Edith Barrett | |
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| Born | Edith Williams January 19, 1907 Roxbury, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | February 22, 1977 (aged 70) Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | c.1923–1959 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Vincent Barrett Price |
| Relatives | Lawrence Barrett (grandfather) |
Edith Barrett (born Edith Barrett Williams;[1] January 19, 1907 – February 22, 1977) 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. Her best-known cinematic work includes I Walked with a Zombie (1943), Ruthless (1948) and Jane Eyre (1943).