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Mildred Natwick (1905–1994)

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A disarming character lady quite capable of scene-stealing, Mildred Natwick was a well-rounded talent with distinctively dowdy features and idiosyncratic tendencies who, over a six-decade period, assembled together a number of unforgettable matrons on stage and (eventually) film and TV. Whimsical, feisty... See full bio »

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in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died:

(age 89) in New York City, New York, USA
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1988 Dangerous Liaisons
Madame de Rosemonde
 
1987 Deadly Deception (TV movie)
Sarah Cleason
 
1986 Murder, She Wrote (TV series)
Carrie McKittrick
– Murder in the Electric Cathedral (1986) … Carrie McKittrick
 
1985 Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series)
May Hardcastle
– Hardcastle, Hardcastle, Hardcastle and McCormick (1985) … May Hardcastle
 
1983 Magnum, P.I. (TV series)
Madge LaSalle
– Limited Engagement (1983) … Madge LaSalle
 
1982 Kiss Me Goodbye
Mrs. Reilly
 
1982 Maid in America (TV movie)
Mrs. Angstrom
 
1981 Trapper John, M.D. (TV series)
Grandma
– Is There a Doctor in the Big House? (1981) … Grandma
 
1980 Alice (TV series)
Aunt Agatha
– Vera's Aunt Agatha (1980) … Aunt Agatha
 
1980 The Love Boat (TV series)
Beatrice Dale
– No Girls for Doc/Marriage of Convenience/The Caller/The Witness (1980) … Beatrice Dale
 
1979 You Can't Take It with You (TV movie)
Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
 
1978-1979 Hawaii Five-O (TV series)
Millicent Shand
– The Spirit Is Willie (1979) … Millicent Shand
– Frozen Assets (1978) … Millicent Shand
 
1978 Little Women (TV series)
Aunt March
 
1977 The Bob Newhart Show (TV series)
Grace Dubois
– A Girl in Her Twenties (1977) … Grace Dubois
 
1976 Family (TV series)
Hattie
– A Right and Proper Goodbye (1976) … Hattie
 
1976 Addie and the King of Hearts (TV movie)
Grandma Mills
 
1975 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Beatrice McMillan
– Deadly Inheritance (1975) … Beatrice McMillan
– Love, Honor and Swindle (1975) … Beatrice McMillan
 
1975 The Easter Promise (TV movie)
Grandma
 
1975 At Long Last Love
Mabel Pritchard
 
1974 Daisy Miller
Mrs. Costello
 
1972-1974 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson / Gwendolin Snoop
– Black Day for Bluebeard (1974) … Gwendolin Snoop
– The Devil Made Me Do It! (1974) … Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
– Fear Is a Free-Throw (1974) … Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
– Corpse and Robbers (1973) … Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
– The Female Instinct (1972) … Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
 
1973 The Evil Touch (TV series)
Constance / The Aunt
– Dear Beloved Monster (1973)
– Scared to Death (1973) … Constance
– Heart to Heart (1973) … The Aunt
 
1973 The Thanksgiving Treasure (TV movie)
Grandma
 
1973 Money to Burn (TV movie)
Emily Finnegan
 
1972 The House Without a Christmas Tree (TV movie)
Grandma Mills
 
1971 Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate (TV movie)
Shelby Saunders
 
1971 The Most Deadly Game (TV series)
Janet McLeod
– I, Said the Sparrow (1971) … Janet McLeod
 
1969 Trilogy
Miss Miller (segment "Miriam")
 
1969 The Maltese Bippy
Molly Fletcher
 
1969 If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Jenny Grant
 
1969 Bonanza (TV series)
Mrs. Wharton
– Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds (1969) … Mrs. Wharton
 
1967 Barefoot in the Park
Ethel Banks
 
1962 Arsenic & Old Lace (TV movie)
Martha Brewster
 
1961 The Power and the Glory (TV movie)
 
1961 Naked City (TV series)
Irma Mahoney
– Take and Put (1961) … Irma Mahoney
 
1959 Play of the Week (TV series)
Mme. St. Pé
– The Waltz of the Toreadors (1959) … Mme. St. Pé
 
1956-1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Aunt Rosalie / Millicent Bracegirdle
– Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (1958) … Millicent Bracegirdle
– The Perfect Murder (1956) … Aunt Rosalie
 
1950-1957 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– The Big Heist (1957)
– The Grass Harp (1952)
– Ladies in Retirement (1950)
– The Old Ladies (1950)
 
1957 Tammy and the Bachelor
Aunt Renie
 
1956 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Nanny
– Eloise (1956) … Nanny
 
1956 Teenage Rebel
Grace Hewitt
 
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour (TV series)
Nurse
– Antigone (1956) … Nurse
 
1956 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Mrs. Redman
– Hapless Holiday (1956) … Mrs. Redman
 
1956 Blithe Spirit (TV movie)
Madame Arcati
 
1956 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Madame Arcati
– Blithe Spirit (1956) … Madame Arcati
 
