Mildred Natwick

Acting · Born 1905-06-19 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Biography

Mildred Natwick (June 19, 1905 – October 25, 1994) was an American stage, film and television actress. In 1967, she earned an Academy Award nomination for her supporting role in Barefoot in the Park. She was nominated for two Tony Awards in 1957 and 1972 and won a Primetime Emmy Award for her work in the miniseries The Snoop Sisters, opposite Helen Hayes. Natwick began performing on the stage at age 21 with "The Vagabonds", a non-professional theatre group in Baltimore. She soon joined the University Players on Cape Cod. Natwick made her Broadway debut in 1932 playing Mrs. Noble in Frank McGrath’s play Carry Nation, about the famous temperance crusader Carrie Nation. Throughout the 1930s she starred in a number of plays, frequently collaborating with friend and actor-director-playwright…

Filmography

• Dangerous Liaisons as Madame de Rosemonde
• The Quiet Man as The Widow Sarah Tillane
• Daisy Miller as Mrs. Costello
• At Long Last Love as Mabel Pritchard
• The Trouble with Harry as Miss Gravely
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Jenny Grant
• The Court Jester as Griselda
• She Wore a Yellow Ribbon as Abby Allshard ("Old Iron Pants")
• 3 Godfathers as The Mother
• The Enchanted Cottage as Mrs. Abigail Minnett