Irene Tedrow
A venerable character actress, Irene Tedrow appeared in an incredible number of films and TV series, almost invariably in supporting roles. She was a founding member of the Old Globe Theater, and most of her early roles cast her as the ingénue. During World War II, she was a featured actress in radio dramas and had a regular role in the comedy "Meet Corliss Archer," a role she reprised on television in 1951, after a series of bit parts in films. For the rest of the 1950s and 1960s she made regular appearances in a wide range of TV shows, usually as a supporting player. Shows she appeared in during that time include the iconic family comedy "Leave It to Beaver," the western "Rawhide," and the spooky sitcom"The Addams Family." She had recurring roles on the melodrama "Peyton Place," the comedy "Father of the Bride," and most notably, as neighbor Mrs. Lucy Elkins on the TV adaptation of the comic strip "Dennis the Menace" from 1959 to 1963. She also appeared in films such as the classic western "The Cincinnati Kid" and the original "Parent Trap" in 1961. In the 1970s and 1980s she continued appearing in many TV series and reached career milestones with two Emmy nominations for work on the issue-oriented show "James at 16" and the historical miniseries "Eleanor and Franklin."
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Secrets | Mrs. Fenwick (Character) | - | 1984 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Isabel's Choice | Mrs. Harper (Character) | - | 1981 |
No Score Yet |
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The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan | Mrs. Bates (Character) | - | 1979 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Special Kind of Love | Elmira Gallitzin (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Special Olympics | Elmira Gallitzin (Character) | - | 1978 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Escort to Danger/The Night of the Clones | Unknown (Character) | - | 1978 |
5% |
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Empire of the Ants | Velma Thompson (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Halloween Is Grinch Night | Unknown (Character) | - | 1977 |
No Score Yet |
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Eleanor and Franklin | Mary Hall (Character) | - | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Missing Are Deadly | Mrs. Bates (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live Again, Die Again | Miss Moritz (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Heidi in the Mountains | granny (Voice) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Cry in the Wilderness | Old Woman (Character) | - | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | For Pete's Sake! | Unknown (Character) | - | 1966 |
86% |
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The Cincinnati Kid | Mrs. Rudd (Character) | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deadly Duo | Lenora Spence (Character) | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet |
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A Thunder of Drums | Mrs. Scarborough (Character) | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet |
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Saddle the Wind | Mrs. Mary Ellison (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet |
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Loving You | Mrs. Jessup (Character) | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet |
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Santa Fe Passage | Ptewaquin (Character) | - | 1955 |
67% |
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A Lion Is in the Streets | Mrs. Sophie Peck (uncredited) (Character) | - | 1953 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Punky Brewster | Maude Fierstein (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Facts of Life | Grace (Guest Star) | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Three's Company | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Congresswoman Margaret Geddes (Guest Star) | 1973 1977 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie's Angels | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Emma Rand (Guest Star) | 1975-1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marcus Welby, M.D. | Eileen McAdams (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Six Million Dollar Man | Farmer's Wife (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bonanza | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 1962 1968-1969 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Banacek | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Sara Dawes (Guest Star) | 1971 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mod Squad | Eloise (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Affair | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Flying Nun | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | My Three Sons | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 1966 |
No Score Yet | 100% | Hogan's Heroes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1966 |
100% | 91% | The Addams Family | Inez Thudd (Guest Star) | 1966 |
100% | No Score Yet | The Man From U.N.C.L.E. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fugitive | Maude Keller (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | 88% | The Andy Griffith Show | Mrs. Foster (Guest Star) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Novak | Unknown (Character) | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ben Casey | Mother-in-Law (Guest Star) | 1962 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Grindl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perry Mason | Sister Theresa (Guest Star) | 1960 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dr. Kildare | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Father of the Bride | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1961-1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Tall Man | Maw Killgore (Guest Star) | 1962 |
92% | 96% | The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Sloan (Character) | 1959-1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Timmy & Lassie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lassie | Elsie Tuttle (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 87% | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mrs. Hewitt (Character) | 1955-1956 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Wagon Train | Freda Halstadt (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mr. Lucky | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Step Beyond | Unknown (Character) | 1960 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rawhide | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Leave It to Beaver | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Northwest Passage | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Restless Gun | Mrs. Sam Deremus (Guest Star) | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dragnet | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1954 |