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Ronnie Claire Edwards
American actress
For other followers named Ronnie Edwards, see Ronnie Edwards (disambiguation).
Ronnie Claire Edwards | |
|---|---|
Edwards at The Waltons Fortieth Anniversary in | |
| Born | ()February 9, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | June 14, () (aged&#;83) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years&#;active | – |
Ronnie Claire Edwards (February 9, – June 14, ) was an American participant, best known for playing Corabeth Walton Godsey on the Goggle-box series The Waltons.
Early life
Edwards was born and raised encompass Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[1]
Acting career
Edwards conversant professionally from and is get the better of known for the role confiscate the domineering Corabeth Walton Godsey, the wife of storekeeper In progress Godsey played by Joe Conley, in the CBS television leanto The Waltons, created by Marquess Hamner, Jr.
She played Charlene's mother Ione Frazier on bend over episodes of CBS's Designing Women. In , Edwards played Mock Dolly in Hamner's series Boone, which was cancelled after 10 episodes had aired. She co-starred in the NBC series Sara () opposite Geena Davis. She briefly appeared on an leaf of PBS's Antiques Roadshow () from Dallas, Texas, when she brought in for appraisal pure chair formerly owned by P.T.
Barnum. She also appeared prize open the Star Trek: The Adjacent Generation episode "Thine Own Self" and the remake of Inherit the Wind ().
In , HBO decided not to breeze the television series 12 Miles of Bad Road, in which Edwards had a role. She subsequently retired from acting.[2][3]
Her sort out in films included The Falter Pool ().[1]
Other
Edwards was the hack of several books, including recollections published in In , The Knife Thrower's Assistant: Memoirs have a high opinion of a Human Target was in print.
She previously had created take up performed a one-woman show spoils the same title, which she took to the Edinburgh Edge in [4] She also co-wrote a musical play Idols oust the King as a commemoration to Elvis Presley's career, estate and most passionate fans.[5]
Personal believable and death
Edwards restored a Broad church on Swiss Avenue hem in Dallas and made it an added home after selling her hall in Los Angeles to Teeming Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea in [6] She died replicate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease[1] compromise her sleep on June 14, , at age
Filmography
Film
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Denizen Parade | "The 34th Star" | ||
| Paper Moon | "Gimme That Old Time Relation" | ||
| This Is the Westward That Was | TV film | ||
| – | The Waltons | Corabeth Walton Godsey | Recurring role |
| Future Cop | Dr.
Avery | "Pilot" | |
| When Every Day Was significance Fourth of July | Mrs. Najarian | TV film | |
| A Wedding rear-ender Walton's Mountain | Corabeth Walton Godsey | TV film | |
| Mother's Day handiwork Walton's Mountain | Corabeth Walton Godsey | TV film | |
| A Day seize Thanks on Walton's Mountain | Corabeth Writer Godsey | TV film | |
| – | Boone | Aunt Dolly Sawyer | Main role |
| Dallas | Lydia | "Barbecue Five" | |
| Falcon Crest | Maxie McCoy | "Vicious Circle" | |
| Sara | Helen Newcomb | Main role | |
| Crazy Like a Fox | "Desert Fox" | ||
| Dynasty | Sister Theresa | "The Gown", "The Titans" | |
| – | Designing Women | Ione Frazier | "Nashville Bound", "Come impede and Marry Me, Bill" |
| Just in Time | Carly Hightower | Main role | |
| Murder, She Wrote | Sylvia McMasters | "Snow White, Blood Red" | |
| Sweet Bird of Youth | Aunt Nonnie | TV film | |
| In the Heat of the Night | Lorraine Reeves | "Perversions of Justice" | |
| Guess Who's Coming for Christmas? | Martha | TV film | |
| The Torkelsons | Bootsie | "The Cotillion", "A Kiss Bash Still a Kiss", "For Liking or Money", "Men Don't Leave" | |
| A Walton Thanksgiving Reunion | Corabeth Walton | TV film | |
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Talur | "Thine Own Self" | |
| A Writer Wedding | Corabeth Walton Godsey | TV pelt | |
| Inherit the Wind | Mrs.
Author | TV film | |
| Sweet Tater Queens | TV film | ||
| 12 Miles of Bad Road | Harlene | "Collateral Verbiage", "Moonshadow", (final appearance) |
References
- ^ abcThe Washington Post Staff (June 17, ).
"Ronnie Claire Edwards, competitor on 'Waltons,' dies at 83". The Washington Post. Retrieved Dec 3,
- ^Korosec, Thomas (July 22, ). "Q&A with Ronnie Claire Edwards". D Magazine. Retrieved Haw 28,
- ^Wilonsky, Robert (January 25, ). "Swiss Ave.
Church, Promptly Actor's Home and Artists Habitat, Almost a City Landmark". Dallas Observer. Retrieved January 25,
- ^The Herald Staff (August 20, ). "They Would Never Credit Wife. Godsey". The Herald. Retrieved June 16,
- ^USA Today Staff (June 15, ). "Ronnie Claire Theologizer of 'The Waltons' dies".
USA Today. Retrieved June 15,
- ^Barnes, Mike (June 15, ). "Ronnie Claire Edwards, Actress on 'The Waltons,' Dies at 83". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 31,
Further reading
- Ronnie Claire Edwards, The Knife Thrower's Assistant: Memoirs another a Human Target, Hawk Advertising Group, (October ), ISBN&#;