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Isabel Withers

Born
January 20, 1896
Died
September 3, 1968
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.
Known For
The Lost Weekend
(1945)
Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Monkey Business
(1952)
Laundress (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
(1949)
Secretary (uncredited)
Possessed
(1947)
Nurse Rosen
Mr. Lucky
(1943)
Blood Bank Nurse (uncredited)
The Sniper
(1952)
Desk Nurse (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Mrs. Finley (uncredited)
Shockproof
(1949)
Switchboard Operator (Uncredited)
Four Wives
(1939)
Nurse Telling Jenkins It's a Boy (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Well-Wisher at Train (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Hot Spot
(1931)
Mrs. Burke
Easy to Get
(1931)
The Wife
Women Won't Tell
(1932)
Wanda Wolf
Crash Donovan
(1936)
Mrs. Horner (uncredited)
Brother Rat
(1938)
Nurse
Dust Be My Destiny
(1939)
Jail Matron (uncredited)
Four Wives
(1939)
Nurse Telling Jenkins It's a Boy (uncredited)
Off the Record
(1939)
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay
(1940)
Woman in Club
No Time for Comedy
(1940)
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Our Wife
(1941)
Middle-Aged Woman in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
Manpower
(1941)
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Sweater Girl
(1942)
Mrs. McGill
Henry and Dizzy
(1942)
Laura Stevens
Blondie Goes to College
(1942)
Mrs. Stringer
Six Gun Gospel
(1943)
Miss Elvira
Mr. Lucky
(1943)
Blood Bank Nurse (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
(1943)
Well-Wisher at Train (uncredited)
Beautiful But Broke
(1944)
Mrs. Grayson
Law Men
(1944)
Auntie Mack
Stars on Parade
(1944)
Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Ever Since Venus
(1944)
Miss Murray (uncredited)
Tahiti Nights
(1944)
She Wolf
The Missing Corpse
(1945)
Miss Patterson (uncredited)
The Lost Weekend
(1945)
Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House
(1945)
Alma's Cell Warden
The Gay Senorita
(1945)
Kitty
A Sporting Chance
(1945)
Susan Bailey
I Love a Mystery
(1945)
Miss Osgood, Ellen's Nurse (Uncredited)
The Undercover Woman
(1946)
Penny Davis
Mysterious Intruder
(1946)
Miss Gordon (Uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
(1946)
Nurse (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
(1946)
Miss Pendergast (uncredited)
Possessed
(1947)
Nurse Rosen
The Guilt of Janet Ames
(1947)
(uncredited)
A Likely Story
(1947)
Nurse (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
(1948)
Maid (Uncredited)
The Fountainhead
(1949)
Secretary (uncredited)
Air Hostess
(1949)
Miss Fish
Shockproof
(1949)
Switchboard Operator (Uncredited)
Abandoned
(1949)
Mrs. Humes (uncredited)
A Wonderful Life
(1950)
Jennie Wood
The Fuller Brush Girl
(1950)
Mrs. Finley (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
(1951)
Typist (Uncredited)
The Sniper
(1952)
Desk Nurse (uncredited)
Monkey Business
(1952)
Laundress (uncredited)
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