Elizabeth Lawrence

Biography

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

Unbreakable

Acting

1991

Sleeping with the Enemy

as

Chloe Williams

1989

We're No Angels

as

Mrs. Blair

1996

The Crucible

as

Rebecca Nurse

2000

Unbreakable

as

School Nurse

1981

Four Friends

as

Mrs. Prozor

1991

The Butcher's Wife

as

Grammy D'arbo

2000

Isn't She Great

as

Missy Hastings

Third Watch

as

Mary Stiverson

All My Children

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Myra Murdock Sloane

Law & Order

as

Miss Elsie Hatch

Oz

as

Beecher's Grandmother

A World Apart

as

The Road Of Life

as

Production

Crew

2000

Unbreakable

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Directing