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atwater in 1961 . 14 march 1986 los angeles , california chicago , illinois april 22 , 1911 edith atwater1961.jpg edith atwater
 edith atwater actress
edith atwater

edith atwater -lrb- april 22 , 1911 -- march 14 , 1986 -rrb- was an american stage , film and television actress .
born in chicago , illinois , atwater made her broadway debut in 1933 .
in 1939 she starred in `` the man who came to dinner '' .
her film career included roles in `` the body snatcher '' -lrb- 1945 -rrb- , `` sweet smell of success '' -lrb- 1957 -rrb- , `` it happened at the world 's fair '' -lrb- 1963 -rrb- , `` strait-jacket '' -lrb- 1964 -rrb- , `` strange bedfellows '' -lrb- 1965 -rrb- , `` true grit '' -lrb- 1969 -rrb- , `` the love machine '' -lrb- 1971 -rrb- , `` die sister , die ! ''
-lrb- 1972 -rrb- , `` stand up and be counted '' -lrb- 1972 -rrb- , `` mackintosh and t.j. '' -lrb- 1975 -rrb- and `` family plot '' -lrb- 1976 -rrb- .
from 1964 to 1965 , atwater appeared in several episodes of the television series `` peyton place '' in the role of grace morton , wife of dr. robert morton , who was played by her real-life husband kent smith .
during the 1966 -- 1967 television season , she appeared in the series `` love on a rooftop '' .
she was also a regular on the television series `` kaz '' during the 1978 -- 1979 season .
her other television work included appearances on `` the rockford files '' , `` hazel '' , `` knots landing '' , and numerous other series .
atwater was married to actor hugh marlowe from 1941 to 1946 .
she was married to actor kent smith from 1962 until his death in 1985 , a year before her own death from cancer in 1986 .
she had no children .
