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Edith Barrett is a Actor American born on 19 january 1907 at Roxbury (USA)

Edith Barrett

Edith Barrett
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Birth name Edith Williams
Nationality USA
Birth 19 january 1907 at Roxbury (USA)
Death 22 february 1977 (at 70 years) at Albuquerque (USA)

Edith Barrett (January 19, 1907 – February 22, 1977) was an American film actress.

Biography

Edith Williams was a granddaughter of 19th-century American actor Lawrence Barrett. She entered the entertainment industry at age 16 in a staging of Walter Hampden's production of Cyrano de Bergerac. At age 19, in 1926, she appeared with Hampden in Caponsacchi. During the 1930s, she performed with Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre troupe.

While appearing in the Mercury Theatre 1937 production of The Shoemaker's Holiday, she married leading man Vincent Price in 1938. The marriage ended in 1948. She and Price had one son, author/poet and environmental activist Vincent Barrett Price (born 1940). Her biggest Broadway success was as star of the now-obscure production Mrs. Moonlight.

She made her first film in 1941, playing one of the two half-witted half-sisters of Ida Lupino's homicidal character in Ladies in Retirement. Her most famous movie role was likely that of Mrs. Holland's mother-in-law in I Walked with a Zombie (1943). She was almost three years younger than her "son" in that film (played by Tom Conway). She appeared briefly onscreen with Price in Keys of the Kingdom (1944). The following year she was seen as Mrs. Fairfax in 20th Century-Fox's adaptation of the real Jane Eyre (1944). She retired from films after essaying a minor role in The Swan (1956).

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Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(4 films)
Peggy Ryan
Peggy Ryan
(3 films)
Orson Welles
Orson Welles
(1 films)
Gene Lockhart
Gene Lockhart
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Edith Barrett (18 films)

