Eugenia Rawls (born September 11, 1913, Macon, Georgia — died November 8, 2000, Denver, Colorado) was an American actress.
After attending the University of North Carolina, she moved to New York and made her Broadway debut in 1934 as Peggy Rogers in Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour. Her most famous role came in 1939 as Tallulah Bankhead's daughter, Alexandra, in The Little Foxes. She replaced the original actress on Broadway, and performed with Ms. Bankhead in the show when it toured across America.
Rawls appeared in many New York based television shows in the 1950s and 60s, and had a recurring role on As The World Turns. She created several one-woman shows, which she played in regional theatres, Great Britain, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Her Tallulah, A Memory was a dramatization of her friend's outrageous life. Rawls also wrote and performed in Women of The West and Affectionally Yours, Fanny Kemble
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Born Mary Eugenia Rawls, she was married to Donald Seawell, a theatrical producer and Tallulah Bankhead's attorney. They had two children.
Eugenia Rawls died on November 8, 2000 in Denver, Colorado, aged 87.