---
name: "Carmen Mathews"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carmen-mathews"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 May 1914"
died: "31 August 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T05:45:46.008423+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."
---

# Carmen Mathews

Actor. Born 8 May 1914 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 31 August 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 May 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Died:** 31 August 1995
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Mathews, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2939613, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132357

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Sounder*](https://film.one/film/sounder.md) (83)

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## Biography

Carmen Mathews was an American actress. She studied at Bennett Junior College and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and began her professional career with the Stratford-on-Avon Shakespearean Company, where she played roles including Ophelia in *Hamlet*.

Her film credits include *BUtterfield 8* (1960), *Rabbit, Run* (1970), *Sounder* (1972) as Mrs. Boatwright, and *Daniel* (1983). On television she appeared in episodes of *The Twilight Zone* (1961), *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* and as Colonel Lillian Rayburn in *M*A*S*H* (1978). She also had a long career on Broadway.

Mathews was an environmentalist who established and ran a residential summer camp for disadvantaged children on her farm in Redding, Connecticut. She died in 1995.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, as Colonel Lillian Bull — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *Sounder* (1972), Fi1m 83, as Mrs. Boatwright — [page](https://film.one/film/sounder.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Last Best Year* (1990), as Aunt Lizzie
- *Taking a Stand* (1989), Actor
- *Tales from the Darkside* (1984), series, as Madame Marlena
- *Daniel* (1983), as Mrs. Ascher
- *Gauguin the Savage* (1980), as Madame Jeanette
- *Top of the Hill* (1980), series, as Minna Ellsworth
- *Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging* (1977), as Miss Cumberland
- *Widow* (1976), as Carmen
- *Sounder* (1972), as Mrs. Boatwright — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/sounder.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, as Colonel Lillian Bull — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), as Sally Caswell
- *They Call It Murder* (1971), as Doris Kane
- *Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?* (1971), as Abigail Booth
- *Rabbit, Run* (1970), as Mrs. Springer
- *A Rage to Live* (1965), as Emily Caldwell
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Ada Burnett — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *BUtterfield 8* (1960), as Mrs. Jescott (uncredited)
- *Startime* (1959), series, as Emilie Ducotel
- *The Twilight Zone* (1959), series, as Vinnie — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-twilight-zone.md)
- *Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates* (1958), as Mevrouw Van Gleck
- *Bloomer Girl* (1956), as Dolly Bloomer
- *The Corn is Green* (1956), as Miss Ronberry
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Miss Hall, Katherine Oldham, Lizzie Borden, Joanna Enright, Thelma Malley, Celia Boerum
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Isabel
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Mariella Barger

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