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Carmen Mathews
Born
Carmen Sylvia Mathews

(1911-05-08)May 8, 1911
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedAugust 31, 1995(1995-08-31) (aged 84)
Redding, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, environmentalist
Years active1943–1992

Carmen Sylvia Mathews (May 8, 1911 – August 31, 1995) was an American actress and environmentalist.[1]

Biography

Mathews was born in Philadelphia. She studied first at Bennett Junior College and then in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[2] She began her professional acting appearance with the Stratford-on-Avon Shakespearean Company before moving back to the United States.[1]

Her Shakespearean roles included Ophelia in Hamlet and the Queen in Richard II.[1] She also starred as Theresa Tapper in the William Roos, Jack Lawrence, and Don Walker 1951 Broadway musical Courtin' Time.[3] Her film credits include Butterfield 8 (1960), A Rage to Live (1965), Rabbit, Run (1970), Sounder (1972), Top of the Hill (1980) and Daniel (1983). On television she performed on a wide variety of series over a span of four decades. A few of those series include appearances on six episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65), as well as roles in a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone, a 1964 episode of The Fugitive,[4] and a 1972 episode of Cannon. One of her more memorable televised performances is as Colonel Lilian Rayborn on Episode 150 of M*A*S*H. Toward the end of her career, in 1990, she was cast in the Last Best Year with Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters.

In 1975, Mathews set up and ran a residential summer camp for disadvantaged children on her 100-acre farm in Redding, Connecticut.[citation needed] Toward the end of her life, Mathews, a passionate environmentalist, made a perpetual donation of her 100-acre New Pond Farm to the Redding Land Trust,[5] to ensure that it would retain its woods, fields, pond and marsh. The United Nations Association of the United States of America named Mathews one of Connecticut's outstanding women in 1987.[6][1]

Death

Mathews died at her farm in Redding, Connecticut in 1995, aged 84, from undisclosed causes.[1]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Lizzie Borden Season 1 Episode 17: "The Older Sister"
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Katherine Oldham Season 2 Episode 4: "Kill With Kindness"
1956 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Joanna Enright Season 2 Episode 8: "Conversation Over a Corpse"
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Celia Boerum Season 3 Episode 31: "The Festive Season"
1958 Butterfield 8 Mrs. Jescott Uncredited
1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Miss Hall Season 4 Episode 28: "The Impossible Dream"
1961 The Twilight Zone Vinnie Episode: Static
1962 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Thelma Malley Season 7 Episode 28: "The Kerry Blue"
1965 A Rage to Live Emily Caldwell
1970 Rabbit, Run Mrs. Springer
1972 Sounder Rita Boatwright
1980 Top of the Hill Minna Ellsworth TV movie
1980 Gauguin the Savage Madame Jeanette TV movie
1983 Daniel Mrs. Ascher

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Carmen Mathews, Environmentalist And an Actress, 84". The New York Times. September 3, 1995. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. ^ "NPF's Founder, Carmen Mathews". New Pond Farm.org. Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Brooks Atkinson (June 14, 1951). "At The Theatre". The New York Times. p. 30.
  4. ^ "Carmen Matthews". The Hitchcock Zone. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  5. ^ "Obituaries: Carmen Matthews". Variety. September 18, 1995. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
  6. ^ "U.N. Group to Honor 110 Connecticut Women". The New York Times. Associated Press. October 11, 1987. Retrieved December 4, 2015.


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