Edith Atwater
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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.
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Full filmography
- Bonanza (1959) as Roberta Lund
- Bonanza (1959) as Roberta (uncredited)
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) as Mrs. Benner
- Ironside (1967)
- Knots Landing (1979) as Dr. Gillian McCary
- The Philco Television Playhouse (1948) as Marian Burnett
- The Rockford Files (1974) as Kate Banning
- Family Ties (1982) as Trudy Harris
- Hart to Hart (1979)
- Hart to Hart (1979) as Dr. Jane Barrett
- Dr. Kildare (1961) as Miss Thorton
- Baretta (1975)
- Room 222 (1969)
- Suspense (1949) as Louise Lord
- Suspense (1949)
- Switch (1975) as Mrs. Wood
- The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977) as Gertrude Hardy
- Stoney Burke (1962) as Ruth Coles
- The Wonderful World of Disney (1954) as Mrs. Addy Mason
- Judd, for the Defense (1967)
- Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971) as Eleanor Hamilton
- True Grit (1969) as Mrs. Floyd
- Nanny and the Professor (1970) as Miss Dunbar
- Decoy (1957) as Lily Flagler