Hostess
Bertha Hallum
1949
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Family Honeymoon
Mrs. Carp (uncredited)
1948
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California Firebrand
Granny Hortense Mason
1948
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The Main Street Kid
Mrs. Clauson
1948
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The Bishop's Wife
Mrs. Duffy
1947
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Good News
Miss Pritchard (uncredited)
1947
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Mrs. Dessark (uncredited)
1947
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Sarah Edwards still alive?
Sarah Edwards passed away on January 7, 1965 at age 83.
What are the most famous roles of Sarah Edwards?
Sarah Edwards is best known for roles in It's a Wonderful Life, Shadow of a Doubt, The Shop Around the Corner.
How many movies has Sarah Edwards been in?
Over a 36-year career (since 1929), Sarah Edwards has appeared in 112 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Sarah Edwards's first movie?
The career of Sarah Edwards began with Two Americans (1929).
What is Sarah Edwards's most recent movie or series?
Sarah Edwards's most recent release is Carson City, which premiered on June 13, 1952.
Sarah Edwards
1881-10-11 · Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales
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).