Cast & creator
Edith Atwater
Best known for Bonanza, Bonanza, Knots Landing
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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, 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, with whom she remained married until his death in 1985, a year before her own death. She had no children. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edith Atwater, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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film credits
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television credits
48
1936–1982 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (48)
Showing 48 of 48 credits
Bonanza
Roberta (uncredited)
1959Bonanza
Roberta Lund
1959
Knots Landing
Dr. Gillian McCary
1979
Ironside
1967
The Rockford Files
Kate Banning
1974
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mrs. Benner
1962
Dr. Kildare
Miss Thorton
1961
Family Ties
Trudy Harris
1982
The Philco Television Playhouse
Marian Burnett
1948
Hart to Hart
1979Hart to Hart
Dr. Jane Barrett
1979
Baretta
1975
Switch
Mrs. Wood
1975
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Suspense
Louise Lord
1949Suspense
1949
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
Gertrude Hardy
1977
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Eleanor Hamilton
1971
Room 222
1969
Stoney Burke
Ruth Coles
1962
Nanny and the Professor
Miss Dunbar
1970
Decoy
Lily Flagler
1957
The Wonderful World of Disney
Mrs. Addy Mason
1954
The Legend of Jesse James
Sarah Todd
1965Profiles in Courage
Mrs. Andrews
1964
Kaz
Illsa Fogel
1978
True Grit
Mrs. Floyd
1969
Love on a Rooftop
Phyllis Hammond
1966
Sweet Smell of Success
Mary
1957
Doc Elliot
1973
Family Plot
Mrs. Clay
1976
The Body Snatcher
Meg Camden
1945
It Happened at the World's Fair
Miss Steuben
1963
Mackintosh and T.J.
Mrs. Webster
1975
Strait-Jacket
Mrs. Fields
1964
The Love Machine
Mary
1971
Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
Hospital Desk Nurse (uncredited)
1969
Strange Bedfellows
Mrs. Stevens
1965
Stand Up and Be Counted
Sophie
1972
Ride a Northbound Horse
Mrs. Addy Mason
1969
C-Man
Lydia Brundage
1949
Teresa
Mrs. Lawrence
1951
Norwood
Angry Bus Passenger
1970
Our Time
Mrs. Pendleton
1974
Mean Dog Blues
Linda's Mother
1978We Went to College
Nina Talbot
1936
Pieces of Dreams
Mrs. Lind (Gregory's Mother)
1970
Die Sister, Die!
Amanda
1978