Person
Jane Darwell
Acting · 1879–1967 · Palmyra, Missouri, USA
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.
Known for
Maverick
Mrs. Knowles
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mamie Carnation
Lassie
1954
Climax!
B. Cool
Burke's Law
Mrs. Leah Mulligan
Matinee Theater
1955
Studio One
Anna - Maid
Gone with the Wind
Mrs. Merriwether
Studio 57
1954
The Ford Television Theatre
Mama Mumby
Filmography
- 1994100 Years at the MoviesSelf (archive footage)
- 1986Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2(archive footage)
- 1964Mary PoppinsBird Woman
- 1963Burke's LawMrs. Leah Mulligan
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourMamie Carnation
- 1959Hound-Dog ManGrandma Wilson
- 1958The Last HurrahDelia
- 1957MaverickMrs. Knowles
- 1957Three Men on a HorseLady on Bus
- 1957The Greer CaseAnnie Jackson
- 1956Sincerely, Willis WadeMrs. Jacoby
- 1956Girls in PrisonMatron Jamieson
- 1956Prima DonnaLena
- 1956There's Always TomorrowMme Rogers
- 1955Matinee Theater
- 1955Screen Director's PlayhouseLena
- 1955A Life at StakeLandlady
- 1955Hit the DeckJenny
- 1954The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- 1954Climax!B. Cool
- 1954Studio 57
- 1954Lassie
- 1953The BigamistMrs. Connelley
- 1953Letter to LorettaIrene Townsend
- 1953Affair with a StrangerMa Stanton
- 1953The Sun Shines BrightAurora Ratchitt
- 1953It Happens Every ThursdayMrs. Spatch
- 1952The Ford Television TheatreMama Mumby
- 1952Cavalcade of AmericaMinna
- 1952We're Not Married!Mrs. Bush
- 1951Journey Into LightMack
- 1951Excuse My DustMrs. Belden
- 1951The Lemon Drop Kid'Nellie Thursday' Regan
- 1950Father's Wild GameMinerva Bobbin
- 1950The Second FaceMrs. Lockridge
- 1950Three HusbandsMrs. Wurdeman
- 1950Redwood Forest TrailHattie Hickory
- 1950SurrenderMolly Hale
- 1950CagedIsolation Matron
- 1950The Daughter of Rosie O'GradyMrs. Murphy
- 1950Wagon MasterSister Ledyard
- 1949Red CanyonAunt Jane
- 19483 GodfathersMiss Florie
- 1948Studio OneAnna - Maid
- 1948Train to AlcatrazAunt Ella
- 1947The Red StallionAggie Curtis
- 1947Keeper of the BeesMrs. Ferris
- 1946My Darling ClementineKate Nelson
- 1946Three Wise FoolsSister Mary Brigid
- 1946The Dark HorseAunt Hattie
- 1945Captain Tugboat AnnieTugboat Annie
- 1945I Live in Grosvenor SquareMrs. Patterson
- 1944She's a SweetheartMom
- 1944Music in ManhattanMrs. Pearson
- 1944The Impatient YearsMinister's wife
- 1944Reckless AgeMrs. Connors
- 1944Tender ComradeMrs. Henderson
- 1943Government GirlMiss Trask (uncredited)
- 1943Family FeudThe Mother
- 1943Stage Door CanteenJane Darwell
- 1943Gildersleeve's Bad DayAunt Emma Forrester
- 1943The Ox-Bow IncidentMa Grier
- 1942The Great GildersleeveAunt Emma Forrester
- 1942Highways by NightGrandma Fogarty
- 1942The Battle of MidwayNarrator (voice)
- 1942The Loves of Edgar Allan PoeMariah Clemm
- 1942Men of TexasMrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
- 1942It Happened in FlatbushMrs. Maguire
- 1942On the Sunny SideAnnie
- 1942Young AmericaGrandmother Nora Campbell
- 1942All Through the NightMrs. Donahue
- 1941Small Town DebKatie
- 1941All That Money Can BuyMa Stone
- 1941Private NurseMiss Adams
- 1941Thieves Fall OutGrandma Allen
- 1940Chad HannaMrs. Bettina Huguenine
- 1940Youth Will Be ServedSupervisor Stormer
- 1940Brigham YoungEliza Kent
- 1940UntamedMrs. Maggie Moriarty
- 1940The Grapes of WrathMa Joad
- 1939Miracle on Main StreetMrs. Herman
- 1939Gone with the WindMrs. Merriwether
- 193920,000 Men a YearMrs. Allen
- 1939The Rains CameAunt Phoebe Smiley
- 1939Grand Jury SecretsMrs. Keefe
- 1939Unexpected FatherMrs. Callahan
- 1939The Zero HourSophie
- 1939Inside StoryAunt Mary Perkins
- 1939Jesse JamesMrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
- 1938Up the RiverMrs. Graham
- 1938Five of a KindNurse Waldron
- 1938Time Out for MurderPolly, Helen's supervisor
- 1938Little Miss BroadwayMiss Hutchins
- 1938Three Blind MiceMrs. Kilian
- 1938Battle of BroadwayMrs. Rogers
