Carmen Sylvia Mathews (May 8, 1911 – August 31, 1995) was an American actress in theater, television, and movies with a career spanning 55 years. She was born in Philadelphia. She studied first at Bennett Junior College and then in London at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She began her professional acting appearance with the Stratford-on-Avon Shakespearean Company before moving back to the United States. Her Shakespearean roles included Ophelia in Hamlet and the Queen in Richard II. Her film credits include Butterfield 8 (1960), A Rage to Live (1965), Rabbit, Run (1970), Sounder (1972), Top of the Hill (1980) and Daniel (1983). Matthews also appeared in six episodes of the 1955-65 Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series , as well as the 1963 TV series The Fugitive. One of her more famous r