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Cause of death
  
Heart Attack

Name
  
Judith Lowry

Nationality
  
American

Role
  
Actress


Occupation
  
Actress

Home town
  
New York City

Ex-spouse
  
Rudd Lowry

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Full Name
  
Judith Carter Ives

Born
  
July 27, 1890 (
1890-07-27
)
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S.

Resting place
  
Long Island National Cemetery

Residence
  
Studio City, California, U.S.

Died
  
November 29, 1976, New York City, New York, United States

Movies and TV shows
  
Phyllis, The Effect of Gamma Rays on, The Anderson Tapes, Cold Turkey, The Trouble with Angels

Similar People
  
Ed Weinberger, Fred Coe, Norman Lear, Ida Lupino, Arthur Penn

Years active
  
1913–1921, 1952–1976

Mother Dexter from "Phyllis" montage of best moments


Judith Lowry (born Judith Carter Ives; July 27, 1890 – November 29, 1976) was an American actress, best known for her television work. She made nearly 30 appearances on TV and in film during her career in addition to numerous appearances on stage both on and off-Broadway.

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Early life

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Judith Carter Ives was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where her father was temporarily stationed. She was the daughter of Mildred Elizabeth (née Megeath; July 17, 1864 – 1923) and Francis Joseph Ives (July 19, 1857 – November 27, 1908). Her father was a career soldier in the U.S. Army as an army surgeon, attaining the rank of Major.

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Her father saw action in the Spanish–American War, serving initially in Cuba and later in the Philippines, before retiring to Washington, D.C. in 1908, where he died. As such, she had a nomadic childhood moving from place to place, as her family followed her father from military post to military post, until finally settling in Washington D.C. Through her father Lowry is a descendent of American Revolutionary War soldier, Asahel Ives. Both of Lowry's parents are buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

Career

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Lowry made her stage debut in 1913 in a stock company in Washington, D.C. Later in 1921 when she became pregnant with her first child she would retire from acting to raise her family. She resumed her acting career in 1952 after her youngest of 9 children, Martha, turned 18. She made several stage appearances and labored in occasional bit parts in film and television from the 1950s until she began to get more substantial roles in her eighties. Lowry had an uncredited role in Valley of the Dolls (1967) as Aunt Amy. She had character parts in such films as The Anderson Tapes and Cold Turkey.

Her best-remembered role is that of the acid-tongued, no nonsense 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", marked the final appearance of veteran actor Burt Mustin, who played her equally superannuated bridegroom, Arthur Lanson. By the time the episode aired in December 1976, Lowry had died at age 86, and the 92-year-old Mustin, who died in January 1977, was too ill to see it. After the airing of "Mother Dexter's Wedding", five more episodes of Phyllis followed in which Lowry appeared.

She 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.

Family

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Judith met her future husband, actor Rudd Lowry, while performing on stage. Rudd had recently returned from serving in the US Army during World War I as a Staff sergeant in an army hospital when they met. Judith and Rudd had six sons and three daughters. All six of her sons served with the United States Armed Forces.

Death

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Lowry collapsed and died from a heart attack while walking down a Greenwich Village street with her son Rayphield Semmes Lowry, on November 29, 1976; she was 86 years old. She was buried next to her husband, Rudd Lowry, in Long Island National Cemetery, Farmingdale, New York.

