--- name: "Sarah Edwards" canonical: "https://film.one/person/sarah-edwards-85957" roles: [] born: "11 October 1881" died: "7 January 1965" reviewed_on_fi1m: 6 average_fi1m_score: 83 average_over: 6 updated: "2026-09-20T01:42:24.340279+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." --- # Sarah Edwards Actor. Born 11 October 1881 in Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales. Died 7 January 1965. ## Details - **Born:** 11 October 1881, Glyn Ceiriog, Denbighshire, Wales - **Died:** 7 January 1965 - **Active:** 1935–1947 - **Also known as:** Sara Edwards - **Titles on Fi1m:** 6: 3 acting, 3 other - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 86 (2), 1940s 82 (4) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 80 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 3, Fantasy 2, Romance 2, Crime 1, Family 1 - **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $13m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Edwards_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20109574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250352/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/85957 ## Streaming the US now - **Pluto TV:** [*The Bishop's Wife*](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Sarah Edwards (also credited as Sara Edwards) was a Welsh-born American actress who appeared in numerous Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s, usually in small character roles as dowagers or spinsters. She began her career on the stage and appeared in six Broadway productions between 1919 and 1931. Edwards made her film debut in the 1929 musical *Glorifying the American Girl* and moved to Hollywood in the mid-1930s, where she worked until retiring in 1951. Among her credits are *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946) as Mrs. Hatch, and *The Bishop's Wife* (1947) as Mrs. Duffy. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (6) ### Performed in (3) - *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Duffy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md) - *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), Fi1m 91, as Mrs. Hatch — [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md) - *Ruggles of Red Gap* (1935), Fi1m 84, as Mrs. Myron Carey — [page](https://film.one/film/ruggles-of-red-gap.md) ### Also credited (3) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), Fi1m 88, as Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md) - *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Spicer (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md) - *The Awful Truth* (1937), Fi1m 89, as Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-awful-truth.md) ## Complete filmography (113) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Carson City* (1952), as Spinster on Stagecoach (uncredited) - *The Fuller Brush Girl* (1950), as Mrs. East (uncredited) - *Air Hostess* (1949), as Bertha Hallum - *Family Honeymoon* (1948), as Mrs. Carp (uncredited) - *California Firebrand* (1948), as Granny Hortense Mason - *The Main Street Kid* (1948), as Mrs. Clauson - *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), as Mrs. Duffy — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md) - *Good News* (1947), as Miss Pritchard (uncredited) - *The Romance of Rosy Ridge* (1947), as Mrs. Dessark (uncredited) - *The Devil Thumbs a Ride* (1947), Actor - *It's a Wonderful Life* (1946), as Mrs. Hatch — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/its-a-wonderful-life.md) - *Undercurrent* (1946), as Cora (uncredited) - *The Verdict* (1946), as Housekeeper (uncredited) - *Song of Arizona* (1946), as Dolly Finnuccin - *Girl on the Spot* (1946), as Mrs. Richards (uncredited) - *Saratoga Trunk* (1945), as Miss Diggs (uncredited) - *Allotment Wives* (1945), as Sadie - *Girls of the Big House* (1945), as Dormitory Matron - *Lady on a Train* (1945), Actor - *Two O'Clock Courage* (1945), as Mrs. Tuttle (Patty's Landlady) (uncredited) - *The Corn Is Green* (1945), as Mrs. Watty's Friend (uncredited) - *Storm Over Lisbon* (1944), as Maude Perry-Tonides - *Bathing Beauty* (1944), as Faculty Member (uncredited) - *Henry Aldrich's Little Secret* (1944), as Mrs. Bradley - *Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid* (1944), as Mrs. Bradley - *Charlie Chan in the Secret Service* (1944), as Mrs. Hargue - *Nearly Eighteen* (1943), as Miss Perkins - *All by Myself* (1943), as Mrs. Vincent - *Dixie Dugan* (1943), as Mrs. Kelly - *Shadow of a Doubt* (1943), as Doctor's Wife on Train (uncredited) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/shadow-of-a-doubt.md) - *Calling All Pa's* (1942), as Grandma Vanderscnooze (uncredited) - *The Forest Rangers* (1942), as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited) - *Scattergood Survives a Murder* (1942), as Selma Quentin - *Apache Trail* (1942), as Stagecoach Passenger (uncredited) - *The Sons of the Pioneers* (1942), as Housekeeper - *My Favorite Blonde* (1942), as Mrs. Weatherwax (uncredited) - *Rings on Her Fingers* (1942), Actor - *Dudes Are Pretty People* (1942), as Miss Priddle - *H.M. Pulham, Esq.