Edith Barrett
American actress (1904-1977) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 73
Edith Barrett was an American actress. She was a romantic star on Broadway and in the Little Theatre Movement in New England summer stock from the mid-1920s to the late 1930s. Her repertoire included plays by James M. Barrie, William Shakespeare, Noël Coward, Robert Browning, A.A. Milne, and George Bernard Shaw.
Edith Barrett is read about 122 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Westinghouse Desilu PlayhouseSeries
In Love and WarFilm, 1958Mrs. Lenaine1956
Telephone TimeSeries
The SwanFilm, 1956Elsa - Beatrix's Maid1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Felicia Green1952
Holiday for SinnersFilm, Mrs. Corvier1950
Lux Video TheatreSeries, Louisa1949
The Lady GamblesFilm, Ruth Phillips1948
RuthlessFilm, Mrs. Burnside1945
Molly and MeFilm, Julia
That's the SpiritFilm, 1945Abigail1944
Strangers in the NightFilm, Ivy Miller1943
I Walked with a ZombieFilm, Mrs. Rand
The Song of BernadetteFilm, 1943Croisine Bouhouhorts1942
Get Hep to LoveFilm, Miss Roberts
Give Out, SistersFilm, 1942Agatha Waverly
You Can't Escape ForeverFilm, 1942Madame Lucille1941
Ladies in RetirementFilm, Louisa Creed1904Born19 January 1904People around Edith
- Val Lewton Produced I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
- Charles Vidor Directed Ladies in Retirement (1941)
Peggy Ryan Also in Get Hep to Love and Give Out, Sisters
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Produced The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Agnes Moorehead Also in Jane Eyre and The Swan
Anne Revere Also in The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Sara Allgood Also in The Keys of the Kingdom and Jane Eyre
Peggy Ann Garner Also in The Keys of the Kingdom and Jane Eyre- Robert Stevenson Directed Jane Eyre (1943)
Philip Dunne Directed In Love and War (1958)
Louis Hayward Also in Ruthless and Ladies in Retirement- Michael Gordon Directed The Lady Gambles (1949)
Blanche Yurka Also in Lady for a Night (1942)
Charles Lamont Directed That's the Spirit (1945)
Jerry Wald Produced In Love and War (1958)
Queenie Leonard Also in Ladies in Retirement and Molly and Me
Roy Webb Wrote I Walked with a Zombie and The Ghost Ship
Frederick Worlock Also in Jane Eyre and Ruthless
Alec Craig Also in Jane Eyre and The Ghost Ship
William Goetz Produced Jane Eyre (1943)
Garrett Fort Wrote Ladies in Retirement and Lady for a Night
Gilbert Miller Produced Ladies in Retirement (1941)
Kenneth Macgowan Produced Jane Eyre (1943)- Leigh Jason Directed Lady for a Night (1942)
Edith BarrettPartners
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.
Correct this familyKnown for
View all 18 titles
The Keys of the Kingdom 1944
The Song of Bernadette 1943
Jane Eyre 1943
I Walked with a Zombie 1943
The Ghost Ship 1943
Filmography 18
24 credits on file
Television 4
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Her best-known cinematic work includes I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Ruthless (1948) and Jane Eyre (1943).
