Irene Tedrow

Irene Tedrow
Born	August 3, 1907(1907-08-03) Denver, Colorado
Died	March 10, 1995(1995-03-10) (aged 87) Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	William Kent

Irene Tedrow (August 3, 1907 – March 10, 1995) was an American character actress in stage, film, television and radio. Tedrow is also the mother of actress Enid Kent.

Career

Born in Denver, Colorado, Tedrow was a founding member of the Old Globe Theater and was cast as an ingénue in the beginning of her career. As she grew older, she found more work in films as the meddling old woman. However, she did have an intermittently recurring role as Mrs. Elkins on the Dennis the Menace television sitcom in the 1950s where her character was a kind woman. Being a character actor she was never given substantial roles, despite having appeared in many shows, includingThe Twilight Zone The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Diff'rent Strokes and Facts of Life.

During the late 1940s, she was the voice of Dorothy Regent in the radio series Chandu the Magician. Theater offered a better outlet and Tedrow appeared on Broadway even through her eighties, in such productions as Our Town and Pygmalion. In 1955 she appeared on the Jack Benny Show as a contestant with Jack Benny on a mock You Bet Your Life segment with Groucho Marx.[1]

Death

On March 10, 1995, Tedrow died of a stroke in Hollywood. Her grave is located at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.

Selected filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
1940	We Who Are Young	Office Girl	Uncredited
1941	Cheers for Miss Bishop	Teacher waving from window	Uncredited
1942	The Moon and Sixpence	Mrs. MacAndrew	Uncredited
1943	Nobody's Darling	Julia Rhodes	Uncredited
1944	Song of the Open Road	Miss Casper (teacher)	Uncredited
1945	The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry	Mrs. Follinsbee	Uncredited
1946	Just Before Dawn	Nurse Florence White	Uncredited
1947	They Won't Believe Me	First Woman	Uncredited
1948	The Mating of Millie	Receptionist	Uncredited
1949	Air Hostess	Miss Hamilton
1951	The Company She Keeps	Mrs. Seeley
1953	A Lion Is in the Streets	Mrs. Sophie Peck	Uncredited
1955	Santa Fe Passage	Ptewaquin
1956	Slander	Marion Gregg, Secretary	Uncredited
1957	Loving You	Mrs. Jessup	Uncredited
1958	Saddle the Wind	Mrs. Mary Ellison	Uncredited
1960	Please Don't Eat the Daisies	Mrs. Greenfield	Uncredited
1961	A Thunder of Drums	Mrs. Scarborough
1962	Deadly Duo	Lenora Spence
1965	The Cincinnati Kid	Mrs. Rudd
1970	Getting Straight	Mrs. Stebbins
1975	Mandingo	Mrs. Redfield
1978	Foul Play	Mrs. Monk
1980	Midnight Madness	Mrs. Grimhaus
1981	All Night Long	Loft Landlady
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1955	The Millionaire	Countess Turec	1 episode
	Letter to Loretta	Beatrice	1 episode
1956	On Trial	Mrs. Patterson	1 episode
1957	Highway Patrol	Eileen Haley	1 episode
1958	Jefferson Drum	Mary Easton	1 episode
	Northwest Passage	Cora Klagg	1 episode
	Leave It to Beaver	Mrs. Claudia Hathaway	1 episode
1959	Rawhide	Minnie Lou	1 episode
1960	Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond	Dr. J.H. Sesselshreiber	1 episode
	Mr. Lucky	Madam Maria	1 episode
	The Twilight Zone	Mrs. Loren	1 episode
	Wagon Train	Freda	1 episode
1961–1962	Father of the Bride	Miss Bellamy	2 episodes
1963	Dr. Kildare	June Crowley	1 episode
	Ensign O'Toole	Mrs. Barnes	1 episode
	Grindl	Nurse Gardiner	1 episode
1964	Burke's Law	Librarian	1 episode
1965	Branded	Mrs. Wilcox	1 episode
	Karen	Mrs. Sloat	1 episode
	The Andy Griffith Show	Mrs. Foster	1 episode
	The Fugitive	Maude Keller	1 episode
1966	Hogan's Heroes	Jenny	1 episode
1967	The Invaders	Clare Lapham	1 episode
	The Flying Nun	Mother Provincial David	1 episode
	Dundee and the Culhane	Widow Hughes	1 episode
1969	Family Affair	Alice	1 episode
	The Mod Squad	Eloise	1 episode
1971	Mannix	Sara Dawes	1 episode
1972	Banacek	Dr. Dora Bancroft	1 episode
1973	Barnaby Jones	Mrs. Ryan	1 episodes
1973	Mary Tyler Moore Show	Congresswoman Margaret Geddes	2 episodes	1974	Kung Fu	Mrs. Stekel	1 episode
Marcus Welby, M.D.	Eileen McAdams	1 episode
1975	Little House: A New Beginning	Minerva Farnsworth	1 episode
1976	Good Heavens	Old Lady	1 episode
	Charlie's Angels	Sister Anne	1 episode
1977	The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries	Ruby	1 episode
1978	The Amazing Spider-Man	Aunt May	1 episode
	Diff'rent Strokes	Mrs. Drummond	1 episode
Three's Company	Aunt Martha	1 episode
1979	Salvage 1	Aunt Adah	1 episode
	240-Robert	Fake Sissie	1 episode
1980	House Calls	Mrs. Bruckner	1 episode
1981	Isabel's Choice	Mrs. Harper	Television movie
1983	The Last Ninja	Dr. Sanford	Television movie
1984	Remington Steele	Nanny Perkins	1 episode
1985	Magnum, P.I.	Mrs. Wilson, the Antique Dealer	1 episode
1987	Punky Brewster	Maude Fierstein	1 episode
1988	L.A. Law	Katherine Crutcher	1 episode
1989	A Deadly Silence	Grandma Virginia Pierson	Television movie

Award nominations

Year	Award	Result	Category	Film or series
1976	Emmy Award	Nominated	Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Special	Eleanor and Franklin
1978			Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series	James at 15 (For the episode "Ducks")

External links

• Irene Tedrow at the Internet Movie Database
• Irene Tedrow at Find a Grave
• Irene Tedrow at the Internet Broadway Database