Irene Tedrow

She died in her North Hollywood home of complications from a stroke she suffered in 1989.

Law (1986). Never a regular series player, she is probably best remembered as the kindly Mrs.

She was awarded the 1983 Drama Logue Award for Outstanding Performance for "A Christmas Memory," in a Mark Taper Forum and the Sundays at the Itchey's Foot production in Los Angeles, California.

Elsewhere (1982) and L. A.

Irene appeared in hundreds of episodic guest appearances for nearly 35 years in everything Dragnet (1951), The Andy Griffith Show (1960), and The Twilight Zone (1959) to the more recent The Facts of Life (1979), St.

Janet Archer in the popular serial Meet Corliss Archer (1950), which she transferred to TV for one season. Her radio role lasted for nine years (43-52).

A slim, handsome woman in her early days, her features grew more severe with age, which ultimately typed her as puritanical meddlers and no-nonsense matrons practically from her entrance into film in 1937. She seldom, if ever, found a meaty part, appearing way, way down the list of credits, if at all. A founding member of the Old Globe Theatre, she was featured in such classical productions as "Richard III," "Hamlet" and "Henry IV, Part I. " She became a primary player on radio during the war years, notably for the maternal role of Mrs.

She trained in drama at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, PA, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1929.

Denver-born supporting actress Irene Tedrow is another in a long line of "I know the face. . . but not the name" character actors whose six-decade career was known more for its durability than for the greatness of roles she played. Born in 1907, she was a lady primarily of the stage, beginning her acting career as a teen.