- 1938The Jury's SecretMrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
- 1938Change of HeartMrs. Thompson
- 1937Dangerously YoursAunt Cynthia Barton
- 1937Wife, Doctor and NurseMrs. Krueger
- 1937The Singing MarineMa Marine
- 1937Slave ShipMrs. Marlowe
- 1937Fifty Roads to TownMrs. Henry
- 1937The Great Hospital MysteryNurse Sarah Keats
- 1937Lest We ForgetArchive Footage
- 1937Nancy Steele Is Missing!Mrs. Mary Flaherty
- 1937Love Is NewsMrs. Flaherty
- 1936Laughing at TroubleGlory Bradford
- 1936Craig's WifeMrs. Harold
- 1936Star for a NightMrs. Martha Lind
- 1936Poor Little Rich GirlWoodward
- 1936White FangMaud Mahoney
- 1936Little Miss NobodyEva Bradley
- 1936Private NumberMrs. Frisby
- 1936Captain JanuaryEliza Croft
- 1936The First BabyMrs. Ellis
- 1936The Country DoctorMrs. Graham
- 1936Paddy O'DayDora
- 1935We're Only HumanMrs. Walsh
- 1935MetropolitanGrandma
- 1935Navy WifeMrs. Louise Keats
- 1935Curly TopMrs. Denham
- 1935Wig-WagMrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
- 1935Life Begins at FortyIda Harris
- 1935McFadden´s FlatsNora McFadden
- 1935One More SpringMary Sweeney
- 1935The Gilded LilyWoman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
- 1934Bright EyesMrs. Higgins
- 1934Gentlemen Are BornLandlady
- 1934The White ParadeSailor
- 1934Happiness AheadMrs. Davis - The Landlady
- 1934Tomorrow's YouthMary O'Brien
- 1934DesirableFrederick's Mother
- 1934Million Dollar RansomMa McGarry (Uncredited)
- 1934Embarrassing MomentsMrs. Stuckelberger
- 1934Blind DateMa Taylor
- 1934One Night of LoveMrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
- 1934Most Precious Thing in LifeMrs. O'Day
- 1934Let's Talk It OverMrs. O'Keefe
- 1934Change of HeartMrs. McGowan
- 1934The Scarlet EmpressMiss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
- 1934Finishing SchoolMaude (uncredited)
- 1934Wonder BarBaroness (uncredited)
- 1934Once to Every WomanMrs. Wood (uncredited)
- 1934Journal of a CrimeDinner Guest (uncredited)
- 1934David HarumMrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
- 1934Heat LightningGladys
- 1934Fashions of 1934Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
- 1934Cross Country CruiseMrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
- 1933Design for LivingCurtis' Housekeeper
- 1933He Couldn't Take ItMrs. Case
- 1933King for a NightMrs. Williams
- 1933Roman ScandalsRoman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
- 1933Only YesterdayMrs. Lane
- 1933Aggie Appleby, Maker of MenMrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
- 1933Ann VickersMrs. Gage (uncredited)
- 1933One Sunday AfternoonMrs. Lind
- 1933Before DawnMrs. Marble
- 1933Bed of RosesMrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
- 1933Emergency CallNurse Brown (uncredited)
- 1933Jennie GerhardtBoardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
- 1933The Girl in 419Nurse Esmond
- 1933BondageMrs. Elizabeth Wharton
- 1933Murders in the ZooBanquet Guest (uncredited)
- 1933Child of ManhattanMrs. McGonagle
- 1933The Past of Mary Holmes
- 1933Air HostessMa Kearny
- 1932Women Won't TellMrs. Walter Robinson
- 1932Hot SaturdayMrs. Brock
- 1932Washington Merry-Go-RoundAlice's Aunt
- 1932Back StreetMrs. Adolph Schmidt
- 1932Young AmericaSchool Teacher (Uncredited)
- 1931Ladies of the Big HouseMrs. Turner
- 1931Huckleberry FinnWidow Douglas
- 1930Tom SawyerWidow Douglas
- 1923Little Church Around the CornerAnxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
- 1920The Restless SexHousekeeper (uncredited)
- 1915The Rug Maker's DaughterMrs. Van Buren
- 1915After FiveMrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
- 1915The Goose GirlIrma
- 1915HypocritesMadam (uncredited)
- 1914The Rose of the RanchoSeñora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
- 1914Ready MoneyMrs. Tyler
- 1914The Only SonMrs. Brainerd
- 1914The Master MindMilwaukee Sadie
- 1914Brewster's MillionsMrs. Dan De Mille
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