Filmography

Actress
1975
Phyllis (TV Series) as
Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- I Am Beautiful (1977) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Taking a Chance on Chance (1977) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- The Threat (1977) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- The Christmas Party (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Mother Dexter's Wedding (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Mother Dexter Cohabitates (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Bess Airs Her Views (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- The Wrong Box (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Out of the Closet (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Phyllis Cries Wolf (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Off the Bench (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- You're Not Getting Better, Just Older (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- The New Job (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- The Triangle (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Widows, Merry and Otherwise (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Sonny Boy (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Leo's Suicide (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- A Man, a Woman and Another Woman (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Honor Thy Mother Dexter (1976) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Paging Dr. Lindstrom (1975) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Phyllis and the Little People (1975) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
- Leaving Home (1975) - Sally 'Mother' Dexter
1975
Kojak (TV Series) as
Lily Weed
- A Long Way from Times Square (1975) - Lily Weed
1974
Maude (TV Series) as
Judith / Aunt Polly
- The Election (1975) - Judith
- Nostalgia Party (1974) - Aunt Polly
1973
Superdad as
Mother Barlow
1972
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds as
Nanny
1971
The Anderson Tapes as
Mrs. Hathaway
1971
Cold Turkey as
Odie Turman
1970
Night Gallery (TV Series) as
Last Housekeeper (segment "The Housekeeper")
- The Dead Man/The Housekeeper (1970) - Last Housekeeper (segment "The Housekeeper") (uncredited)
1970
Husbands as
Stuart's Grandmother
1970
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (uncredited)
1969
Popi as
Elderly Hospital Patient (uncredited)
1969
Sweet Charity as
Old Lady on Park Bench (uncredited)
1968
The Night They Raided Minsky's as
Mother Annie (as Judith Lowery)
1968
Dark Shadows (TV Series) as
Hands of Cassandra
- Episode #1.498 (1968) - Hands of Cassandra (uncredited)
1967
Valley of the Dolls as
Aunt Amy (uncredited)
1966
The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series) as
Little Old Lady / Old Lady
- The Honeymooners: Two for the Money (1967) - Little Old Lady
- The Honeymooners: The People's Choice (1967) - Little Old Lady
- The Honeymooners: Run, Santa, Run (1966) - Old Lady
1967
The Tiger Makes Out as
Elderly Tenant (uncredited)
1966
New York Television Theatre (TV Series) as
The Old Woman
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1966) - The Old Woman
1966
ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) as
Ruth
- The Love Song of Barney Kempinski (1966) - Ruth
1966
The Trouble with Angels as
Sister Prudence
1964
The Patty Duke Show (TV Series) as
Miss Tansy / Elderly Lady
- It Takes a Heap of Livin' (1965) - Miss Tansy
- Patty, the People's Voice (1964) - Elderly Lady
1965
Andy
1963
Ladybug Ladybug as
Luke's Grandmother
1961
Car 54, Where Are You? (TV Series) as
Mrs. Harrigan - Cleaning Woman / Trixie LaTouche as Old Woman / Woman in Shoe Store
- Joan Crawford Didn't Say No (1963) - Mrs. Harrigan - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
- Here We Go Again (1963) - Trixie LaTouche as Old Woman (uncredited)
- Something Nice for Sol (1961) - Woman in Shoe Store (as Judith Lowery)
1962
The Miracle Worker as
1st Crone (uncredited)
1961
Naked City (TV Series) as
Old Woman
- A Hole in the City (1961) - Old Woman (uncredited)
1960
Diagnosis: Unknown (TV Series) as
Grammie
- The Case of the Elder (1960) - Grammie
1956
The Phil Silvers Show (TV Series) as
Woman guest at wedding / Josie Hannigan
- War Games (1956) - Woman guest at wedding (uncredited)
- Miss America (1956) - Josie Hannigan
1954
Studio One (TV Series) as
Mrs. Blake
- Thunder on Sycamore Street (1954) - Mrs. Blake
1947
13 Rue Madeleine as
Peasant Woman (uncredited)
Self
1971
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actress
- Episode #15.213 (1976) - Self - Actress
- Episode #12.228 (1973) - Self - Actress
- Episode #12.135 (1973) - Self - Actress
- Episode #12.124 (1973) - Self - Actress
- Episode #10.16 (1971) - Self - Actress
1971
The David Frost Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #3.242 (1971) - Self
1970
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 26 July 1971 (1971) - Self
- Episode dated 27 July 1970 (1970) - Self
- Episode dated 30 June 1970 (1970) - Self
- Episode dated 3 June 1970 (1970) - Self
1965
The Steve Lawrence Show (TV Series) as
Self - elderly chorus girl
- Lucille Ball, Charles Nelson Reilly, Betty Walker (1965) - Self - elderly chorus girl
Archive Footage
1977
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) as
Self - Actress
- Episode #16.84 (1977) - Self - Actress
1976
The Magical World of Disney (TV Series) as
Mother Barlow
- Superdad (1976) - Mother Barlow

References

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