Anecdotes

She and Angela Lansbury, both in Le bouffon du roi (1955)--she did the famous "Vessel with the Pestle" routine with Danny Kaye--were reunited on Lansbury's series, Arabesque (1984), in the episode, Murder in the Electric Cathedral (1986)), 30 years later.

She is interred next to the remains of her sister on the exterior portion of the main mausoleum located at Lorraine Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland.

First appeared on Broadway under the direction of Joshua Logan, who considered her one of America's finest character actresses. Natwick inspired great devotion among many: John Ford, who directed her in Les Hommes de la mer (1940), La charge héroïque (1949) and L'homme tranquille (1952) adored her, as did both Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams. Katharine Cornell and her husband, director Guthrie McClintic, cast her in many of their plays.

Was nominated for two Tony Awards: in 1957 as Best Supporting or Featured Actress (Dramatic) for "The Waltz of the Toreadors" and in 1972 as Best Actress (Musical) for "70 Girls 70".

Graduated from Bryn Mawr School For Girls in Baltimore, Maryland.

A devout Christian Scientist who lived in splendor first on Park Avenue and later on Sutton Place South, she turned down a role in the musical "On The Twentieth Century" because she found the role -- of a dotty woman impersonating an evangelist -- to be too tawdry. The role went to Imogene Coca.

Biography in "Actresses of a Certain Character: Forty Familiar Hollywood Faces from the Thirties to the Fifties" by Axel Nissen.

Cousin of animator Grim Natwick.

She was a lifelong Republican.

Of English, Norwegian and some German ancestry, she was the only cast member of The Quiet Man not of Irish heritage.

Maternal granddaughter of William (1843-1916) and Clara (née Bates) Dawes (1856-1940). Both were born, raised, and died in the state of Wisconsin.

Daughter of Joseph (1872-1954) and Mildred (née Dawes) Natwick (1874-1950). Both were born and raised in the state of Wisconsin, marrying in the state of Minnesota in 1903, and dying in the state of New York.

In Italy, she was often dubbed by Tina Lattanzi and Renata Marini. Rina Morelli, Giovanna Scotto, Lydia Simoneschi and Wanda Tettoni also lent their voice to Natwick at some point.