Elizabeth Lawrence

Acting

Elizabeth Lawrence

Born May 3, 1922Huntington, West Virginia, USA13 credits

Elizabeth Lawrence (September 6, 1922 – June 11, 2000) was an American actress, best known for her long-running role as Myra Murdock Sloane in the soap opera All My Children from 1979–1991. She had roles in other soap operas: Guiding Light, As the World Turns, A World Apart, and The Road of Life. She is also known for her roles as Chloe Williams - blind mother of Julia Roberts' character Laura Burney - in Sleeping with the Enemy (1991), Mrs. Blair in We're No Angels (with Robert DeNiro, Sean Penn and Demi Moore), Rebecca Nurse in The Crucible (1996), and the school nurse in Unbreakable (2000) - released the year of her death.

Known For

Filmography

Unbreakable
2000Unbreakable
as School NurseMovie
Isn't She Great
2000Isn't She Great
as Missy HastingsMovie
Third Watch
1999Third Watch
as Mary StiversonTV
Oz
1997Oz
as Beecher's GrandmotherTV
The Crucible
1996The Crucible
as Rebecca NurseMovie
The Butcher's Wife
1991The Butcher's Wife
as Grammy D'arboMovie
Sleeping with the Enemy
1991Sleeping with the Enemy
as Chloe WilliamsMovie
Law & Order
1990Law & Order
as Miss Elsie HatchTV
We're No Angels
1989We're No Angels
as Mrs. BlairMovie
Four Friends
1981Four Friends
as Mrs. ProzorMovie
All My Children
1970All My Children
as Myra Murdock SloaneTV