---
name: "Augusta Dabney"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/augusta-dabney"
fi1m_id: "augusta-dabney"
imdb_id: "nm0196419"
tmdb_id: 124382
wikidata_id: "Q4820917"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "23 October 1918"
died: "4 February 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:35:48.481684+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Augusta Dabney

## Identity

Augusta Dabney

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/augusta-dabney
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** augusta-dabney
- **IMDb ID:** nm0196419
- **TMDB ID:** 124382
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4820917
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Dabney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196419/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124382

Actor. Born 23 October 1918 in Berkeley. Died 4 February 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 23 October 1918, Berkeley
- **Died:** 4 February 2008
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Dabney, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4820917, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0196419/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124382

## Biography

Augusta Dabney (23 October 1918 – 4 February 2008) was an American actress. Born in Berkeley, California, she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, and trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. She made her Broadway debut in *Abe Lincoln in Illinois* (1938) and appeared in further productions including *Dear Ruth*, *Everything in the Garden*, *Seascape* and *Sacrilege* (1995).

Dabney was a regular on several daytime soap operas, including *Young Dr. Malone*, *Guiding Light*, *General Hospital*, *One Life to Live* and *Loving*, where she played Isabelle Alden from 1983 to 1995. Her film roles include Mrs. Eisler in *Plaza Suite* (1971), the Colorado Woman in *The Heartbreak Kid* (1972), Abigail Patterson in *Running on Empty* (1988), Judge Maynard in *Shakedown* (1988) and Sarah Hackett in *The Paper* (1994). She received a BAFTA nomination for her performance in *That Night!* (1957). She was married to actors Kevin McCarthy and William Prince.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, variety.com, catalog.afi.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Heartbreak Kid* (1972), Fi1m 78, as Colorado Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-heartbreak-kid.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Paper* (1994), as Sarah Hackett
- *The Portrait* (1993), as Elizabeth Hayden
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Mrs. LaValle — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Bum Rap* (1988), as Mon
- *Running on Empty* (1988), as Abigail Patterson
- *Hothouse* (1988), series, as Ida Gates
- *Shakedown* (1988), as Judge Maynard
- *Violets Are Blue* (1986), as Ethel Sawyer
- *Cold River* (1982), as Elizabeth Allison
- *F.D.R.: The Last Year* (1980), as Grace Tully
- *Fire Sale* (1977), as Mrs. Cooper
- *Police Woman* (1974), series, Actor
- *The Heartbreak Kid* (1972), as Colorado Woman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-heartbreak-kid.md)
- *Plaza Suite* (1971), as Mrs. Eisler
- *A World Apart* (1970), series, Actor
- *Another World* (1964), series, Actor
- *Summer of Decision* (1959), as Mrs. Gordon
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Margaret Parish
- *Young Doctor Malone* (1958), series, Actor
- *That Night!* (1957), as Wife Maggie Bowden
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *Out There* (1951), series, Actor
- *Danger* (1950), series, Actor
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Allie, Constance Warburton, Mrs. Monroe
- *Suspense* (1949), series, Actor
- *Studio One* (1948), series, Actor
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Laura Wilkins

## Gallery

- ![Cast photo from the television daytime drama Young Doctor Malone. From left-John Connell, Augusta Dabney, William Prince. (1962)](https://film.one/media/person/3918055/gallery-3f309d340b41.jpg) Cast photo from the television daytime drama Young Doctor Malone. From left-John Connell, Augusta Dabney, William Prince. (1962) — NBC Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Young_Doctor_Malone_cast_1962.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Augusta Dabney in the TV-series One Step Beyond, episode Ordeal on Locust Street (cropped screenshot) (1959)](https://film.one/media/person/3918055/gallery-3084f5259c56.jpg) Augusta Dabney in the TV-series One Step Beyond, episode Ordeal on Locust Street (cropped screenshot) (1959) — episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Augusta_Dabney_in_One_Step_Beyond_%28Ordeal_on_Locust_Street%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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