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

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

1955

1954

1953

Letter to Loretta as Irene Townsend
The Sun Shines Bright as Aurora Ratchitt
Affair with a Stranger as Ma Stanton
The Bigamist as Mrs. Connelley
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
Father's Wild Game as Minerva Bobbin
Redwood Forest Trail as Hattie Hickory
Three Husbands as Mrs. Wurdeman
The Second Face as Mrs. Lockridge
Surrender as Molly Hale

1949

Red Canyon as Aunt Jane

1948

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

1947

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

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
Reckless Age as Mrs. Connors
Music in Manhattan as Mrs. Pearson
The Impatient Years as Minister's wife

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
It Happened in Flatbush as Mrs. Maguire
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Mariah Clemm
The Great Gildersleeve as Aunt Emma Forrester
Highways by Night as Grandma Fogarty
Men of Texas as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
Young America as Grandmother Nora Campbell

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

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

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

1914

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