Judith Carter Lowry (née Ives; July , â€" November , ) was an
American actress. She had nearly film and television roles and
appeared on stage, most notably in the Off-Broadway production of The
Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and on Broadway in
Archibald MacLeish's J.B.Judith Carter Ives was born at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, where her father was temporarily stationed. She was the
daughter of Mildred Elizabeth Megeath (July , â€" ) and Francis
Joseph Ives (July , â€" November , ). Her father was a career surgeon
in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of Major.Her father saw action in
the Spanishâ€"American War, serving initially in Cuba and later in the
Philippines, before retiring to Washington, D.C. in , where he died.
Through her father, Lowry was a descendant of American Revolutionary
War soldier Asahel Ives.Lowry made her stage debut in in a stock
company in Washington, D.C. In , she gave birth to her first child and
retired from acting to raise her family. She resumed her acting career
in after the youngest of nine children turned , appearing on stage
and taking occasional bit parts in film and television. It was not
until her eighties that she began to receive more substantial roles.
Lowry played an uncredited part in Valley of the Dolls () as Aunt Amy,
followed by roles in such films as The Anderson Tapes and Cold Turkey.
American actress. She had nearly film and television roles and
appeared on stage, most notably in the Off-Broadway production of The
Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and on Broadway in
Archibald MacLeish's J.B.Judith Carter Ives was born at Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, where her father was temporarily stationed. She was the
daughter of Mildred Elizabeth Megeath (July , â€" ) and Francis
Joseph Ives (July , â€" November , ). Her father was a career surgeon
in the U.S. Army, attaining the rank of Major.Her father saw action in
the Spanishâ€"American War, serving initially in Cuba and later in the
Philippines, before retiring to Washington, D.C. in , where he died.
Through her father, Lowry was a descendant of American Revolutionary
War soldier Asahel Ives.Lowry made her stage debut in in a stock
company in Washington, D.C. In , she gave birth to her first child and
retired from acting to raise her family. She resumed her acting career
in after the youngest of nine children turned , appearing on stage
and taking occasional bit parts in film and television. It was not
until her eighties that she began to receive more substantial roles.
Lowry played an uncredited part in Valley of the Dolls () as Aunt Amy,
followed by roles in such films as The Anderson Tapes and Cold Turkey.
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