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

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A Sporting Chance

Ever Since Venus

A Wonderful Life

Tahiti Nights

Henry and Dizzy

Stars on Parade

Crash Donovan

The Lost Weekend

Girls of the Big House

The Gay Senorita

Mr. Lucky

Possessed

Four Star Playhouse

Women Won't Tell

The Fountainhead

You Gotta Stay Happy

The Sniper

Monkey Business

Manpower

Our Wife

Blondie Goes to College

Goodbye, My Fancy

I Love a Mystery

Dust Be My Destiny

Shockproof

Off the Record

Deadline at Dawn

Abandoned

Undertow

The Fuller Brush Girl

Beautiful But Broke

Ladies They Talk About

Mysterious Intruder

Brother Rat

The Guilt of Janet Ames

Air Hostess

Mission to Moscow

The House Across the Bay

That Brennan Girl

Four Wives

Law Men

Six Gun Gospel

Sweater Girl

No Time for Comedy

The Missing Corpse

A Likely Story

Easy to Get

The Undercover Woman