Background
Tedrow was born in Denver, Colorado.
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Tedrow studied with Ben Iden Payne, who directed the Memorial Theater at Stratford-on-Avon, in England.
Career
Among her most notable roles are Janet Archer in the radio series Meet Corliss Archer, Mistress Lucy Elkins on the television sitcom Dennis the Menace and Mistress Webb in the stage production Our Town at the Plumstead Playhouse.
She earned a Bachelor degree in drama from Carnegie Technical in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1929.
She also had three seasons" experience with Maurice Evans" troupe in New York City and touring nationally. In 1934, she portrayed eighteen (18) characters in multiple adaptations of Shakespearean plays at The Old Globe during the Chicago Fair.
She later joined Orson Welles" Mercury Theater. She appeared on Broadway even through her eighties, in King Richard III (1937), Hamlet (1938-1939), King Henry IV, Participant I (1939), Our Town (1969) and Pygmalion.
Tedrow"s work in radio dated back at least to 1929.
As a drama student at Carnegie Institute of Technology, she was master of ceremonies and student director for "Carnegie Technical Day at Gimbel"s," which was broadcast on WCAE. A 1937 radio listing shows her as one of the actresses in George Bernard Shaw"s Back to Methuselah when it was broadcast on National Broadcasting Company Blue. During the 1940s and 1950s, Tedrow had quality acting roles in radio productions, including The Baby Snooks Show. Her roles included those shown in the table below.
Source: On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time except as noted.
On March 10, 1995, Tedrow died of a stroke in Hollywood. Her grave is located at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.
Achievements
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Tedrow"s performance in Eleanor and Franklin garnered her one of the first Primetime Emmy for "Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Special". ("Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in Comedy or Drama Special - 1976" per the Emmy Awards website) In 1979, she received her second Emmy Award nomination (Outstanding Lead Actress for a Single Appearance in a drama or comedy series) for her role in James at 15.
Membership
In 1931, Tedrow was a member of the Chautauqua Repertory Theater. Tedrow was a founding member of San Diego"s Old Globe Theater and was cast as an ingénue in the beginning of her career.
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