Jane Darwell

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Known For

Acting

Born

1879-10-13

Place of Birth

Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Jane Darwell

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Lassie

Lassie

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Matinee Theater

Matinee Theater

Maverick

Maverick

Climax!

Climax!

Climax!

Climax!

Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

Burke's Law

Burke's Law

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

Navy Wife

Navy Wife

Acting History

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 as (archive footage)

Mary Poppins as Bird Woman

Burke's Law as Mrs. Leah Mulligan

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mamie Carnation

Hound-Dog Man as Grandma Wilson

The Last Hurrah as Delia

Maverick as Mrs. Knowles

Three Men on a Horse as Lady on Bus

The Greer Case as Annie Jackson

Sincerely, Willis Wade as Mrs. Jacoby

Girls in Prison as Matron Jamieson

Prima Donna as Lena

There's Always Tomorrow as Mme Rogers

Matinee Theater

Screen Director's Playhouse as Lena

A Life at Stake as Landlady

Hit the Deck as Jenny

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

Climax! as B. Cool

Climax! as Mrs. Koestler

The Bigamist as Mrs. Connelley

Letter to Loretta as Irene Townsend

Affair with a Stranger as Ma Stanton

The Sun Shines Bright as Aurora Ratchitt

It Happens Every Thursday as Mrs. Spatch

The Ford Television Theatre as Mama Mumby

Cavalcade of America as Minna

We're Not Married! as Mrs. Bush

Journey Into Light as Mack

Excuse My Dust as Mrs. Belden

The Lemon Drop Kid as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan

Father's Wild Game as Minerva Bobbin

The Second Face as Mrs. Lockridge

Three Husbands as Mrs. Wurdeman

Redwood Forest Trail as Hattie Hickory

Surrender as Molly Hale

Caged as Isolation Matron

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Mrs. Murphy

Wagon Master as Sister Ledyard

Red Canyon as Aunt Jane

3 Godfathers as Miss Florie

Studio One as Anna - Maid

Train to Alcatraz as Aunt Ella

The Red Stallion as Aggie Curtis

Keeper of the Bees as Mrs. Ferris

My Darling Clementine as Kate Nelson

Three Wise Fools as Sister Mary Brigid

The Dark Horse as Aunt Hattie

Captain Tugboat Annie as Tugboat Annie

I Live in Grosvenor Square as Mrs. Patterson

She's a Sweetheart as Mom

Music in Manhattan as Mrs. Pearson

The Impatient Years as Minister's wife

Reckless Age as Mrs. Connors

Tender Comrade as Mrs. Henderson

Government Girl as Miss Trask (uncredited)

Family Feud as The Mother

Stage Door Canteen as Jane Darwell

Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Aunt Emma Forrester

The Ox-Bow Incident as Ma Grier

The Great Gildersleeve as Aunt Emma Forrester

Highways by Night as Grandma Fogarty

The Battle of Midway as Narrator (voice)

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Mariah Clemm

Men of Texas as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

It Happened in Flatbush as Mrs. Maguire

On the Sunny Side as Annie

Young America as Grandmother Nora Campbell

All Through the Night as Mrs. Donahue

Small Town Deb as Katie

All That Money Can Buy as Ma Stone

Private Nurse as Miss Adams

Thieves Fall Out as Grandma Allen

Chad Hanna as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

Youth Will Be Served as Supervisor Stormer

Brigham Young as Eliza Kent

Untamed as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

The Grapes of Wrath as Ma Joad

Miracle on Main Street as Mrs. Herman

Gone with the Wind as Mrs. Merriwether

20,000 Men a Year as Mrs. Allen

The Rains Came as Aunt Phoebe Smiley

Grand Jury Secrets as Mrs. Keefe

Unexpected Father as Mrs. Callahan

The Zero Hour as Sophie

Inside Story as Aunt Mary Perkins

Jesse James as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

Up the River as Mrs. Graham

Five of a Kind as Nurse Waldron

Time Out for Murder as Polly, Helen's supervisor

Little Miss Broadway as Miss Hutchins

Three Blind Mice as Mrs. Kilian

Battle of Broadway as Mrs. Rogers

The Jury's Secret as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

Change of Heart as Mrs. Thompson

Dangerously Yours as Aunt Cynthia Barton

Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Mrs. Krueger

The Singing Marine as Ma Marine

Slave Ship as Mrs. Marlowe

Fifty Roads to Town as Mrs. Henry

The Great Hospital Mystery as Nurse Sarah Keats

Lest We Forget as Archive Footage

Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Mrs. Mary Flaherty

Love Is News as Mrs. Flaherty

Laughing at Trouble as Glory Bradford

Craig's Wife as Mrs. Harold

Star for a Night as Mrs. Martha Lind

Poor Little Rich Girl as Woodward

White Fang as Maud Mahoney

Private Number as Mrs. Frisby

Little Miss Nobody as Eva Bradley

Captain January as Mrs. Eliza Croft

The First Baby as Mrs. Ellis

The Country Doctor as Mrs. Graham

Paddy O'Day as Dora

We're Only Human as Mrs. Walsh

Metropolitan as Grandma

Navy Wife as Mrs. Louise Keats

Curly Top as Mrs. Denham

Wig-Wag as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

Life Begins at Forty as Ida Harris

McFadden´s Flats as Nora McFadden

One More Spring as Mary Sweeney

The Gilded Lily as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

Bright Eyes as Mrs. Higgins

Gentlemen Are Born as Landlady

The White Parade as Sailor

Happiness Ahead as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

Tomorrow's Youth as Mary O'Brien

Desirable as Frederick's Mother

Million Dollar Ransom as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Embarrassing Moments as Mrs. Stuckelberger

Blind Date as Ma Taylor

One Night of Love as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

Most Precious Thing in Life as Mrs. O'Day

Let's Talk It Over as Mrs. O'Keefe

Change of Heart as Mrs. McGowan

The Scarlet Empress as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Finishing School as Maude (uncredited)

Wonder Bar as Baroness (uncredited)

Once to Every Woman as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

Journal of a Crime as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

David Harum as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

Heat Lightning as Gladys - the Wife

Fashions of 1934 as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

Cross Country Cruise as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)

Design for Living as Curtis' Housekeeper

He Couldn't Take It as Mrs. Case

King for a Night as Mrs. Williams

Roman Scandals as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

Only Yesterday as Mrs. Lane

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

Ann Vickers as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

One Sunday Afternoon as Mrs. Lind

Before Dawn as Mrs. Marble

Bed of Roses as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

Emergency Call as Nurse Brown (uncredited)

Jennie Gerhardt as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

The Girl in 419 as Nurse Esmond

Bondage as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

Murders in the Zoo as Banquet Guest (uncredited)

Child of Manhattan as Mrs. McGonagle

The Past of Mary Holmes

Air Hostess as Ma Kearny

Women Won't Tell as Mrs. Walter Robinson

Hot Saturday as Mrs. Brock

Washington Merry-Go-Round as Alice's Aunt

Back Street as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

Young America as School Teacher (Uncredited)

Ladies of the Big House as Mrs. Turner

Huckleberry Finn as Widow Douglas

Tom Sawyer as Widow Douglas

Little Church Around the Corner as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

The Restless Sex as Housekeeper (uncredited)

The Rug Maker's Daughter as Mrs. Van Buren

After Five as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

The Goose Girl as Irma

Hypocrites as Madam (uncredited)

The Rose of the Rancho as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

Ready Money as Mrs. Tyler

The Only Son as Mrs. Brainerd

The Master Mind as Milwaukee Sadie

Brewster's Millions as Mrs. Dan De Mille