Mildred Natwick Movies and Career Information

Mildred Natwick (June 19, 1905 – October 25, 1994) was an American stage and film actress. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, she was born to Joseph and Mildred Marion Dawes Natwick. She graduated from the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. After graduating from Bennett College with a degree in theater arts, Mildred Natwick toured with a number of stage productions before her first Broadway production, Carry Nation. Her grandfather, Ole Natwick, was one of the earliest Norwegian immigrants to the United States arriving in Wisconsin in 1847. He had eleven children in Grand Rapids, Wisconsin, including Joseph, who was her father. Mildred was the first cousin of Myron 'Grim' Natwick, the creator of the Betty Boop cartoon character for the Fleischer Studios, and the primary animator of Snow White for Walt Disney Studios. She began performing at age 21 with the Vagabonds, a nonprofessional group in Baltimore. She soon joined the celebrated University Players on Cape Cod, Mass.. Throughout the 1930s she starred in a number of plays, frequently collaborating with friend and actor-director-playwright Joshua Logan. On Broadway, she played the role of Prossy in theatrical actress Katharine