A disarming character lady quite capable of scene-stealing, Mildred Natwick was a well-rounded talent with distinctively dowdy features and idiosyncratic tendencies who, over a six-decade period, assembled together a number of unforgettable matrons on stage and (eventually) film and TV. Whimsical, feisty, loony, stern, impish, shrewish, quizzical,...
Was nominated for two Tony Awards: in 1957 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The Waltz of the Toreadors" and in 1972 as Best Actress (Musical) for "70 Girls 70".
A devout Christian Scientist who lived in splendor first on Park Avenue and later on Sutton Place South, she turned down a role in the musical "On The Twentieth Century" because she found the role -- of a dotty woman impersonating an evangelist -- to be too tawdry. The role went to Imogene Coca.
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She is interred next to the remains of her sister on the exterior portion of the main mausoleum located at Lorraine Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sorry, Wrong Number
1946
TV Short
Yolanda and the Thief
1945
Aunt Amarilla
The Enchanted Cottage
1945
Mrs. Abigail Minnett
The Long Voyage Home
1940
Freda
Dangerous Liaisons
1988
Madame de Rosemonde
Deadly Deception
1987
TV Movie
Sarah Cleason
Murder, She Wrote
1986
TV Series
Carrie McKittrick
Hardcastle and McCormick
1985
TV Series
May Hardcastle
The Adventures of Alexander Hawkins
1985
TV Movie
Grandmother
Magnum, P.I.
1983
TV Series
Madge LaSalle
Kiss Me Goodbye
1982
Mrs. Reilly
Maid in America
1982
TV Movie
Mrs. Angstrom
Trapper John, M.D.
1981
TV Series
Grandma
Alice
1980
TV Series
Aunt Agatha
The Love Boat
1980
TV Series
Beatrice Dale
You Can't Take It with You
1979
TV Movie
Grand Duchess Olga Katrina
Hawaii Five-O
1978-1979
TV Series
Millicent Shand
Little Women
1978
TV Mini-Series
Aunt March
The Bob Newhart Show
1977
TV Series
Grace Dubois
Family
1976
TV Series
Hattie
Addie and the King of Hearts
1976
TV Movie
Grandma Mills
McMillan & Wife
1975
TV Series
Beatrice McMillan
The Easter Promise
1975
TV Movie
Grandma
At Long Last Love
1975
Mabel Pritchard
Daisy Miller
1974
Mrs. Costello
The Snoop Sisters
1972-1974
TV Series
Gwendolyn Snoop Nicholson
The Evil Touch
1973
TV Series
Constance / The Aunt
The Thanksgiving Treasure
1973
TV Movie
Grandma
Money to Burn
1973
TV Movie
Emily Finnegan
The House Without a Christmas Tree
1972
TV Movie
Grandma Mills
Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate
1971
TV Movie
Shelby Saunders
The Most Deadly Game
1971
TV Series
Janet McLeod
Trilogy
1969
Miss Miller (segment "Miriam")
The Maltese Bippy
1969
Molly Fletcher
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
1969
Jenny Grant
Bonanza
1969
TV Series
Mrs. Wharton
Barefoot in the Park
1967
Ethel Banks
Arsenic & Old Lace
1962
TV Movie
Martha Brewster
The Power and the Glory
1961
TV Movie
Naked City
1961
TV Series
Irma Mahoney
Play of the Week
1959
TV Series
Mme. St. Pé
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1956-1958
TV Series
Millicent Bracegirdle / Aunt Rosalie
Kraft Theatre
1950-1957
TV Series
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
Aunt Renie
Playhouse 90
1956
TV Series
Nanny
Teenage Rebel
1956
Grace Hewitt
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
1956
TV Series
Nurse
The Loretta Young Show
1956
TV Series
Mrs. Redman
Blithe Spirit
1956
TV Movie
Madame Arcati
Ford Star Jubilee
1956
TV Series
Madame Arcati
The Court Jester
1955
Griselda
Star Stage
1955
TV Series
The 20th Century-Fox Hour
1955
TV Series
Grace Hagget
Studio One in Hollywood
1949-1955
TV Series
Kate / Mrs. Beam
The Trouble with Harry
1955
Miss Ivy Gravely
The United States Steel Hour
1954
TV Series
Aunt Juilana
Suspense
1949-1954
TV Series
Nadia Demarest / Suspicious Woman
Ponds Theater
1954
TV Series
Love Story
1954
TV Series
Justice
1954
TV Series
Campbell Summer Soundstage
1954
TV Series
You Are There
1954
TV Series
Mary Queen of Scots
Armstrong Circle Theatre
1953-1954
TV Series
Mrs. Macready
The Web
1953
TV Series
Goodyear Playhouse
1953
TV Series
Medallion Theatre
1953
TV Series
The Gulf Playhouse
1953
TV Series
The Doctor
1953
TV Series
Tales of Tomorrow
1953
TV Series
Danger
1952-1953
TV Series
Lux Video Theatre
1953
TV Series
Mrs. Boyd
The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse
1950-1952
TV Series
Against All Flags
1952
Molvina MacGregor
The Quiet Man
1952
The Widow Sarah Tillane
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
1951
TV Series
Mrs. Antrobus / Queen Elizabeth I
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre
1950-1951
TV Series
Mrs. Albert Forrester
The Ford Theatre Hour
1950
TV Series
Cameo Theatre
1950
TV Series
Starlight Theatre
1950
TV Series
Lights Out
1950
TV Series
Cheaper by the Dozen
1950
Mrs. Mebane
The Clock
1950
TV Series
Man Against Crime
1949
TV Series
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949
Abby Allshard
The Boris Karloff Mystery Playhouse
1949
TV Series
3 Godfathers
1948
The Mother
The Kissing Bandit
1948
Isabella
A Woman's Vengeance
1948
Nurse Caroline Braddock
The Late George Apley
1947
Amelia Newcombe
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
At Long Last Love
1975
performer: "Well Did You Evah!"
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Special Collector's Edition
2012
TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 26th Annual Tony Awards
1972
TV Special
Herself
The 40th Annual Academy Awards
1968
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role