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Isabel Withers
Known for ActingBorn 1896-01-20Died 1968-09-03Frankton, Indiana, USA
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.Read more
Movies & web series
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A Sporting Chance
1945 · Movie
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Ever Since Venus
1944 · Movie
A Wonderful Life
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A Wonderful Life
1950 · Movie
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Tahiti Nights
1944 · Movie
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Henry and Dizzy
1942 · Movie
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Stars on Parade
1944 · Movie
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Crash Donovan
1936 · Movie
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The Lost Weekend
1945 · Movie
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Girls of the Big House
1945 · Movie
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The Gay Senorita
1945 · Movie
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Mr. Lucky
1943 · Movie
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Possessed
1947 · Movie
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The Fountainhead
1949 · Movie
Four Star Playhouse
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Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
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Women Won't Tell
1932 · Movie
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You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Movie
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The Sniper
1952 · Movie
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Monkey Business
1952 · Movie
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Manpower
1941 · Movie
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Our Wife
1941 · Movie
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Blondie Goes to College
1942 · Movie
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Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Movie
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I Love a Mystery
1945 · Movie
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Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Movie
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Shockproof
1949 · Movie
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Off the Record
1939 · Movie
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Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Movie
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Abandoned
1949 · Movie
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Undertow
1949 · Movie
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The Fuller Brush Girl
1950 · Movie
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Beautiful But Broke
1944 · Movie
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Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Movie
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Mysterious Intruder
1946 · Movie
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Brother Rat
1938 · Movie
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The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947 · Movie
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Air Hostess
1949 · Movie
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Mission to Moscow
1943 · Movie
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The House Across the Bay
1940 · Movie
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That Brennan Girl
1946 · Movie
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Four Wives
1939 · Movie
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Law Men
1944 · Movie
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Six Gun Gospel
1943 · Movie
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Sweater Girl
1942 · Movie
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No Time for Comedy
1940 · Movie
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The Missing Corpse
1945 · Movie
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A Likely Story
1947 · Movie
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Easy to Get
1931 · Movie
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The Undercover Woman
1946 · Movie