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Irene Tedrow was an American character actress in stage, film, television and radio.
Born
Saturday, 03 August 1907
Died
Friday, 10 March 1995
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Deadly Silence | Grandma Virginia Pierson | 1989 |
| 14 Going on 30 | Aunt May | 1988 |
| L.A. Law | Katherine Crutcher | 1986 |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | Grandma Shandling | 1986 |
| Punky Brewster | Amy Yarrow | 1984 |
| Family Secrets | Mrs. Fenwick | 1984 |
| The Last Ninja | Dr. Sanford | 1983 |
| The New Leave It to Beaver | Aunt Martha / Aunt Martha Bronson | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Anne Lazarus | 1982 |
| The Devlin Connection | Margaret Hollister | 1982 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Deadly Silence | Grandma Virginia Pierson | 1989 |
| 14 Going on 30 | Aunt May | 1988 |
| L.A. Law | Katherine Crutcher | 1986 |
| It's Garry Shandling's Show. | Grandma Shandling | 1986 |
| Punky Brewster | Amy Yarrow | 1984 |
| Family Secrets | Mrs. Fenwick | 1984 |
| The Last Ninja | Dr. Sanford | 1983 |
| The New Leave It to Beaver | Aunt Martha / Aunt Martha Bronson | 1983 |
| St. Elsewhere | Anne Lazarus | 1982 |
| The Devlin Connection | Margaret Hollister | 1982 |
| Remington Steele | Nanny Perkins | 1982 |
| All Night Long | Loft Landlady | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Mrs. Wilson, the Antique Dealer | 1980 |
| CBS Schoolbreak Special | Miss Bowring | 1980 |
| Hagen | Agnes | 1980 |
| Midnight Madness | Mrs. Grimhaus | 1980 |
| House Calls | Mrs. Bruckner | 1979 |
| The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan | Mrs. Bates | 1979 |
| Paris | Mrs. Perth | 1979 |
| Trapper John, M.D. | Mrs. Pinkler | 1979 |
| 240-Robert | Sissie I | 1979 |
| The Facts of Life | Grace | 1979 |
| Dorothy | Mrs. Foley | 1979 |
| Miss Winslow and Son | Aunt Victoria | 1979 |
| Salvage 1 | Aunt Adah | 1979 |
| Diff'rent Strokes | Mrs. Drummond | 1978 |
| Centennial | Mother Zendt | 1978 |
| The Paper Chase | Mrs. Whitney | 1978 |
| Foul Play | Mrs. Monk | 1978 |
| Special Olympics | Elmira Gallitzin | 1978 |
| It's Grinch Night | Mariah / Mariah (voice) | 1977 |
| The Amazing Spider-Man | Aunt May | 1977 |
| James at 16 | Miss Jordan | 1977 |
| Empire of the Ants | Velma Thompson | 1977 |
| Three's Company | Martha / Miss Arlington | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Ruby Coot | 1977 |
| ABC Weekend Specials | Aunt Maggie | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Dr. Ruth Thaler / Mrs. Estes / Mrs. Osborne / Mrs. Weinecke | 1976 |
| Charlie's Angels | Sister Anne | 1976 |
| Good Heavens | Old Lady | 1976 |
| Eleanor and Franklin | Mary Hall | 1976 |
| Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | Standing Cow | 1976 |
| Doc | Vivian McLean | 1975 |
| Mandingo | Mrs. Redfield | 1975 |
| Switch | Elvira Windsor | 1975 |
| It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman! | Martha Kent | 1975 |
| Adams of Eagle Lake | Grandma Simpkins | 1975 |
| The Missing Are Deadly | Mrs. Bates | 1975 |
| Little House on the Prairie | Minerva Farnsworth | 1974 |
| The Rockford Files | Mrs. Hoad / Dixie / Mrs. Tooley | 1974 |
| A Cry in the Wilderness | Old Woman | 1974 |
| Live Again, Die Again | Miss Moritz | 1974 |
| The Cowboys | Harriett Graff | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Farmer's Wife | 1974 |
| Double Solitaire | Elizabeth / Elizabeth Potter | 1974 |
