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Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

ActingOctober 15, 1879(died age 87)Palmyra, Missouri, USA

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell 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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Filmography (184)

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

1986·(archive footage)

1964·Bird Woman

1963·Mrs. Leah Mulligan

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962·Mamie Carnation

Hound-Dog Man

1959·Grandma Wilson

The Last Hurrah

1957·Annie Jackson

Three Men on a Horse

1957·Lady on Bus

1957·Mrs. Knowles

There's Always Tomorrow

1956·Mme Rogers

Girls in Prison

1956·Matron Jamieson

Sincerely, Willis Wade

1956·Mrs. Jacoby

A Life at Stake

Matinee Theater

Screen Director's Playhouse

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

1953·Mrs. Connelley

Affair with a Stranger

1953·Ma Stanton

The Sun Shines Bright

1953·Aurora Ratchitt

It Happens Every Thursday

1953·Mrs. Spatch

Letter to Loretta

1953·Irene Townsend

We're Not Married!

1952·Mrs. Bush

Cavalcade of America

The Ford Television Theatre

1952·Mama Mumby

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951·'Nellie Thursday' Regan

Journey Into Light

1951·Mrs. Belden

1950·Isolation Matron

1950·Sister Ledyard

The Second Face

1950·Mrs. Lockridge

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950·Mrs. Murphy

Redwood Forest Trail

1950·Hattie Hickory

1950·Molly Hale

Father's Wild Game

1950·Minerva Bobbin

1950·Mrs. Wurdeman

1949·Aunt Jane

1948·Miss Florie

Train to Alcatraz

1948·Aunt Ella

1948·Anna - Maid

Keeper of the Bees

1947·Mrs. Ferris

The Red Stallion

1947·Aggie Curtis

My Darling Clementine

1946·Kate Nelson

Three Wise Fools

1946·Sister Mary Brigid

1946·Aunt Hattie

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945·Tugboat Annie

I Live in Grosvenor Square

1945·Mrs. Patterson

1944·Mrs. Henderson

The Impatient Years

1944·Minister's wife

Music in Manhattan

1944·Mrs. Pearson

She's a Sweetheart

1944·Mrs. Connors

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943·The Mother

Government Girl

1943·Miss Trask (uncredited)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

1943·Aunt Emma Forrester

Stage Door Canteen

1943·Jane Darwell

All Through the Night

1942·Mrs. Donahue

The Battle of Midway

1942·Narrator (voice)

1942·Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

Highways by Night

1942·Grandma Fogarty

The Great Gildersleeve

1942·Aunt Emma Forrester

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942·Mariah Clemm

It Happened in Flatbush

1942·Mrs. Maguire

On the Sunny Side

1942·Grandmother Nora Campbell

All That Money Can Buy

Thieves Fall Out

1941·Grandma Allen

1941·Miss Adams

The Grapes of Wrath

Youth Will Be Served

1940·Supervisor Stormer

1940·Eliza Kent

1940·Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

1940·Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

Gone with the Wind

1939·Mrs. Merriwether

1939·Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

1939·Aunt Mary Perkins

1939·Aunt Phoebe Smiley

Miracle on Main Street

1939·Mrs. Herman

Grand Jury Secrets

1939·Mrs. Keefe

20,000 Men a Year

1939·Mrs. Allen

Unexpected Father

1939·Mrs. Callahan

Change of Heart

1938·Mrs. Thompson

Time Out for Murder

1938·Polly, Helen's supervisor

1938·Nurse Waldron

Battle of Broadway

1938·Mrs. Rogers

Three Blind Mice

1938·Mrs. Kilian

Little Miss Broadway

1938·Miss Hutchins

1938·Mrs. Graham

The Jury's Secret

1938·Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

1937·Mrs. Marlowe

The Singing Marine

1937·Ma Marine

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

1937·Mrs. Mary Flaherty

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937·Mrs. Krueger

The Great Hospital Mystery

1937·Nurse Sarah Keats

Dangerously Yours

1937·Aunt Cynthia Barton

1937·Mrs. Flaherty

Fifty Roads to Town

1937·Mrs. Henry

1937·Archive Footage

Captain January

1936·Mrs. Eliza Croft

1936·Mrs. Harold

Little Miss Nobody

1936·Eva Bradley

1936·Mrs. Frisby

The Country Doctor

1936·Mrs. Graham

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936·Maud Mahoney

Laughing at Trouble

1936·Glory Bradford

Star for a Night

1936·Mrs. Martha Lind

1936·Mrs. Ellis

1935·Mrs. Denham

One More Spring

1935·Mary Sweeney

Life Begins at Forty

1935·Ida Harris

We're Only Human

1935·Mrs. Walsh

McFadden´s Flats

1935·Nora McFadden

1935·Mrs. Louise Keats

1935·Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

The Gilded Lily

1935·Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

One Night of Love

1934·Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

1934·Mrs. Higgins

Fashions of 1934

1934·Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

The White Parade

1934·Baroness (uncredited)

1934·Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

1934·Ma Taylor

The Scarlet Empress

1934·Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Cross Country Cruise

1934·Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)

Most Precious Thing in Life

1934·Mrs. O'Day

Happiness Ahead

1934·Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

Change of Heart

1934·Mrs. McGowan

Finishing School

1934·Maude (uncredited)

1934·Frederick's Mother

Journal of a Crime

1934·Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Gentlemen Are Born

Tomorrow's Youth

1934·Mary O'Brien

Once to Every Woman

1934·Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

Let's Talk It Over

1934·Mrs. O'Keefe

Million Dollar Ransom

1934·Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Embarrassing Moments

1934·Mrs. Stuckelberger

1933·Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

1933·Ma Kearny

1933·Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

Design for Living

1933·Curtis' Housekeeper

Child of Manhattan

1933·Mrs. McGonagle

1933·Mrs. Marble

One Sunday Afternoon

1933·Mrs. Lind

1933·Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

1933·Mrs. Lane

Jennie Gerhardt

1933·Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

King for a Night

1933·Mrs. Williams

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933·Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

He Couldn't Take It

1933·Mrs. Case

1933·Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

1933·Nurse Brown (uncredited)

The Girl in 419

1933·Nurse Esmond

Murders in the Zoo

1933·Banquet Guest (uncredited)

The Past of Mary Holmes

Women Won't Tell

1932·Mrs. Walter Robinson

Washington Merry-Go-Round

1932·Alice's Aunt

1932·Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

1932·Mrs. Brock

1932·School Teacher (Uncredited)

Ladies of the Big House

1931·Mrs. Turner

Huckleberry Finn

1931·Widow Douglas

1930·Widow Douglas

Little Church Around the Corner

1923·Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

The Restless Sex

1920·Housekeeper (uncredited)

The Rug Maker's Daughter

1915·Mrs. Van Buren

1915·Madam (uncredited)

1915·Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

The Rose of the Rancho

1914·Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

1914·Mrs. Tyler

1914·Mrs. Brainerd

Brewster's Millions

1914·Mrs. Dan De Mille

The Master Mind

1914·Milwaukee Sadie