Edith Atwater

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Edith Atwater
Born April 22, 1911
Chicago, Illinois
Died March 14, 1986(1986-03-14) (aged 74)
Los Angeles, California
Occupation Actress
Spouse Kent Smith (1962-1985; his death)
Hugh Marlowe (divorced)

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, with whom she remained married until his death in 1985, a year before her own death. She had no children.

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[edit] Legacy

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.[1]

[edit] Death

Edith Atwater died from cancer in Los Angeles, aged 74.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ The New York Public Library Inventory of Sardi's Caricatures

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