Lois Kibbee

Lois Kibbee (July 13, 1922 – October 18, 1993) was an American actress, known for her television roles.

Kibbee portrayed Geraldine Whitney Saxon on the CBS/ABC daytime soap opera The Edge of Night from 1970 to 1971 and from 1973 until 1984. She also played Emily Moore Matson on NBC's Somerset from 1972 to 1973, and Elizabeth Sanders on ABC's One Life to Live from 1986 to 1989. In film, Kibbee may be best remembered for her role in the 1980 film Caddyshack as Mrs. Smails.

Early life Kibbee was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. She was the niece of actor Guy Kibbee.

Career In 1951, Kibbee established Playhouse, Inc., a community theater in El Paso, Texas. She also performed with the Circle Theater in Hollywood Kibbee acted on radio on Lux Radio Theatre, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, and other programs. She also portrayed frosty matriarch Emily Moore Matson on NBC's Somerset from 1972 to 1973, a character whose eccentric family was involved in a murder storyline centered on "Jingles the Clown". Later in her career she played powerful matriarch Elizabeth Sanders on ABC's One Life to Live from 1986 to 1989.

Kibbee was also a writer on The Edge of Night.

Death Kibbee died of a brain tumor on October 18, 1993, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in Manhattan.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1980 Caddyshack Mrs. Smails