* (1941), as Mrs. Motford - Kay's Mother (uncredited) - *Miss Polly* (1941), as Angie Turner - *One Foot in Heaven* (1941), as Mrs. Spicer (uncredited) — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/one-foot-in-heaven.md) - *I Wake Up Screaming* (1941), as Customer (uncredited) - *Three Girls About Town* (1941), as Clubwoman - *Sunset in Wyoming* (1941), as Susanna Hawkins Peabody - *Tom, Dick and Harry* (1941), as Mrs. Burton (uncredited) - *Mr. District Attorney* (1941), as Miss Petherby - *The Face Behind the Mask* (1941), as Mrs. Perkins (uncredited) - *The Invisible Woman* (1940), as Showroom Buyer (uncredited) - *Little Men* (1940), as Landlady - *Arise, My Love* (1940), as Spinster (uncredited) - *Strike Up the Band* (1940), as Miss Hodges - *The Howards of Virginia* (1940), as Neighbor Girl - *Young People* (1940), as Mrs. Stinchfield - *New Moon* (1940), as Marquise della Rosa - *Lucky Cisco Kid* (1940), as Spinster - *Opened by Mistake* (1940), as Mrs. Karff (uncredited) - *Curtain Call* (1940), as Literary Committee Member - *Free, Blonde and 21* (1940), as Undetermined Role - *The Shop Around the Corner* (1940), as Woman Customer - *Remember?* (1939), as Lady in Revolving Door - *The Amazing Mr. Williams* (1939), as Citizens Committee Woman (uncredited) - *Meet Dr. Christian* (1939), as Mrs. Minnows - *Too Busy to Work* (1939), Actor - *Drunk Driving* (1939), as Driver (uncredited) - *Sabotage* (1939), as (uncredited) - *Espionage Agent* (1939), as Militant American Tourist - *Here I Am a Stranger* (1939), as Chaperone at Dance - *Coast Guard* (1939), as Florence (uncredited) - *Unmarried* (1939), as Mrs. Jones - *Blondie Meets the Boss* (1939), as Saleswoman (uncredited) - *The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn* (1939), as Annie Rucker (uncredited) - *Persons in Hiding* (1939), as Beauty Shop Proprietor (uncredited) - *Boy Trouble* (1939), as Mrs. Moots - *A Doggone Mixup* (1938), Actor - *The Shining Hour* (1938), as Chairwoman of Morals Society (uncredited) - *The Cowboy and the Lady* (1938), as Dinner Party Guest (uncredited) - *A Man to Remember* (1938), as Clerk (uncredited) - *Three Loves Has Nancy* (1938), as Autograph Session Chairwoman (uncredited) - *Woman Against Woman* (1938), as Party Guest - *The Beloved Brat* (1938), as School Board Member Miss Brundage - *Women Are Like That* (1938), as Mrs. Snell - *Judge Hardy's Children* (1938), as Miss Adams (uncredited) - *Merrily We Live* (1938), as Mrs. Fleming - *Gold Is Where You Find It* (1938), as Party Guest (uncredited) - *Love Is a Headache* (1938), as Mrs. Warden, Fan from New Jersey (uncredited) - *The Awful Truth* (1937), as Lucy's Attorney's Wife (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-awful-truth.md) - *It's Love I'm After* (1937), as Mrs. Hinkle - *Varsity Show* (1937), as Mrs. Biddle - *Public Wedding* (1937), as Mrs. Van Drexel - *Big Business* (1937), as Miss Collins - School Principal - *We're on the Jury* (1937), as Evelyn Bottomley - *The General Died at Dawn* (1936), as Companion of American without Matches (uncredited) - *Theodora Goes Wild* (1936), as Mrs. Moffat (uncredited) - *Two-Fisted Gentleman* (1936), as Mrs. O'Shea - *Early to Bed* (1936), as Miss Barton - *Palm Springs* (1936), as Miss Pinchon - *The Golden Arrow* (1936), as Mrs. Lizzie Burke-Meyers - *Colleen* (1936), as First Society Woman (uncredited) - *The Walking Dead* (1936), Actor - *Stars Over Broadway* (1935), as Woman Dancing with Fat Man - *It's in the Air* (1935), as Old Maid (uncredited) - *I Live My Life* (1935), as Professor Douglas (Uncredited) - *Two-Fisted* (1935), as Abigail Adams - *People Will Talk* (1935), as Martie Beemish - *Ruggles of Red Gap* (1935), as Mrs. Myron Carey — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/ruggles-of-red-gap.md) - *Shadow of Doubt* (1935), as Dowager in Taxi - *Sweepstake Annie* (1935), as Friend of Mrs. Foster (uncredited) - *The World Accuses* (1934), as Lucille Weymouth - *My Grandfather's Clock* (1934), as Housekeeper (uncredited) - *American Madness* (1932), as Gossip on Phone (uncredited) - *Wayward* (1932), as Nurse (uncredited) - *Glorifying the American Girl* (1929), as Mrs. Hughes - *Two Americans* (1929), Actor ## Gallery - ![Sarah Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/444369/gallery-3ca3da34b503.jpg) Sarah Edwards — unknown (Eagle-Lion Films), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Sarah_Edwards_%281947%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Sarah Edwards](https://film.one/media/person/444369/gallery-3541cc4afabe.jpg) Sarah Edwards — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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