Edna — A Delicate Balance Character Profile

About Edna

Harry's wife and another longtime family friend. She accompanies Harry to the couple's home seeking refuge from an unexplained fear, directly precipitating the period of intense self-reflection and confrontation with hidden anxieties among all characters.

Character Facts

Played by

Betsy Blair

Appears in

A Delicate Balance (1973)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Edna — Family Spouse — Harry (Joseph Cotten)

  Couple seeking refuge together.

• Edna — Social Friend — Agnes (Katharine Hepburn)

  Longstanding social acquaintances.

• Edna — Social Friend — Tobias (Paul Scofield)

  Longstanding social acquaintances.

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More characters from A Delicate Balance

• Agnes (Katharine Hepburn)
• Tobias (Paul Scofield)
• Julia (Lee Remick)
• Harry (Joseph Cotten)
• Claire (Kate Reid)