Irene Tedrow

 Irene Tedrow (August 3, 1907 – March 10, 1995)

Among her most notable roles are Janet Archer in the radio series Meet Corliss Archer, Mrs. Lucy Elkins on the TV sitcom Dennis the Menace and Mrs. Webb in the stage production Our Town at the Plumstead Playhouse. As a character actor she appeared in many shows, including Lux Video Theatre, Jefferson Drum, The Real McCoys, Rawhide, The Twilight Zone and The Andy Griffith Show. In 1955, she appeared on The Jack Benny Program as a contestant with Jack Benny on a mock You Bet Your Life segment with Groucho Marx. Later she would also appear in Dundee and the Culhane, Diff'rent Strokes, The Rockford Files, Facts of Life, Three's Company and two episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Congresswoman Margaret Geddes. In 1976, Tedrow played Mary Ludlow Hall, Eleanor Roosevelt's grandmother in Eleanor and Franklin. During the 1940s and 1950s, Tedrow had quality acting roles in radio productions, including The Baby Snooks Show with Fanny Brice. She was married and had two children. On March 10, 1995, Tedrow died from stroke complications in Hollywood, aged 87. She was cremated, and her ashes interred at Westwood Memorial Park.