Clara Blandick

Born: 1876-06-04 in Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

Died: 1962-04-15

Known For: Acting

Biography

Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.

Filmography

1950

Key to the City as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
Riding High as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1949

Mr. Soft Touch as Susan Balmuss

1948

The Bride Goes Wild as Aunt Pewtie

1947

Life with Father as Miss Wiggins
Philo Vance Returns as Stella Blendon

1946

She-Wolf of London as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
A Stolen Life as Martha
So Goes My Love as Mrs. Meade
Claudia and David as Mrs. Barry
People Are Funny as Grandma Wilson

1945

Frontier Gal as Abigail
Pillow of Death as Belle Kincaid

1944

Can't Help Singing as Aunt Cissy
Shadow of Suspicion as Mother Randall

1943

Heaven Can Wait as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

1942

Rings on Her Fingers
Gentleman Jim as Woman on Train (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam as Tourist (uncredited)

1941

The Big Store as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
The Wagons Roll at Night as Mrs. Williams
It Started with Eve as Nurse
One Foot in Heaven as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
The Nurse's Secret as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
The Get-Away as Mrs. Higgins
Private Nurse as Miss Phillips

1940

North West Mounted Police as Mrs. Burns
Youth Will Be Served as Miss Bradshaw
Alice in Movieland as Grandmother
Tomboy as Aunt Martha
Dreaming Out Loud as Jessica Spencer

1939

The Wizard of Oz as Auntie Em
Drums Along the Mohawk as Mrs. Borst
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Miss Watson
Swanee River as Mrs. Griffin
The Star Maker as Miss Esther Jones

1938

My Old Kentucky Home as Julia 'Granny' Blair
Professor Beware as Mrs. Green - Landlady
Crime Ring as Phoebe Sawyer
Tom Sawyer, Detective as Aunt Polly
Swing, Sister, Swing as Ma Sisler

1937

A Star Is Born as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Her Husband's Secretary as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
You Can't Have Everything as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Road Back as Willy's Mother
Wings Over Honolulu as Evie Curtis
Small Town Boy as Mrs. Armstrong

1936

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine as Gaptown Landlady
Anthony Adverse as Mrs. Jorham
The Case of the Velvet Claws as Mary F. O'Daugherty
The Gorgeous Hussy as Louisa Abbott
Make Way for a Lady as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
Hearts Divided as Aunt Ellen
In His Steps as Martha Adams

1935

Transient Lady as Eva Branham
Straight from the Heart as Mrs. Anderson
The Winning Ticket as Aunt Maggie
Party Wire as Mathilda Sherman

1934

Sisters Under the Skin as Miss Gower
The Girl from Missouri as Miss Newberry
Broadway Bill as Mrs. Peterson
Harold Teen as Ma Lovewell
The President Vanishes as Mrs. Delling
The Show-Off as Mrs. 'Ma'
As the Earth Turns as Cora
Fugitive Lady as Aunt Margaret
Jealousy as Mrs. Douglas
Beloved as Miss Murfee

1933

Ever in My Heart as Anna, the Cook
Turn Back the Clock as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case as Minerva Winterslip
Three Cornered Moon as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
Going Hollywood as Ms. Perkins
The Mind Reader as Auntie (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan as Aunt Sophie

1932

Three on a Match as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
Shopworn as Mrs. Helen Livingston
Rockabye as Brida
The Wet Parade as Mrs. Tarleton
The Strange Case of Clara Deane as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
Life Begins as Mrs. West

1931

Possessed as Mrs. Martin
It's a Wise Child as Mrs. Stanton
I Take This Woman as Ranch Wife
Huckleberry Finn as Aunt Polly
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford as Mrs. Layton
The Drums of Jeopardy as Aunt Abbie
Inspiration as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
Laughing Sinners as Salvation Army Woman
Once a Sinner as Mrs. Mason
The Easiest Way as Agnes Murdock
Bought! as Mrs. Sprig
Daybreak as Frau Hoffman
Murder at Midnight as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

1930

Poor Aubrey as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
Romance as Abigail Armstrong
The Last of the Duanes as Mrs. Duane
The Sins of the Children as Martha Wagenkampf
The Girl Said No as Mrs. Ward
Men Are Like That as Ma Fisher
Burning Up as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
Tom Sawyer as Aunt Polly

1929

Wise Girls as Mrs. Bence