| Heidi in the Mountains | Granny | 1974 |
| Kojak | Mrs. Hale | 1973 |
| Police Story | Mrs. Weiser | 1973 |
| Harry O | Helen | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Mrs. Ryan | 1973 |
| ABC Afterschool Specials | Grandma McNulty | 1972 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Mary Alice Kline / Emma Rand / Mrs. Costello | 1972 |
| Banacek | Dr. Bancroft | 1972 |
| Kung Fu | Mrs. Stekel | 1972 |
| The Lorax | Thneed Customer | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Old Lady | 1972 |
| Columbo | Mrs. Charleswort | 1971 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Congresswoman Margaret Geddes | 1970 |
| Getting Straight | Mrs. Stebbins | 1970 |
| The Comic | Billy's Mother in Forget Me Not | 1969 |
| Room 222 | Victoria Langley | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Eileen McAdams | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Eloise | 1968 |
| Adam-12 | Emma Bonneau / Wanda Curtis | 1968 |
| Julia | Mrs. Tate | 1968 |
| Mannix | Sara Dawes | 1967 |
| Ironside | Motherly Type | 1967 |
| The Flying Nun | Mother David | 1967 |
| Dundee and the Culhane | Widow Hughes | 1967 |
| The Invaders | Clare Lapham | 1967 |
| For Pete's Sake! | 1966 | |
| Family Affair | Alice Dimsdale | 1966 |
| The Cincinnati Kid | Mrs. Rudd | 1965 |
| Hogan's Heroes | Jenny | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Sarah Gibbs | 1965 |
| Joy in the Morning | Nurse in Clinic | 1965 |
| Branded | Mrs. Wilcox | 1965 |
| Karen | Mrs. Sloat | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Hazel Lewin / Mrs. Thyssen | 1964 |
| The Addams Family | Inez Thudd | 1964 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Woman #1 | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Librarian | 1963 |
| The Greatest Show on Earth | Agatha Potter | 1963 |
| The Fugitive | Maude Keller | 1963 |
| Breaking Point | Mrs. Henry | 1963 |
| Grindl | Nurse Gardiner | 1963 |
| The Eleventh Hour | Nurse Peterson | 1962 |
| Ensign O'Toole | Mrs. Barnes | 1962 |
| The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Ethel | 1962 |
| The Virginian | Mrs. Scanlon / Gran McDevitt | 1962 |
| Deadly Duo | Lenora Spence | 1962 |
| Alcoa Premiere | Miss Cooper | 1961 |
| The Gertrude Berg Show | Secretary | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Mother-in-Law / Auntie Esther | 1961 |
| Father of the Bride | Miss Bellamy | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | June Crowley | 1961 |
| A Thunder of Drums | Mrs. Scarborough | 1961 |
| The Parent Trap | Miss Lockness | 1961 |
| Two Faces West | Lilly | 1960 |
| The Andy Griffith Show | Mrs. Foster | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Mrs. Travers / Saleswoman | 1960 |
| Pete and Gladys | Mrs. Vincent | 1960 |
| Checkmate | Edith Hinton | 1960 |
| The Tall Man | Maw Killgore | 1960 |
| All the Fine Young Cannibals | Supervisor | 1960 |
| Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Mrs. Greenfield | 1960 |
| Never So Few | Head Nurse | 1959 |
| Mr. Lucky | Madam Maria | 1959 |
| Dennis the Menace | Mrs. Elkins / Lucy Elkins / Mrs. Lucy Elkins | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Mrs. Loren / Mrs. Sloan | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Winifred Mahan / Mrs. Caines / Mrs. Buford / Minnie Mitchell / Kerri Pickett | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Dr. J.H. Sesselshreiber | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Minnie Lou | 1959 |
