Jane Darwell
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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- Born:
- Oct 15, 1879 In Palmyra, Missouri, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 141
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Rose of the Rancho 1914-11-15
- Latest Project:
- Series Burke's Law 1963-09-20
Known For
Filmography
| Series | Burke's Law | Unknown | 1963-09-20 |
| Movie | Hound-Dog Man | Grandma Wilson | 1959-11-11 |
| Movie | The Last Hurrah | Delia | 1958-12-31 |
| Movie | Girls in Prison | Matron Jamieson | 1956-07-01 |
| Movie | There's Always Tomorrow | Mme Rogers | 1956-01-08 |
| Movie | A Life at Stake | Landlady | 1955-03-01 |
| Movie | Hit the Deck | Jenny | 1955-02-24 |
| Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
| Series | Lassie | Unknown | 1954-09-12 |
| Movie | It Happens Every Thursday | Mrs. Spatch | 1953-04-22 |
| Movie | The Sun Shines Bright | Aurora Ratchitt | 1953-05-02 |
| Movie | The Bigamist | Mrs. Connelley | 1953-12-03 |
| Movie | Affair with a Stranger | Ma Stanton | 1953-06-20 |
| Movie | We're Not Married! | Mrs. Bush | 1952-07-11 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | The Lemon Drop Kid | 'Nellie Thursday' Regan | 1951-04-02 |
| Movie | Journey Into Light | Mack | 1951-09-28 |
| Movie | Excuse My Dust | Mrs. Belden | 1951-06-27 |
| Movie | Caged | Isolation Matron | 1950-05-19 |
| Movie | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Mrs. Murphy | 1950-04-29 |
| Movie | Surrender | Molly Hale | 1950-09-15 |
| Movie | Wagon Master | Sister Ledyard | 1950-04-22 |
| Movie | Redwood Forest Trail | Hattie Hickory | 1950-09-18 |
| Movie | The Second Face | Mrs. Lockridge | 1950-12-01 |
| Movie | Three Husbands | Mrs. Wurdeman | 1950-11-10 |
| Movie | Red Canyon | Aunt Jane | 1949-04-27 |
| Movie | Train to Alcatraz | Aunt Ella | 1948-06-28 |
| Movie | 3 Godfathers | Miss Florie | 1948-12-31 |
| Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
| Movie | Keeper of the Bees | Mrs. Ferris | 1947-07-10 |
| Movie | The Red Stallion | Aggie Curtis | 1947-08-16 |
| Movie | Three Wise Fools | Sister Mary Brigid | 1946-09-26 |
| Movie | The Dark Horse | Aunt Hattie | 1946-07-19 |
| Movie | My Darling Clementine | Kate Nelson | 1946-10-17 |
| Movie | I Live in Grosvenor Square | Mrs. Patterson | 1945-07-20 |
| Movie | The Impatient Years | Minister's wife | 1944-09-10 |
| Movie | Tender Comrade | Mrs. Henderson | 1944-05-30 |
| Movie | Music in Manhattan | Mrs. Pearson | 1944-10-06 |
| Movie | She's a Sweetheart | Mom | 1944-12-07 |
| Movie | Gildersleeve's Bad Day | Aunt Emma Forrester | 1943-05-10 |
| Movie | Stage Door Canteen | Jane Darwell | 1943-06-24 |
| Movie | Government Girl | Miss Trask (uncredited) | 1943-11-05 |
| Movie | It Happened in Flatbush | Mrs. Maguire | 1942-05-28 |
| Movie | Men of Texas | Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie | 1942-07-03 |
| Movie | On the Sunny Side | Annie | 1942-02-13 |
| Movie | All Through the Night | Mrs. Donahue | 1942-01-10 |
| Movie | The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe | Mariah Clemm | 1942-08-28 |
| Movie | Highways by Night | Grandma Fogarty | 1942-10-02 |
| Movie | The Great Gildersleeve | Aunt Emma Forrester | 1942-12-17 |
| Movie | The Battle of Midway | Narrator (voice) | 1942-09-14 |
| Movie | Thieves Fall Out | Grandma Allen | 1941-05-03 |
| Movie | All That Money Can Buy | Ma Stone | 1941-10-17 |
| Movie | Small Town Deb | Katie | 1941-11-07 |
| Movie | Untamed | Mrs. Maggie Moriarty | 1940-07-24 |
| Movie | The Grapes of Wrath | Ma Joad | 1940-03-15 |
| Movie | Brigham Young | Eliza Kent | 1940-09-27 |
| Movie | Chad Hanna | Mrs. Bettina Huguenine | 1940-12-25 |
| Movie | Gone with the Wind | Mrs. Merriwether | 1939-03-12 |
| Movie | Jesse James | Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother | 1939-01-14 |
| Movie | The Zero Hour | Sophie | 1939-05-26 |
| Movie | Inside Story | Aunt Mary Perkins | 1939-03-10 |
| Movie | Unexpected Father | Mrs. Callahan | 1939-06-14 |
| Movie | The Rains Came | Aunt Phoebe Smiley | 1939-09-15 |
| Movie | Miracle on Main Street | Mrs. Herman | 1939-12-19 |
| Movie | 20,000 Men a Year | Mrs. Allen | 1939-10-26 |
| Movie | Battle of Broadway | Mrs. Rogers | 1938-04-22 |
| Movie | Three Blind Mice | Mrs. Kilian | 1938-06-18 |
| Movie | Change of Heart | Mrs. Thompson | 1938-01-14 |
| Movie | Little Miss Broadway | Miss Hutchins | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | Five of a Kind | Nurse Waldron | 1938-10-14 |
| Movie | Time Out for Murder | Polly, Helen's supervisor | 1938-09-25 |
