---
name: "Mildred Natwick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mildred-natwick"
fi1m_id: "mildred-natwick"
imdb_id: "nm0622450"
tmdb_id: 12969
wikidata_id: "Q240217"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 June 1905"
died: "25 October 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T02:23:14.836021+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."
---

# Mildred Natwick

## Identity

Mildred Natwick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mildred-natwick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mildred-natwick
- **IMDb ID:** nm0622450
- **TMDB ID:** 12969
- **Wikidata ID:** Q240217
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Natwick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240217, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12969

Actor. Born 19 June 1905 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Died 25 October 1994.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 June 1905, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Died:** 25 October 1994
- **Active:** 1940–1988
- **Frequently works with:** [Barry Fitzgerald](https://film.one/person/barry-fitzgerald.md), [John Ford](https://film.one/person/john-ford.md), [John Wayne](https://film.one/person/john-wayne.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 80 (1), 1950s 78 (1), 1980s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 78 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $38m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mildred_Natwick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q240217, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622450/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12969

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Long Voyage Home*](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md) (80)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Quiet Man*](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Mildred Natwick was an American actress who worked in theatre, film and television. She began performing on stage at the age of 21 with the Vagabonds, a non-professional group in Baltimore, and later joined the University Players on Cape Cod. Her Broadway debut came in 1932 as Mrs Noble in *Carry Nation*.

Natwick made her film debut in John Ford's *The Long Voyage Home* (1940). She appeared in several of Ford's films, including *She Wore a Yellow Ribbon* (1949) and *The Quiet Man* (1952). Other notable screen roles include Miss Gravely in *The Trouble with Harry* (1955), Ethel Banks in *Barefoot in the Park* (1967) and Madame de Rosemonde in *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988). She received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress for *Barefoot in the Park* and won a Primetime Emmy Award for the miniseries *The Snoop Sisters*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988), Fi1m 84, as Madame de Rosemonde — [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-liaisons.md)
- *The Quiet Man* (1952), Fi1m 78, as The Widow Sarah Tillane — [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md)
- *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Freda — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988), as Madame de Rosemonde — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/dangerous-liaisons.md)
- *Deadly Deception* (1987), as Sarah Cleason
- *Murder, She Wrote* (1984), series, as Carrie McKittrick
- *Kiss Me Goodbye* (1982), as Mrs. Reilly
- *Maid in America* (1982), as Mrs. Angstrom
- *Magnum, P.I.* (1980), series, as Madge LaSalle
- *Trapper John, M.D.* (1979), series, Actor
- *You Can't Take it With You* (1979), as Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, as Beatrice Dale
- *Alice* (1976), series, Actor
- *Addie and the King of Hearts* (1976), as Grandma Mills
- *The Easter Promise* (1975), as Grandma Mills
- *At Long Last Love* (1975), as Mabel Pritchard
- *Daisy Miller* (1974), as Mrs. Costello
- *The Snoop Sisters* (1973), series, as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
- *The Thanksgiving Treasure* (1973), as Grandma Mills
- *Money to Burn* (1973), as Emily Finnegan
- *The Evil Touch* (1973), series, Actor
- *The Female Instinct* (1972), as Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
- *The House Without a Christmas Tree* (1972), as Grandma Mills
- *The Bob Newhart Show* (1972), series, as Grace Dubois
- *Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate* (1971), as Shelby Saunders
- *The Maltese Bippy* (1969), as Molly Fletcher
- *Trilogy* (1969), as Miss Miller
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), series, as Millicent Shand
- *If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium* (1969), as Jenny Grant
- *Barefoot in the Park* (1967), as Ethel Banks
- *The Power and the Glory* (1963), Actor
- *Arsenic & Old Lace* (1962), as Martha Brewster
- *Bonanza* (1959), series, as Mrs. Wharton
- *Naked City* (1958), series, as Irma Mahoney
- *Tammy and the Bachelor* (1957), as Aunt Renie
- *Eloise* (1956), as Nanny
- *Teenage Rebel* (1956), as Grace Hewitt
- *Blithe Spirit* (1956), as Madame Arcati
- *The Court Jester* (1955), as Griselda
- *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Trouble with Harry* (1955), as Miss Gravely
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Aunt Rosalie Tallendier, Millicent Bracegirdle
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Mrs. Redman
- *Against All Flags* (1952), as Molvina MacGregor
- *The Quiet Man* (1952), as The Widow Sarah Tillane — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md)
- *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, as Martha Brewster
- *Tales of Tomorrow* (1951), series, Actor
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Mrs. Boyd
- *Cheaper by the Dozen* (1950), as Mrs. Mebane
- *She Wore a Yellow Ribbon* (1949), as Abby Allshard
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Nadia Demarest, Suspicious Woman
- *3 Godfathers* (1948), as The Mother
- *The Kissing Bandit* (1948), as Isabella
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Mrs. Beam, Kate
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, Actor
- *A Woman's Vengeance* (1948), as Nurse Caroline Braddock
- *The Late George Apley* (1947), as Amelia Newcombe
- *Yolanda and the Thief* (1945), as Aunt Amarilla
- *The Enchanted Cottage* (1945), as Mrs. Abigail Minnett
- *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), as Freda — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md)

## Gallery

- ![Mildred Natwick](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-b7e61bab3e46.jpg) Mildred Natwick — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Mildred_Natwick_in_The_Trouble_With_Harry_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![L. to R.: Philip Tonge, Mildred Natwick & Jackie Cooper in the American TV series Suspense, episode Murderers' Meeting (cropped screenshot) (1951)](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-ccde008bc633.jpg) L. to R.: Philip Tonge, Mildred Natwick & Jackie Cooper in the American TV series Suspense, episode Murderers' Meeting (cropped screenshot) (1951) — TV episode screenshot (CBS), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Mildred_Natwick-Jackie_Cooper_in_Suspense_%28Murderers%27_Meeting%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mildred Natwick in 1947 (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-5db93a1e8d91.jpg) Mildred Natwick in 1947 (2014) — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Mildred_Natwick_1947.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sunair Drive-In theater advertisement for the drama film, Teenage Rebel. 16 February 1957.](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-14254106ca89.jpg) Sunair Drive-In theater advertisement for the drama film, Teenage Rebel. 16 February 1957. — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Sunair_Drive-in_Ad_-_16_February_1957%2C_Cathedral_City%2C_CA.jpg/1280px-Sunair_Drive-in_Ad_-_16_February_1957%2C_Cathedral_City%2C_CA.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mildred Natwick](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-27f5a00767e5.jpg) Mildred Natwick — Image via TMDB
- ![Mildred Natwick](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-1f768db5386c.jpg) Mildred Natwick — Image via TMDB
- ![Mildred Natwick](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-649ff2b312fc.jpg) Mildred Natwick — Image via TMDB
- ![L. to R.: Mildred Natwick, David Hurst & Dan Rowan in The Maltese Bippy - publicity still (cropped) (1969)](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-90f55ab8c678.jpg) L. to R.: Mildred Natwick, David Hurst & Dan Rowan in The Maltese Bippy - publicity still (cropped) (1969) — Unknown (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/The_Maltese_Bippy_%281969%29_still_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mildred Natwick](https://film.one/media/person/119344/gallery-547207860475.jpg) Mildred Natwick — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1968: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *Barefoot in the Park*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1974: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *The Snoop Sisters*

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical 1972: Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical (nominated)
- Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play 1957: Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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