Isabel Withers
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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.
Movies (50)
Monkey Business
1952 · Laundress (uncredited)
The Sniper
1952 · Desk Nurse (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Typist (Uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950 · Mrs. Finley (uncredited)
A Wonderful Life
1950 · Jennie Wood
Beware of Blondie
1950 · Harriet Woodley
Undertow
1949
Abandoned
1949 · Mrs. Humes (uncredited)
Air Hostess
1949 · Miss Fish
The Fountainhead
1949 · Secretary (uncredited)
Shockproof
1949 · Switchboard Operator (Uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Maid (Uncredited)
Possessed
1947 · Nurse Rosen
A Likely Story
1947 · Nurse (uncredited)
The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947 · (uncredited)
That Brennan Girl
1946 · Miss Pendergast (uncredited)
Mysterious Intruder
1946 · Miss Gordon (Uncredited)
Deadline at Dawn
1946 · Nurse (uncredited)
The Undercover Woman
1946 · Penny Davis
The Lost Weekend
1945 · Woman Before Pawn Shop (uncredited)
Girls of the Big House
1945 · Alma's Cell Warden
The Gay Senorita
1945 · Kitty
A Sporting Chance
1945 · Susan Bailey
The Missing Corpse
1945 · Miss Patterson (uncredited)
I Love a Mystery
1945 · Miss Osgood, Ellen's Nurse (Uncredited)
Tahiti Nights
1944 · She Wolf
Ever Since Venus
1944 · Miss Murray (uncredited)
Stars on Parade
1944 · Mrs. O'Rourke (uncredited)
Law Men
1944 · Auntie Mack
Beautiful But Broke
1944 · Mrs. Grayson
Six Gun Gospel
1943 · Miss Elvira
Mr. Lucky
1943 · Blood Bank Nurse (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Well-Wisher at Train (uncredited)
Sweater Girl
1942 · Mrs. McGill
Henry and Dizzy
1942 · Laura Stevens
Blondie Goes to College
1942 · Mrs. Stringer
Our Wife
1941 · Middle-Aged Woman in Jerry's Stateroom (uncredited)
Manpower
1941 · Head Nurse (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy
1940 · First-Nighter (uncredited)
The House Across the Bay
1940 · Woman in Club
Four Wives
1939 · Nurse Telling Jenkins It's a Boy (uncredited)
Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Jail Matron (uncredited)
Off the Record
1939 · Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Brother Rat
1938 · Nurse
Crash Donovan
1936 · Mrs. Horner (uncredited)
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Prisoner (uncredited)
Women Won't Tell
1932 · Wanda Wolf
Easy to Get
1931 · The Wife
The Big Scoop
1931 · Mother
The Hot Spot
1931 · Mrs. Burke