| The Texan | Mrs. Pertie / Mrs. Clay | 1958 |
| Northwest Passage | Cora Klagg | 1958 |
| Hot Spell | Essie Mae from New Paris | 1958 |
| Jefferson Drum | Mary Easton | 1958 |
| Saddle the Wind | Mary Ellison | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Naomi Roundtree | 1958 |
| Alcoa Theatre | Mrs. Peters | 1957 |
| The Court of Last Resort | Vera / Sarah | 1957 |
| The Real McCoys | Abigail / Mehitabel Swanson / Mrs. Gherkin / Mrs. Platt | 1957 |
| The Restless Gun | Mrs. Sam Deremus | 1957 |
| Maverick | Mrs. Adams / Mrs. Ambrose Tutwiller | 1957 |
| Perry Mason | Amy Douglas / Sister Theresa | 1957 |
| Wagon Train | Freda Halstadt | 1957 |
| Loving You | Mrs. Jessup | 1957 |
| Leave It to Beaver | Mrs. Claudia Hathaway | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Agnes Clearwater | 1957 |
| Hot Summer Night | Mrs. Reed - Hotel Resident | 1957 |
| Slander | Marion Gregg | 1957 |
| The Ten Commandments | Extra | 1956 |
| Matinee Theatre | Mother | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Lucy - Sister-in-law / Mrs. Hewitt / Mrs. Musgrave | 1955 |
| The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Mrs. Patterson | 1955 |
| Not as a Stranger | Nurse Snow | 1955 |
| Santa Fe Passage | Ptewaquin | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Countess Lili Turec | 1955 |
| The Bob Cummings Show | 1955 | |
| The Magical World of Disney | Miss Merryweather | 1954 |
| December Bride | Dean Fillmore | 1954 |
| Lassie | Elsie Tuttle | 1954 |
| It's a Great Life | Mrs. Carter / Night Club Woman | 1954 |
| Public Defender | Mrs. Beam | 1954 |
| Colonel Humphrey Flack | Mable | 1953 |
| A Lion Is in the Streets | Sophie Peck | 1953 |
| The Loretta Young Show | Beatrice | 1953 |
| Julius Caesar | Citizen of Rome | 1953 |
| General Electric Theater | Mother Rigby | 1953 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Mrs. Warren / Landlady | 1952 |
| Death Valley Days | Nemaha / Mrs. Hemingway / Head Librarian / Granny Colvin | 1952 |
| Dragnet | Bernice Hopper / Mrs. Elsie Donworth | 1951 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Marion Vanderlip | 1951 |
| The Red Skelton Hour | Muriel / Mrs. Anderson - Nancy's Mother | 1951 |
| The Company She Keeps | Mrs. Seeley | 1951 |
| The Jack Benny Program | Cafe Owner's Wife / Dr. Jeanette Eyeman | 1950 |
| The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | The Woman at the Book Counter | 1950 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Emma / Emily | 1950 |
| The Ruggles | Margaret Ruggles | 1949 |
| Thieves' Highway | Mrs. Faber | 1949 |
| Air Hostess | Miss Hamilton | 1949 |
| The Mating of Millie | Receptionist | 1948 |
| They Won't Believe Me | First Woman | 1947 |
| Living in a Big Way | Woman Photographer | 1947 |
| Just Before Dawn | Nurse Florence White | 1946 |
| The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry | Mrs. Follinsbee | 1945 |
| Song of the Open Road | Miss Casper - Teacher | 1944 |
| Nobody's Darling | Julia Rhodes | 1943 |
| Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case | Nurse Katherine Dodd | 1943 |
| Journey Into Fear | Greek Woman | 1943 |
| The Moon and Sixpence | Mrs. MacAndrew | 1942 |
| Eagle Squadron | Woman | 1942 |
| Cheers for Miss Bishop | Teacher Waving from Window | 1941 |
| We Who Are Young | Office Girl | 1940 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series | Nominated |
| 1976 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Special | Nominated |