1955 The Court Jester
Griselda
 
1955 Star Stage (TV series)
– The Marmalade Scandal (1955)
 
1955 The 20th Century-Fox Hour (TV series)
Grace Hagget
– Christopher Bean (1955) … Grace Hagget
 
1949-1955 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Kate / Mrs. Beam
– Uncle Ed and Circumstances (1955) … Kate
– Mary Lou (1950)
– My Granny Van (1950)
– At Mrs. Beam's (1949) … Mrs. Beam
 
1955 The Trouble with Harry
Miss Ivy Gravely
 
1954 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Aunt Juilana
– A Garden in the Sea (1954) … Aunt Juilana
 
1949-1954 Suspense (TV series)
Nadia Demarest / Suspicious Woman
– Conversation at an Inn (1954)
– The Suitor (1953)
– High Street (1951)
– Murderers' Meeting (1951) … Nadia Demarest
– On a Country Road (1951) … Suspicious Woman
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1954 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– Mr. Simmons (1954)
 
1954 Love Story (TV series)
– The Orchard (1954)
 
1954 Justice (TV series)
– The Eight Alien Boys (1954)
 
1954 Campbell Summer Soundstage (TV series)
– The Almighty Dollar (1954)
 
1954 You Are There (TV series)
Mary Queen of Scots
– The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots (February 8, 1587) (1954) … Mary Queen of Scots
 
1953-1954 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Macready
– Tam O'Shanter (1954)
– The Marmalade Scandal (1953) … Mrs. Macready
 
1953 The Web (TV series)
– The World My Cage (1953)
 
1953 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– The Happy Rest (1953)
 
1953 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– The Bartlett Desk (1953)
 
1953 The Gulf Playhouse (TV series)
– Death of the Old Man (1953)
 
1953 The Doctor (TV series)
– The Rocking Chair (1953)
 
1953 Tales of Tomorrow (TV series)
– Ink (1953)
 
1953 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Boyd
– The Brooch (1953) … Mrs. Boyd
 
1952 Against All Flags
Molvina MacGregor
 
1950-1952 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– Tempest of Tick Creek (1952)
– A Secret Island (1951)
– The Feast (1950)
 
1952 Danger (TV series)
– Buttons (1952)
 
1952 The Quiet Man
The Widow Sarah Tillane
 
1951 Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Antrobus / Queen Elizabeth I
– The Skin of Our Teeth (1951) … Mrs. Antrobus
– Mary of Scotland (1951) … Queen Elizabeth I
 
1950-1951 Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Albert Forrester
– The Mother (1951)
– The Creative Impulse (1950) … Mrs. Albert Forrester
 
1950 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
– The White-Headed Boy (1950)
 
1950 Cameo Theatre (TV series)
– Sarah Lee's Children (1950)
 
1950 Starlight Theatre (TV series)
– Her Son (1950)
– Night Before Sailing (1950)
 
1950 Lights Out (TV series)
– The Queen Is Dead (1950)
 
1950 Cheaper by the Dozen
Mrs. Mebane
 
1950 The Clock (TV series)
– Woman in the Road (1950)
 
1949 Man Against Crime (TV series)
– Episode #1.8 (1949)
– Episode #1.7 (1949)
– Episode #1.6 (1949)
– Episode #1.5 (1949)
 
1949 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Abby 'Old Iron Pants' Allshard
 
1949 The Boris Karloff Mystery Playhouse (TV series)
– Five Golden Guineas (1949)
 
1948 3 Godfathers
The Mother
 
1948 The Kissing Bandit
Isabella
 
1948 A Woman's Vengeance
Nurse Caroline Braddock
 
1947 The Late George Apley
Amelia Newcombe
 
1946 Sorry, Wrong Number (TV short)
 
1945 Yolanda and the Thief
Aunt Amarilla
 
1945 The Enchanted Cottage
Mrs. Abigail Minnett
 
1940 The Long Voyage Home
Freda
 
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1975 At Long Last Love (performer: "Well Did You Evah!")
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Las amistades peligrosas (2012) (in memory of)
 
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1968 The 40th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2004 Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series)
 
1995 The 67th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself (Memorial Tribute)
 

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Personal Details

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(1933). Stage Play: Spring in Autumn. Comedy. Written by Blanche Yurka and Nene Belmonte, from the Spanish of Gregorio Martinez Sierra. Directed by Bretaigne Windust. Henry Miller's Theatre: 24 Oct 1933- Nov 1933 (closing date unknown/41 performances). Cast: Daisy Belmore (as "Dame Sarah Hutt")... See more »
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Trivia:

First appeared on Broadway under the direction of Joshua Logan, who considered her one of America's finest character actresses. Natwick inspired great devotion among many: John Ford, who directed her in The Long Voyage Home, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and The Quiet Man adored her, as did both Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams... See more »

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