Edith Atwater

Edith Atwater

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 (film)", "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.

Atwater's likeness was drawn in caricature by Alex Gard for Sardi's, the New York City theater district restaurant. The picture is now part of the collection of the New York Public Library. [ [http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/the/thesardis.xml The New York Public Library Inventory of Sardi's Caricatures] ]

She died of cancer at age 74.

References

*" Edith Atwater Is Dead at 74; Actress in Theater and Film" [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE0DB143DF934A25750C0A960948260&scp=1&sq=Edith+Atwater&st=nyt The New York Times, March 17, 1986]

ee also

*List of caricatures at Sardi's restaurant
*Hollywood blacklist

External links

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