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Judith Lowry (July 27, 1890 - November 29, 1976) was an American actress.

Born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Lowry labored in occasional bit parts in film and television from the 1940s until she began to get more substantial roles in her eighties. Ms. Lowry also had an uncredited role in Valley of the Dolls as Anne Welles' Aunt Amy. She had character parts in such films as The Anderson Tapes opposite Sean Connery, and Cold Turkey alongside Dick Van Dyke.

Her best remembered role was as the acid-tongued "Mother Dexter" on the 1970s sitcom, Phyllis, which starred Cloris Leachman. This was Lowry's last major acting role, as she died of a heart attack during the series' final season, aged 86. One of the last episodes she filmed before her death, "Mother Dexter's Wedding" also marked the final appearance of veteran elderly actor Burt Mustin as her bridegroom, Arthur Lanson. By the time the episode aired in December, 1976, Lowry had already died and Mustin was too ill to see it. He died in January, 1977 at the age of 92.

She also appeared on stage, most notably off Broadway in The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds and on Broadway in a small role in Archibald McLeish's drama J.B.

Filmography

Films

Television

External links

• Judith Lowry at the Internet Movie Database