Elizabeth Lawrence

Elizabeth Lawrence

Deceased · Born: May 3, 1922 · Died: Jun 11, 2000

Personal Details

Born May 3, 1922 Huntington, West Virginia, USA
Spouse
  • Arthur Marion Payne III

    ( Dec 31, 1969 to Jun 1, 1968 )
  • John 'Jack' Sears

    ( May 20, 1950 to May 4, 2024 )
Parents
  • Peter T. Lawrence
  • James Walton Sutphen
  • Alida Deur Schurman
Relatives
  • John Sutphen Lawrence (Sibling)

Biography

Elizabeth Lawrence (September 6, 1922 – June 11, 2000) was an American actress, best known for her long-running role as Myra Murdock Sloane in the soap opera All My Children from 1979–1991. She had roles in other soap operas: Guiding Light, As the World Turns, A World Apart, and The Road of Life. She is also known for her roles as Chloe Williams - blind mother of Julia Roberts' character Laura Burney - in Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Mrs. Blair in We're No Angels (with Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore), Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible (1996), and the school nurse in Unbreakable (2000) - released the year of her death.

Career

1991
Sleeping with the Enemy
Sleeping with the Enemy as Chloe Williams
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Law & Order
Law & Order as Miss Elsie Hatch
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1981
Four Friends
Four Friends as Mrs. Prozor
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1970
All My Children
All My Children as Myra Murdock Sloane
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