Jane Darwell

Born: 1879-10-15 in Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Died: 1967-08-13

Known For: Acting

Biography

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.

Filmography

1986

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

1964

Mary Poppins as Bird Woman

1963

Burke's Law as Mrs. Leah Mulligan

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mamie Carnation

1959

Hound-Dog Man as Grandma Wilson

1958

The Last Hurrah as Delia

1957

Maverick as Mrs. Knowles
Three Men on a Horse as Lady on Bus
The Greer Case as Annie Jackson

1956

Prima Donna as Lena
There's Always Tomorrow as Mme Rogers
Girls in Prison as Matron Jamieson
Sincerely, Willis Wade as Mrs. Jacoby

1955

1954

1953

Letter to Loretta as Irene Townsend
The Bigamist as Mrs. Connelley
The Sun Shines Bright as Aurora Ratchitt
Affair with a Stranger as Ma Stanton
It Happens Every Thursday as Mrs. Spatch

1952

The Ford Television Theatre as Mama Mumby
Cavalcade of America as Minna
We're Not Married! as Mrs. Bush

1951

The Lemon Drop Kid as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
Excuse My Dust as Mrs. Belden
Journey Into Light as Mack

1950

Wagon Master as Sister Ledyard
Caged as Isolation Matron
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Mrs. Murphy
Redwood Forest Trail as Hattie Hickory
Three Husbands as Mrs. Wurdeman
Surrender as Molly Hale
Father's Wild Game as Minerva Bobbin
The Second Face as Mrs. Lockridge

1949

Red Canyon as Aunt Jane

1948

Studio One as Anna - Maid
3 Godfathers as Miss Florie
Train to Alcatraz as Aunt Ella

1947

The Red Stallion as Aggie Curtis
Keeper of the Bees as Mrs. Ferris

1946

My Darling Clementine as Kate Nelson
Three Wise Fools as Sister Mary Brigid
The Dark Horse as Aunt Hattie

1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square as Mrs. Patterson
Captain Tugboat Annie as Tugboat Annie

1944

Tender Comrade as Mrs. Henderson
She's a Sweetheart as Mom
The Impatient Years as Minister's wife
Music in Manhattan as Mrs. Pearson
Reckless Age as Mrs. Connors

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident as Ma Grier
Government Girl as Miss Trask (uncredited)
Stage Door Canteen as Jane Darwell
Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Aunt Emma Forrester
Family Feud as The Mother

1942

All Through the Night as Mrs. Donahue
The Battle of Midway as Narrator (voice)
On the Sunny Side as Annie
Young America as Grandmother Nora Campbell
The Great Gildersleeve as Aunt Emma Forrester
Highways by Night as Grandma Fogarty
It Happened in Flatbush as Mrs. Maguire
Men of Texas as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Mariah Clemm

1941

All That Money Can Buy as Ma Stone
Thieves Fall Out as Grandma Allen
Private Nurse as Miss Adams
Small Town Deb as Katie

1940

The Grapes of Wrath as Ma Joad
Brigham Young as Eliza Kent
Untamed as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
Chad Hanna as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
Youth Will Be Served as Supervisor Stormer

1939

Gone with the Wind as Mrs. Merriwether
Jesse James as Mrs. Samuels
The Rains Came as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Inside Story as Aunt Mary Perkins
20,000 Men a Year as Mrs. Allen
The Zero Hour as Sophie
Grand Jury Secrets as Mrs. Keefe
Unexpected Father as Mrs. Callahan
Miracle on Main Street as Mrs. Herman

1938

Little Miss Broadway as Miss Hutchins
Five of a Kind as Nurse Waldron
Up the River as Mrs. Graham
Three Blind Mice as Mrs. Kilian
Battle of Broadway as Mrs. Rogers
Time Out for Murder as Polly, Helen's supervisor
Change of Heart as Mrs. Thompson
The Jury's Secret as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

1937

Love Is News as Mrs. Flaherty
Slave Ship as Mrs. Marlowe
Dangerously Yours as Aunt Cynthia Barton
The Singing Marine as Ma Marine
Fifty Roads to Town as Mrs. Henry
Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Mrs. Krueger
The Great Hospital Mystery as Nurse Sarah Keats
Lest We Forget as Archive Footage

1936

Private Number as Mrs. Frisby
Little Miss Nobody as Eva Bradley
Captain January as Eliza Croft
Craig's Wife as Mrs. Harold
The Country Doctor as Mrs. Graham
Laughing at Trouble as Glory Bradford
Poor Little Rich Girl as Woodward
Star for a Night as Mrs. Martha Lind
White Fang as Maud Mahoney
Paddy O'Day as Dora
The First Baby as Mrs. Ellis

1935

Curly Top as Mrs. Denham
The Gilded Lily as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
We're Only Human as Mrs. Walsh
McFadden´s Flats as Nora McFadden
Life Begins at Forty as Ida Harris
One More Spring as Mary Sweeney
Wig-Wag as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
Navy Wife as Mrs. Louise Keats
Metropolitan as Grandma

1934

The Scarlet Empress as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Bright Eyes as Mrs. Higgins
Wonder Bar as Baroness (uncredited)
One Night of Love as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Fashions of 1934 as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
Finishing School as Maude (uncredited)
Gentlemen Are Born as Landlady
Embarrassing Moments as Mrs. Stuckelberger
Blind Date as Ma Taylor
Change of Heart as Mrs. McGowan
Happiness Ahead as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
David Harum as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
Desirable as Frederick's Mother
Journal of a Crime as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Once to Every Woman as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
Heat Lightning as Gladys
Most Precious Thing in Life as Mrs. O'Day
Million Dollar Ransom as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
The White Parade as Sailor
Cross Country Cruise as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
Let's Talk It Over as Mrs. O'Keefe
Tomorrow's Youth as Mary O'Brien

1933

Design for Living as Curtis' Housekeeper
Before Dawn as Mrs. Marble
Roman Scandals as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Bed of Roses as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Air Hostess as Ma Kearny
Ann Vickers as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
Only Yesterday as Mrs. Lane
Murders in the Zoo as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Emergency Call as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
Bondage as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
The Girl in 419 as Nurse Esmond
One Sunday Afternoon as Mrs. Lind
The Past of Mary Holmes
King for a Night as Mrs. Williams
Child of Manhattan as Mrs. McGonagle
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
He Couldn't Take It as Mrs. Case
Jennie Gerhardt as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

1932

Back Street as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
Hot Saturday as Mrs. Brock
Young America as School Teacher (Uncredited)
Washington Merry-Go-Round as Alice's Aunt
Women Won't Tell as Mrs. Walter Robinson

1931

Huckleberry Finn as Widow Douglas
Ladies of the Big House as Mrs. Turner

1930

Tom Sawyer as Widow Douglas

1923

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

1920

The Restless Sex as Housekeeper (uncredited)

1915

Hypocrites as Madam (uncredited)
After Five as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
The Goose Girl as Irma
The Rug Maker's Daughter as Mrs. Van Buren

1914

The Rose of the Rancho as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
The Only Son as Mrs. Brainerd
Ready Money as Mrs. Tyler
Brewster's Millions as Mrs. Dan De Mille
The Master Mind as Milwaukee Sadie