Judith Lowry

Judith Lowry (July 27, 1890 - November 29, 1976) was an American actress.

Born as Judith Ives in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Lowry labored in occasional bit parts in film and television from the 1940s until she began to get more substantial roles in her eighties. Ms. Lowry also had an uncredited role in Valley of the Dolls as Aunt Amy. She had character parts in such films as The Anderson Tapes opposite Sean Connery, and Cold Turkey alongside Dick Van Dyke.

Her best remembered role was as the acid-tongued Mother Dexter on the 1970s sitcom Phyllis, which starred Cloris Leachman. This was Lowry's last major acting role because she died of a heart attack during the series' final season. One of the last episodes she filmed before her death, "Mother Dexter's Wedding", also marked the final appearance of veteran actor Burt Mustin as her bridegroom, Arthur Lanson. By the time the episode aired in December of 1976, Lowry had already died and 92-year-old Mustin was too ill to see it. Mustin died in January, 1977. After the airing of "Mother Dexter's Wedding", five more episodes of Phyllis followed in which Judith Lowry appeared.

Lowry also appeared on stage, most notably off Broadway in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and on Broadway in a small role in Archibald MacLeish's drama J.B.

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Filmography

Films

Title Year Role Notes
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944 Nurse Uncredited
13 Rue Madeline 1947 Peasant Woman Uncredited
The Miracle Worker 1962 1st Crone Uncredited
Ladybug Ladybug 1963 Grandmother
Andy 1965
The Trouble with Angels 1966 Sister Prudence
The Tiger Makes Out 1967
Valley of the Dolls 1967 Aunt Amy Uncredited
The Night They Raided Minsky's 1968 Mother Annie
Sweet Charity 1969 Old Lady on Park Bench Uncredited
Popi 1969 Elderly Hospital Patient Uncredited
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970 Uncredited
Husbands 1970 Stuart's Grandmother
Cold Turkey 1971 Odie Turman
The Anderson Tapes 1971 Mrs. Hathaway
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 1972 Nanny
Superdad 1973 Mother Barlow

Television

Show Year Role Episode
1. Studio One 1954 1 Episode
2. The Phil Silvers Show 1956 Josie 1 Episode
3. The Patty Duke Show 1965 Miss Tansy 1 Episode
4. The Jackie Gleason Show 1966 Old Lady 1 Episode
5. Dark Shadows 1968 Hands of Cassandra 1 Episode
6. Maude 1974–1975 Aunt Polly 2 Episodes
7. Kojak 1975 Lily Weed 1 Episode
8. Phyllis 1975–1977 Sally "Mother" Dexter 23 Episodes

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