Elizabeth Lawrence

Elizabeth Lawrence (September 6, 1922 – June 11, 2000) was an American actress, best known for her role as Myra Murdock Sloane in the soap opera All My Children from 1979 to 1991.

Life and career Lawrence was born in Huntington, West Virginia, and obtained a bachelor's degree in science and a master's degree in special education. She would also work on the daytime soap operas The Road of Life, The Edge of Night, A World Apart, The Doctors, Guiding Light, and All My Children from 1979 to 1991 where she played Myra Murdock Sloane. She earned three Daytime Emmy Award nominations in 1981, 1982 and 1985 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. Her other notable acting work includes roles in the movies Four Friends, We're No Angels, Sleeping with the Enemy, The Butcher's Wife and The Crucible as well as guest starring roles on television series such as Law & Order, Oz and Third Watch. In the 1970s and 1980s, she also worked as an auxiliary police officer in Manhattan, New York.

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1964 Lilith Patient (uncredited role) Feature film 1981 Four Friends Mrs. Prozor Feature film 1989 We're No Angels Mrs. Blair Feature film 1991 Sleeping with the Enemy Chloe Feature film The Butcher's Wife Grammy D'Arbo Feature film 1996 The Crucible Rebecca Nurse Feature film 2000 Isn't She Great Minsey Hastings Feature film Unbreakable School nurse Feature film The Ride Home Clara (age 80) Short film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1954 The Philco Television Playhouse Unknown role Episode: "Smoke Screen" The Road of Life Francie Brent Daytime serial (recurring role) 1955 Frontiers of Fatih Unknown role Episode: "The Biggest Yes in the World" 1961-1963; 1967 Edge of Night Constance Johnson Daytime serial (contract role 1961-1963) Vera Turek Daytime serial (recurring 1967) 1963 East Side West Side Emily Mooney Episode: "The Sinner" 1965-1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Unknown role Episode: "The Admiral" (1965) Mrs. Cunningham Episode: "Guilty or Not Guilty" (1966) 1970 A World Apart Betty Kahlman Daytime serial (only appeared in pilot episode (#1.1); Augusta Dabney played the character for the remaining 324 episodes) 1974; 1998 As the World Turns Marsha Davidson Episode: #4595 (1974) Mrs. Foerter Episode: "October 12, 1998" (1998) 1976-1978 The Doctors Virginia Dancy Daytime serial (contract role) 1979-1991 All My Children Myra Murdoch Sloan Daytime serial (contract role)For Daytime Emmy info, see Awards and nominations section below for details 1991Law & Order Miss Elsie Hatch Episode: "Asylum" 1993-1994 Guiding Light Bess Lowell Daytime serial (recurring role) 1998 Oz Beecher's Grandmother Episode: "Family Bizness" 2000 Third Watch Mary Stiverson Episode: "Young Men and Fire..."Final role

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series All My Children Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series All My Children Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series All My Children

Death Lawrence died of cancer on June 11, 2000, at age 77. M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable was dedicated to her memory.