Isabel Withers
Biography
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.
Filmografi
Our Wife1941 · Middle-Aged Woman in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
Mr. Lucky1943 · Blood Bank Nurse (uncredited)
Sweater Girl1942 · Mrs. McGill
The Lost Weekend1945 · Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Monkey Business1952 · Laundress (uncredited)
The Fountainhead1949 · Secretary (uncredited)
The Sniper1952 · Desk Nurse (uncredited)
Ladies They Talk About1933 · Prisoner (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy1940 · First-Nighter (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny1939 · Jail Matron (uncredited)
Possessed1947 · Nurse Rosen
The Gay Senorita1945 · Kitty
The Fuller Brush Girl1950 · Mrs. Finley (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow1943 · Well-Wisher at Train (uncredited)
Manpower1941 · Head Nurse (uncredited)
Shockproof1949 · Switchboard Operator (Uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy1948 · Maid (Uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy1951 · Typist (Uncredited)
The Hot Spot1931 · Mrs. Burke
That Brennan Girl1946 · Miss Pendergast (uncredited)
Four Wives1939 · Nurse Telling Jenkins It's a Boy (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay1940 · Woman in Club
Blondie Goes to College1942 · Mrs. Stringer
Abandoned1949 · Mrs. Humes (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Cary Grant
Cyril Ring
Forbes Murray
Larry Steers
Chuck Hamilton
Charles Coburn
Phillip Terry
Douglas Spencer
Amzie Strickland
Edward Fielding
Frank Mills