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

2025

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere as Auntie Em (archive footage)

1950

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

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

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

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

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

1941

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

1940

North West Mounted Police as Mrs. Burns
Alice in Movieland as Grandmother
Youth Will Be Served as Miss Bradshaw
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
Swanee River as Mrs. Griffin
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as Miss Watson
The Star Maker as Miss Esther Jones

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

Ever in My Heart as Anna, the Cook
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
Turn Back the Clock as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

Wise Girls as Mrs. Bence