Carmen Mathews
Carmen Mathews | |
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| Born | Carmen Sylvia Mathews May 8, 1911 |
| Died | August 31, 1995 (aged 84) Redding, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, environmentalist |
| Years active | 1943–1992 |
Carmen Sylvia Mathews (May 8, 1911 – August 31, 1995) was an American actress and environmentalist.[1]
Biography
Carmen 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] 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).[3] She appeared on television in six episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65).[4] She also appeared in the 1963 TV series The Fugitive and a 1961 episode of The Twilight Zone. One of her more famous roles was as Colonel Lilian Rayborn on Episode 150 of M*A*S*H. Her last role was in the Last Best Year (1990) with Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters.[3]
In 1975, Mathews set up and ran a residential summer camp for disadvantaged children on her 100-acre farm in Redding, Connecticut.[3] Toward the end her of 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.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d Staff (1995-09-03). "Carmen Mathews, Environmentalist And an Actress, 84". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "New Pond Farm, Redding, CT - NPF's Founder, Carmen Mathews". Newpondfarm.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-29. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
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- ^ "The Hitchcock Zone". Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ "Redding Land Trust, Inc:: Redding, Connecticut". Reddingctlandtrust.org. 2013-03-30. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
- ^ "U.N. Group to Honor 110 Connecticut Women". The New York Times. AP. October 11, 1987. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
- ^ "Carmen Mathews, Environmentalist And an Actress, 84". The New York Times. AP. September 3, 1995. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
External links
- Carmen Mathews papers, 1921-1995, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
- New Pond Farm's page on Carmen Mathews
- Remembering Carmen Mathews
- Carmen Mathews at Find a Grave
- Carmen Mathews at IMDb
- Carmen Mathews at the Internet Broadway Database
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