Isabel Withers

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Isabel Withers

Acting January 20, 1896

Frankton, Indiana, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Isabel Withers (January 20, 1896 – September 3, 1968) was an American actress, who worked in theatre, film and television. In her youth, Wi…

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The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

7.6 1945 Movie
Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse

6.8 1952 TV Show
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

6.7 1952 Movie
The Fountainhead

The Fountainhead

6.8 1949 Movie
The Sniper

The Sniper

6.7 1952 Movie
Possessed

Possessed

6.9 1947 Movie
Mr. Lucky

Mr. Lucky

7.2 1943 Movie
Shockproof

Shockproof

6.3 1949 Movie
Ladies They Talk About

Ladies They Talk About

6.1 1933 Movie
Deadline at Dawn

Deadline at Dawn

6.2 1946 Movie
You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy

6.8 1948 Movie
Manpower

Manpower

6.5 1941 Movie

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Isabel Withers (January 20, 1896 – September 3, 1968) was an American actress, who worked in theatre, film and television. In her youth, Withers lived in Coffeyville, Kansas and Illinois. She attended school in Kansas City, Missouri. She later enrolled in a school of drama in Kansas City and joined a Chautauqua circuit repertoire company. At the time it was playing in Billings, Montana performing The Melting Pot, a play by Israel Zangwill. Following a route of tented colleges, Withers first appeared on the road in Little Women. She played the leading role in The Tailor Made Man after a season in stock theatre in Utica, New York. She performed in Cappy Ricks in Chicago. George M. Cohan selected Withers for the lead feminine role, with Lowell Sherman, in the Chicago company of The Tavern. In New York City she appeared in Kempy at the Belmont Theater. While in New York Withers modeled for an exclusive gown shop during the day. Henry Duffy wired her to come to San Francisco, California to do Kempy just as she was on her way to visit her mother in Los Angeles. She made her way south acting in Love Em and Leave 'Em and Rain. Withers starred in Rain at the old Orpheum Theater, 12th Street, San Francisco, California, in November 1926. Drawing comparisons to actress Jeanne Eagels, she drew praise in the role of Sadie Thompson. Withers accumulated ninety-two screen and television credits, beginning with a role in the movie The Hot Spot (1931). Many of her screen appearances were uncredited parts. She was also in her share of B-movies. Two memorable movies in which she had uncredited parts were The Babe Ruth Story (1948) and Monkey Business (1952). She performed on television during the 1950s in such shows as Four Star Playhouse (1955), Lassie (1956), The Millionaire (1957), and The Bob Cummings Show (1958). Isabel Withers died in 1968 in Hollywood, California, aged 72.

Filmography

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  1. 1952
    Four Star Playhouse

    TV show Doris

  2. 1952
    Monkey Business

    Movie Laundress (uncredited)

  3. 1952
    The Sniper

    Movie Desk Nurse (uncredited)

  4. 1951
    Goodbye, My Fancy

    Movie Typist (Uncredited)

  5. 1950
    The Fuller Brush Girl

    Movie Mrs. Finley (uncredited)

  6. 1950
    A Wonderful Life

    Movie Jennie Wood

  7. 1949
    Undertow

    Movie

  8. 1949
    Abandoned

    Movie Mrs. Humes (uncredited)

  9. 1949
    Air Hostess

    Movie Miss Fish

  10. 1949
    The Fountainhead

    Movie Secretary (uncredited)

  11. 1949
    Shockproof

    Movie Switchboard Operator (Uncredited)

  12. 1948
    You Gotta Stay Happy

    Movie Maid (Uncredited)

  13. 1947
    Possessed

    Movie Nurse Rosen

  14. 1947
    A Likely Story

    Movie Nurse (uncredited)

  15. 1947
    The Guilt of Janet Ames

    Movie (uncredited)

  16. 1946
    That Brennan Girl

    Movie Miss Pendergast (uncredited)

More credits
  1. 1946
    Mysterious Intruder

    Movie Miss Gordon (Uncredited)

  2. 1946
    Deadline at Dawn

    Movie Nurse (uncredited)

  3. 1946
    The Undercover Woman

    Movie Penny Davis

  4. 1945
    The Lost Weekend

    Movie Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)

  5. 1945
    Girls of the Big House

    Movie Alma's Cell Warden

  6. 1945
    The Gay Senorita

    Movie Kitty

  7. 1945
    A Sporting Chance

    Movie Susan Bailey

  8. 1945
    The Missing Corpse

    Movie Miss Patterson (uncredited)

  9. 1945
    I Love a Mystery

    Movie Miss Osgood, Ellen's Nurse (Uncredited)

  10. 1944
    Tahiti Nights

    Movie She Wolf

  11. 1944
    Ever Since Venus

    Movie Miss Murray (uncredited)

  12. 1944
    Stars on Parade

    Movie Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)

  13. 1944
    Law Men

    Movie Auntie Mack

  14. 1944
    Beautiful But Broke

    Movie Mrs. Grayson

  15. 1943
    Six Gun Gospel

    Movie Miss Elvira

  16. 1943
    Mr. Lucky

    Movie Blood Bank Nurse (uncredited)

  17. 1943
    Mission to Moscow

    Movie Well-Wisher at Train (uncredited)

  18. 1942
    Sweater Girl

    Movie Mrs. McGill

  19. 1942
    Henry and Dizzy

    Movie Laura Stevens

  20. 1942
    Blondie Goes to College

    Movie Mrs. Stringer

  21. 1941
    Our Wife

    Movie Middle-Aged Woman in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)

  22. 1941
    Manpower

    Movie Head Nurse (uncredited)

  23. 1940
    No Time for Comedy

    Movie First-Nighter (uncredited)

  24. 1940
    The House Across the Bay

    Movie Woman in Club