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
The Greer Case as Annie Jackson
Three Men on a Horse as Lady on Bus

1956

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

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
Journey Into Light as Mack
Excuse My Dust as Mrs. Belden

1950

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

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

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

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 - Jesse's mother
The Rains Came as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Unexpected Father as Mrs. Callahan
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
Miracle on Main Street as Mrs. Herman

1938

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

1937

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

1936

Captain January as Mrs. Eliza Croft
Private Number as Mrs. Frisby
Craig's Wife as Mrs. Harold
Paddy O'Day as Dora
White Fang as Maud Mahoney
Laughing at Trouble as Glory Bradford
The Country Doctor as Mrs. Graham
Little Miss Nobody as Eva Bradley
Star for a Night as Mrs. Martha Lind
Poor Little Rich Girl as Woodward
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
Navy Wife as Mrs. Louise Keats
Wig-Wag as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
One More Spring as Mary Sweeney
Metropolitan as Grandma
Life Begins at Forty as Ida Harris

1934

Finishing School as Maude (uncredited)
Wonder Bar as Baroness (uncredited)
The Scarlet Empress as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
The White Parade as Sailor
One Night of Love as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Bright Eyes as Mrs. Higgins
David Harum as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
Desirable as Frederick's Mother
Change of Heart as Mrs. McGowan
Blind Date as Ma Taylor
Gentlemen Are Born as Landlady
Fashions of 1934 as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
Heat Lightning as Gladys
Let's Talk It Over as Mrs. O'Keefe
Embarrassing Moments as Mrs. Stuckelberger
Happiness Ahead as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
Most Precious Thing in Life as Mrs. O'Day
Journal of a Crime as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
Once to Every Woman as Mrs. Wood (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
Bed of Roses as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Murders in the Zoo as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Ann Vickers as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
Roman Scandals as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Only Yesterday as Mrs. Lane
The Girl in 419 as Nurse Esmond
Emergency Call as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
The Past of Mary Holmes
He Couldn't Take It as Mrs. Case
Bondage as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
King for a Night as Mrs. Williams
Air Hostess as Ma Kearny
One Sunday Afternoon as Mrs. Lind
Jennie Gerhardt as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan as Mrs. McGonagle
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

1932

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

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

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