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Ronnie Claire Edwards

RONNIE CLAIRE EDWARDS

  (1933 - 2016)
Nationality:    USA
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Ronnie Claire Edwards is an accomplished actress, author and playwright. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of the unforgettable Corabeth Godsey in The Waltons which ran for ten years on television. She was also a regular and guest on a number of television series and had a recurring role on Designing Women. Her film credits include All the Way Home, Nobody's Fool, The 34th Star, Perfect, The Dead Pool, When Every Day Was the Fourth of July, UFO Cafe, and 8Seconds. An Oklahoma native, Ms. Edwards began her career at the Margo Jones Theatre where she won a Protegee Award. She has distinguished herself on stage in appearances at the Cleveland Playhouse, Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage, San Diego Old Globe, Pasadena Playhouse, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Cincinnati's Playhouse in the Park, Los Angeles Theater Center, Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum, Williamstown Theater, and the Berkshire Summer Festival, and Metroplex residents will recall her stellar performances at Dallas' Theatre Three. She is the recipient of three Los Angeles Dramalogue Awards for excEllence in acting. Her playwriting credits include her one woman show The Knife Thrower's Assistant for which she won the Fringe Best Award at the Edinburgh Festival (Scotland). She is co-author of the musical Cowboy based on the life of Western painter, Charles Russell; Idols of the King, based on the life of Elvis Presley; and The Last of the Honky Tonk Angels; and is author of a cookbook, "Sugar and Grease(paint)". Most recently Ronnie Claire Edwards is a co-author of the play Wedding Belles, which has been nominated for the best new play produced outside New York City by the the American Critics Theatre Forum Award for 2008 and is available at through Samuel French. She also authored and performed in the one woman show The True Story of the Incarnation of Little Egypt. Her newest play The Mystery of Miz Arnette is also available from Samuel French.

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below is a list of Ronnie Claire Edwards's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

         Cowboy         Idols of The King         Knife Thrower's Assistant, The         Last of the Honky Tonk Angels, The         Mystery of Miz Arnette, The         True Story of the Incarnation of Little Egypt, The         Wedding Belles
Cowboy

Synopsis:
based on the life of Western painter, Charles Russell

Notes:
co-author

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Genre:
musical

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Idols of The King

Synopsis:
Various fans of Elvis Presley from the man who thinks he is receiving coded messages from the dead Elvis to the piano teacher who thinks Elvis is her lover and the couple who exhibit the toilet Elvis used at their gas station

Notes:
Written with Music Elvis Presley songs

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Genre:
musical play

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Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  doubling

Further Reference:
http://www.idolsoftheking.com/

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Knife Thrower's Assistant, The

Synopsis:
Melodramas in a mining town. Travelling carnival. Alligator farm

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on the Fringe Best Award at the Edinburgh Festival (Scotland)

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Genre:
Monologue play

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Last of the Honky Tonk Angels, The

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Mystery of Miz Arnette, The

Mystery of Miz Arnette, The
The Mystery of Miz Arnette is set in Oklahoma's devastating Dust Bowl. The time is 1934 when Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd along with their gangs roamed the territory. Out of the desolate nowhere arrives Miz Arnette to rent the room that had been advertised and leased four months ago. With the family farm at stake and desperate for the additional income, young Floy Kate strikes a deal and takes in the intriguing stranger that would forever change her life.

Notes:
written by Alan Bailey and Ronnie Claire Edwards

1st Produced:
Bath House Cultural Center Dallas, Texas     01 May 2011

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One Thirty Productions

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Genre:
Full Length Play, Dramatic Comedy

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Male:  2            Female:  3            Other:  -

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True Story of the Incarnation of Little Egypt, The

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Wedding Belles

Wedding Belles
our garden-club ladies meet a young girl who has come to their little Texas town to marry an infantryman before he ships off for World War II. the women impulsively decide to throw the girl an elaborate wedding, and their lives and friendships are thrown into turmoil as they race to accomplish the nuptials in one frenzied afternoon.

Notes:
written by Alan Bailey And Ronnie Claire edwards

1st Produced:
One Thirty Productions     2008

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Genre:
Musical

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Male:  -            Female:  5            Other:  -

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