Edith Barrett

Edith Barrett

Born: January 19, 1907
Died: February 22, 1977
in Roxbury, Massachusetts, USA
Edith Barrett was an American screen actress.

Movies for Edith Barrett...

In Love and War
Title: In Love and War
Character: Mrs. Lenaine
Released: October 31, 1958
Type: Movie
Three Marines take shore leave in San Francisco during World War II. Frankie O'Neill visits his lower-class dysfunctional family; Nico Kantaylis visits his pregnant fiancée; and the upper-class Alan Newcombe visits his high-living playgirl girlfriend. Each must decide whether to make the best of his situation or break out of it. O'Neill drowns his troubles in alcohol, losing the respect of a potential lover; Kantaylis marries his fiancée, but realizes he may not survive the war to see his child; while Newcombe sheds his decadent girlfriend for a pure-hearted Hawaiian nurse. Later, in battle, a heroic act costs one of the Marines his life.
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Title: Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Released: October 6, 1958
Type: TV
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 and 1960. Two of its 48 episodes served as pilots for the 1950s television series The Twilight Zone and The Untouchables.
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The Swan
Title: The Swan
Character: Elsa - Beatrix's Maid
Released: April 26, 1956
Type: Movie
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant cousin when he pays a surprise visit to their palace. Prince Albert has searched all over Europe for a bride and he's bored by the whole courtship routine. He is more interested in the estate's dairy than Alexandra's rose garden. And then he starts playing football with the tutor and Alexandra's brothers. Invite the tutor to the ball that night and watch how gracefully Alexandra dances with him.
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Title: Telephone Time
Released: April 8, 1956
Type: TV
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Felicia Green
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Aggie Whiteford
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Holiday for Sinners
Title: Holiday for Sinners
Character: Mrs. Corvier
Released: July 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Louisa
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Julie
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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The Lady Gambles
Title: The Lady Gambles
Character: Ruth Phillips
Released: May 20, 1949
Type: Movie
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
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Ruthless
Title: Ruthless
Character: Mrs. Burnside
Released: April 16, 1948
Type: Movie
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
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That's the Spirit
Title: That's the Spirit
Character: Abigail
Released: June 1, 1945
Type: Movie
A vaudeville performer returns from the dead to help his wife and daughter, who are being dominated by a greedy banker.
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Molly and Me
Title: Molly and Me
Character: Julia
Released: May 25, 1945
Type: Movie
A vivacious actress needing work becomes a housekeeper for a crusty retired politician, and gives his life the shaking-up that it needs.
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The Keys of the Kingdom
Title: The Keys of the Kingdom
Character: Aunt Polly
Released: December 15, 1944
Type: Movie
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
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Strangers in the Night
Title: Strangers in the Night
Character: Ivy Miller
Released: September 12, 1944
Type: Movie
In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. Its the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.
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Jane Eyre
Title: Jane Eyre
Character: Mrs. Fairfax
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.
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The Song of Bernadette
Title: The Song of Bernadette
Character: Croisine Bouhouhorts
Released: December 21, 1943
Type: Movie
In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anything other than this, but the townspeople all assume it to be the Virgin Mary. The pompous government officials think she is nuts, and do their best to suppress the girl and her followers, and the church wants nothing to do with the whole matter. But as Bernadette attracts wider and wider attention, the phenomenon overtakes everyone in the the town, and transforms their lives.
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The Ghost Ship
Title: The Ghost Ship
Character: Ellen Roberts
Released: December 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Captain Stone's newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a friend. But when a couple of his crew members die mysteriously, Tom starts doubting Stone's authority.
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I Walked with a Zombie
Title: I Walked with a Zombie
Character: Mrs. Rand
Released: April 21, 1943
Type: Movie
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
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You Can't Escape Forever
Title: You Can't Escape Forever
Character: Madame Lucille
Released: October 10, 1942
Type: Movie
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
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Get Hep to Love
Title: Get Hep to Love
Character: Miss Roberts
Released: October 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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Lady for a Night
Title: Lady for a Night
Character: Katherine Alderson
Released: January 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.
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Ladies in Retirement
Title: Ladies in Retirement
Character: Louisa Creed
Released: September 9, 1941
Type: Movie
Ellen Creed is a housekeeper who looks after Leonora Fiske, a retired actress living in the English countryside. When Ellen's eccentric sisters visit their sibling at Leonora's home, tensions soon lead to murder.