Cora Witherspoon

Cora Witherspoon began her 50-year career as a character actress at age 17, playing a septuagenarian in the New York production In Concert. She spent the better part of her Hollywood years portraying imperious society matrons, domineering maiden aunts, and henpecking hausfraus. Most filmgoers closely associate Witherspoon with her portrayal of W. C. Fields' slatternly wife in The Bank Dick (1940); despite their on camera animosity, Witherspoon and Fields were friends in real life, frequently exchanging complimentary correspondence. Though she preferred to work in New York, Cora Witherspoon continued commuting to Hollywood into the 1950s to maintain a decent standard of living.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
60%	Twilight	Actor	—	1998
100%	It Should Happen to You	Saleslady	—	1954
No Score Yet	The First Time	Miss Salisbury	—	1952
No Score Yet	Just for You	Mrs. Angevine	—	1952
No Score Yet	The Mating Season	Mrs. Williamson	—	1951
No Score Yet	Down to Earth	Woman on Street	—	1947
No Score Yet	I've Always Loved You	Mrs. Blythe	—	1946
No Score Yet	Colonel Effingham's Raid (Man of the Hour)	Clara Meigh	—	1946
No Score Yet	She Wouldn't Say Yes	Patient	—	1945
No Score Yet	Over 21	Mrs. Gates	—	1945
No Score Yet	Follies Girl	Mrs. J.B. Hamlin	—	1943
No Score Yet	Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise	Susie Watson	—	1940
100%	The Bank Dick	Agatha Sousé	—	1940
86%	Dark Victory	Carrie Spottswood	—	1939
100%	Dodge City	Mrs. McCoy	—	1939
92%	The Women	Mrs. Van Adams	—	1939
No Score Yet	Just Around the Corner	Aunt Julia Ramsby	—	1938
No Score Yet	Three Loves Has Nancy	Mrs. Herford	—	1938
No Score Yet	Marie Antoinette	Mme. de Noailles	—	1938
No Score Yet	Professor Beware	Mrs. Ophelia Pitts	—	1938
No Score Yet	Port of Seven Seas	Claudine	—	1938
No Score Yet	Beg, Borrow or Steal	Mrs. Miller	—	1937
67%	Quality Street	Patty the Maid	—	1937
No Score Yet	On The Avenue	Aunt Fritz Peters	—	1937
60%	Madame X	Nora	—	1937
No Score Yet	Personal Property	Mrs. Burns	—	1937
No Score Yet	Piccadilly Jim	Nesta Pett	—	1936
83%	Libeled Lady	Mrs. Burns-Norvell	—	1936
No Score Yet	Frankie and Johnnie	`Lumpy'	—	1936
No Score Yet	Midnight	Actor	—	1934
No Score Yet	Call It Murder	Elizabeth McGrath	—	1934
No Score Yet	Peach-O-Reno	Aggie Bruno	—	1931

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