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Actress

In Love and War, 1h51
Directed by Philip Dunne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Robert Wagner, Dana Wynter, Jeffrey Hunter, Hope Lange, Bradford Dillman, Sheree North
Roles Mrs. Lenaine
Rating60% 3.049463.049463.049463.049463.04946
The film traces the progress of three Marines on shore leave during WWII, in the Pacific. One of the men, Nico (Jeffrey Hunter), is a gung-ho patriot; the second, Frankie (Robert Wagner), is a perennial goof-off; and the third, Alan (Bradford Dillman), hopes to prove his worth to his wealthy father.
The Swan
The Swan (1956)
, 1h44
Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Grace Kelly, Alec Guinness, Louis Jourdan, Jessie Royce Landis, Estelle Winwood, Brian Aherne
Roles Elsa - Beatrix's Maid
Rating64% 3.201493.201493.201493.201493.20149
The film, set in 1910, deals with the story of the daughter of a minor branch of a European royal house who is being considered as a wife for her cousin, the heir to the throne.
Holiday for Sinners, 1h12
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Gig Young, Keenan Wynn, Janice Rule, William Campbell, Richard Anderson, Sandro Giglio
Roles Mrs. Corvier
Rating59% 2.954492.954492.954492.954492.95449
Three men, reared together in New Orleans, but whose paths have drifted apart, each face a crisis during the last weekend of Mardi Gras: Dr. Jason Kent must decide between accepting a chance to become famous as a research scientist, which will mean leaving New Orleans and giving up the girl he loves, Susan Corvier, or staying in his father's practice among the poor; Father Victor Carducci is refused permission to open an independent clinic and is thinking of leaving the Church; Punch-drunk prizefighter Joe Piavi is mainly operating in a survival mode and is trying to collect $1500 owed to him by his former manager Mike Hennighan. When he finds out about the debt, brash reporter Danny Farber, not above a double-cross when it means gain for him, needles Hennighan about Joe, and then tells Joe that Henninghan is threatening to send him to an asylum.
The Lady Gambles, 1h39
Directed by Michael Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston, Stephen McNally, Edith Barrett, John Hoyt, John Harmon
Roles Ruth Phillips
Rating65% 3.289333.289333.289333.289333.28933
When his estranged wife Joan is found badly beaten after using loaded dice in a back-alley game, David Boothe looks back on how she came to this sorry state.
Ruthless
Ruthless (1948)
, 1h44
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Actors Zachary Scott, Louis Hayward, Diana Lynn, Sydney Greenstreet, Lucille Bremer, Martha Vickers
Roles Mrs. Burnside
Rating67% 3.388663.388663.388663.388663.38866
Horace Vendig shows himself to the world as a rich philanthropist. In fact, the history of his rise from his unhappy broken home shows this to be far from the case. After being taken in by richer neighbors he started to exhibit an obsessive and selfish urge to make more and more money, loving and leaving women at will to further this end.
Molly and Me, 1h16
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Monty Woolley, Gracie Fields, Reginald Gardiner, Roddy McDowall, Natalie Schafer, Edith Barrett
Roles Julia
Rating68% 3.435783.435783.435783.435783.43578
In 1937 London, struggling vaudeville actress Molly Barry (Gracie Fields) grows tired of the hopeless search for acting roles and instead applies for a job as housekeeper for upper class gentleman John Graham (Monty Woolley). She informs her friends and fellow actors, Lily (Queenie Leonard) and Julia (Edith Barrett), at the boardinghouse where she lives about her plans, but since she does not have any housekeeping references, she convinces former exotic dancer, Kitty Goode (Natalie Schafer), who has married into the peerage and become Lady Burroughs, to act as a fake reference.
That's the Spirit
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Peggy Ryan, Jack Oakie, June Vincent, Gene Lockhart, Andy Devine, Arthur Treacher
Roles Abigail
Rating71% 3.56633.56633.56633.56633.5663
Un artiste de vaudeville revient d'entre les morts pour aider sa femme et sa fille, qui sont dominées par un banquier avide.
The Keys of the Kingdom, 2h17
Directed by Otto Brower, John M. Stahl
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Children's films
Actors Gregory Peck, Thomas Mitchell, Vincent Price, Edmund Gwenn, Benson Fong, Rose Stradner
Roles Aunt Polly
Rating71% 3.595563.595563.595563.595563.59556
Father Francis Chisholm (Gregory Peck) is visited in his old age by Monsignor Sleeth (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) at his parish in Tweedside. The Monsignor informs Father Francis that the Bishop thinks it would be better if he retires, as Father Francis' somewhat unorthodox recent teachings have become a distraction. The Monsignor retires to his room in the rectory, and finds Father Francis' diary that recounts his story from 1878. As the Monsignor begins to read the diary, a flashback begins.
Strangers in the Night, 56minutes
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Virginia Grey, Helene Thimig, Edith Barrett, Charles Sullivan, Linda Stirling
Roles Ivy Miller
Rating62% 3.1462053.1462053.1462053.1462053.146205
Sgt. Johnny Meadows is seriously wounded in battle in the South Pacific during Word War Two. While recuperating, he takes comfort reading a book donated to the Red Cross by Rosemary Blake, who has written her name and address in the book. He corresponds with her, and as pen pals they fall in love. Eventually, on leave and back in the States, he heads for Rosemary’s home. While taking the train to get there, he meets a pretty woman reading the same book, and for a moment thinks he has met Rosemary. But the lovely woman is Dr. Leslie Ross, coincidentally heading for the same town where Rosemary lives, to take over a practice being left by another doctor. They start a friendly conversation, but then there is a derailment of several cars ahead of them, and the doctor treats those who are wounded, while Johnny assists where he can. More help arrives and, both exhausted, they share a cab-ride into the town they were both headed for.
The Song of Bernadette, 2h36
Directed by Henry King, Albert R. Broccoli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Children's films, Films about virginity
Actors Jennifer Jones, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Vincent Price, Lee J. Cobb, Gladys Cooper
Roles Croisine Bouhouhorts
Rating75% 3.7943053.7943053.7943053.7943053.794305
François Soubirous (Roman Bohnen), a former miller now unemployed, is forced to take odd jobs and live at the city jail with his wife (Anne Revere), his two sons, and his two daughters. One morning he goes to find work, and is told to take contaminated trash from the hospital and dump it in the cave at Massabielle.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (1943)
, 1h32
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Children's films
Actors Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Elizabeth Taylor, Margaret O'Brien, Sara Allgood, Henry Daniell
Roles Mrs. Fairfax
Rating74% 3.744613.744613.744613.744613.74461
Orphaned, unloved, and unwanted ten-year-old Jane Eyre (Peggy Ann Garner) lives with her cruel and selfish, uncaring paternal aunt, Mrs. Reed (Agnes Moorehead) of Gateshead Hall. Jane is ecstatic when Mrs. Reed, eager to be rid of the child, arranges for Jane to be sent to Lowood Institution, a charity boarding school for young girls, run by the disciplinarian Reverend Brocklehurst (Henry Daniell).
I Walked with a Zombie, 1h8
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Tom Conway, Frances Dee, James Ellison, Edith Barrett, Boris Karloff, James Bell
Roles Mrs. Rand
Rating69% 3.4971953.4971953.4971953.4971953.497195
Betsy Connell (Frances Dee), a Canadian nurse, relates in a voiceover how she once "walked with a zombie."
The Ghost Ship, 1h9
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Seafaring films, Monde imaginaire, Psychologie, Transport films
Actors Richard Dix, Edith Barrett, Russell Wade, Ben Bard, Skelton Knaggs, Robert Bice
Roles Ellen Roberts
Rating65% 3.296183.296183.296183.296183.29618
Tom Merriam (Russell Wade), a young merchant marine officer, joins the crew of the ship Altair. At first, all seems well and Merriam bonds with the captain, Will Stone (Richard Dix). The ship, already shorthanded due to the death of a crew member before it left port, loses another ("the Greek") when he develops appendicitis. (Taking direction over the ship's radio, the captain is to perform the appendectomy, but he is unable to make the incision. Instead, Merriam successfully removes the sailor's appendix, but – feeling he should be loyal to the captain and spare him embarrassment – swears the radio operator to secrecy. Afterward, the captain has a self-serving explanation for his failure.
Get Hep to Love, 1h17
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Gloria Jean, Donald O'Connor, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige, Peggy Ryan, John Abbott
Roles Miss Roberts
Rating67% 3.350993.350993.350993.350993.35099
Doris Stanley is an adolescent singer ("14 going on 15") billed as an 11-year-old "child prodigy" by her money-hungry aunt. When Doris finds that her Aunt Addie has reneged on her promise to give her a break from her singing tour, she runs away, and finds herself in a small town. Doris presents herself as a potential adoptee to a young married couple (Ann and Steve Winters). Unbeknownst to Doris, Ann was on the verge of breaking up with Steve due to his preoccupation with golf and refusal to find a real job. Her arrival gives the couple a reason to stay together.