| Movie | Love Is News | Mrs. Flaherty | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | The Great Hospital Mystery | Nurse Sarah Keats | 1937-05-14 |
| Movie | Slave Ship | Mrs. Marlowe | 1937-06-16 |
| Movie | Wife, Doctor and Nurse | Mrs. Krueger | 1937-09-17 |
| Movie | Dangerously Yours | Aunt Cynthia Barton | 1937-09-21 |
| Movie | The Singing Marine | Ma Marine | 1937-07-03 |
| Movie | Little Miss Nobody | Eva Bradley | 1936-06-05 |
| Movie | Captain January | Mrs. Eliza Croft | 1936-04-17 |
| Movie | Paddy O'Day | Dora | 1936-01-17 |
| Movie | Private Number | Mrs. Frisby | 1936-06-05 |
| Movie | The Country Doctor | Mrs. Graham | 1936-03-12 |
| Movie | White Fang | Maud Mahoney | 1936-07-17 |
| Movie | Craig's Wife | Mrs. Harold | 1936-09-25 |
| Movie | Laughing at Trouble | Glory Bradford | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Star for a Night | Mrs. Martha Lind | 1936-08-28 |
| Movie | Life Begins at Forty | Ida Harris | 1935-03-22 |
| Movie | Curly Top | Mrs. Denham | 1935-07-26 |
| Movie | One More Spring | Mary Sweeney | 1935-02-15 |
| Movie | We're Only Human | Mrs. Walsh | 1935-12-27 |
| Movie | Metropolitan | Grandma | 1935-10-17 |
| Movie | Navy Wife | Mrs. Louise Keats | 1935-09-17 |
| Movie | Wonder Bar | Baroness (uncredited) | 1934-03-31 |
| Movie | The Scarlet Empress | Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited) | 1934-05-09 |
| Movie | Once to Every Woman | Mrs. Wood | 1934-03-24 |
| Movie | Change of Heart | Mrs. Mc Gowan | 1934-05-18 |
| Movie | Heat Lightning | Gladys - the Wife | 1934-03-01 |
| Movie | Cross Country Cruise | Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited) | 1934-01-16 |
| Movie | Fashions of 1934 | Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited) | 1934-02-14 |
| Movie | David Harum | Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited) | 1934-03-02 |
| Movie | Journal of a Crime | Dinner Guest (uncredited) | 1934-03-10 |
| Movie | Finishing School | Maude (uncredited) | 1934-05-04 |
| Movie | Happiness Ahead | Mrs. Davis - The Landlady | 1934-10-27 |
| Movie | The White Parade | Sailor | 1934-11-16 |
| Movie | Bright Eyes | Mrs. Higgins | 1934-12-28 |
| Movie | Most Precious Thing in Life | Mrs. O'Day | 1934-06-15 |
| Movie | Tomorrow's Youth | Mary O'Brien | 1934-10-14 |
| Movie | Gentlemen Are Born | Landlady | 1934-11-17 |
| Movie | Desirable | Frederick's Mother | 1934-09-08 |
| Movie | One Night of Love | Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother | 1934-07-16 |
| Movie | Blind Date | Ma Taylor | 1934-07-20 |
| Movie | Million Dollar Ransom | Ma McGarry (Uncredited) | 1934-09-01 |
| Movie | Jennie Gerhardt | Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited) | 1933-06-08 |
| Movie | Emergency Call | Nurse Brown (uncredited) | 1933-06-24 |
| Movie | The Girl in 419 | Nurse Esmond | 1933-05-26 |
| Movie | Child of Manhattan | Mrs. McGonagle | 1933-02-11 |
| Movie | Before Dawn | Mrs. Marble | 1933-08-04 |
| Movie | Air Hostess | Ma Kearny | 1933-01-15 |
| Movie | Murders in the Zoo | Banquet Guest (uncredited) | 1933-03-31 |
| Movie | Bondage | Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton | 1933-04-22 |
| Movie | Bed of Roses | Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited) | 1933-06-29 |
| Movie | He Couldn't Take It | Mrs. Case | 1933-12-15 |
| Movie | Design for Living | Curtis' Housekeeper | 1933-12-29 |
| Movie | One Sunday Afternoon | Mrs. Lind | 1933-09-01 |
| Movie | King for a Night | Mrs. Williams | 1933-12-09 |
| Movie | Roman Scandals | Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited) | 1933-11-27 |
| Movie | Ann Vickers | Mrs. Gage (uncredited) | 1933-09-26 |
| Movie | Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men | Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited) | 1933-10-18 |
| Movie | Only Yesterday | Mrs. Lane | 1933-11-01 |
| Movie | Young America | School Teacher (Uncredited) | 1932-04-17 |
| Movie | Back Street | Mrs. Adolph Schmidt | 1932-08-04 |
| Movie | Hot Saturday | Mrs. Brock | 1932-10-28 |
| Movie | Washington Merry-Go-Round | Alice's Aunt | 1932-10-15 |
| Movie | Women Won't Tell | Mrs. Walter Robinson | 1932-11-16 |
| Movie | Huckleberry Finn | Widow Douglas | 1931-08-07 |
| Movie | Ladies of the Big House | Mrs. Turner | 1931-12-26 |
| Movie | Tom Sawyer | Widow Douglas | 1930-12-19 |
| Movie | Little Church Around the Corner | Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited) | 1923-03-09 |
| Movie | The Restless Sex | Housekeeper (uncredited) | 1920-11-12 |
| Movie | Hypocrites | Madam (uncredited) | 1915-01-20 |
| Movie | The Rose of the Rancho | Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother | 1914-11-15 |