Jane Darwell
Acting1879Palmyra, Missouri, USA
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Acting History
1964
Mary Poppins
as Bird Woman
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TVas Mamie Carnation• 1 eps
1963
Burke's Law
TVas Mrs. Leah Mulligan• 1 eps
1961
1958
1957
Three Men on a Horse
as Lady on Bus
1956
There's Always Tomorrow
as Mme Rogers
Girls in Prison
as Matron Jamieson
Screen Director's Playhouse
TVas Lena• 1 eps
Cavalcade of America
TVas Minna• 1 eps
1955
A Life at Stake
as Landlady
Climax!
TVas Mrs. Koestler• 1 eps
The Ford Television Theatre
TVas Mama Mumby• 1 eps
1953
The Bigamist
as Mrs. Connelley
It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Spatch
The Sun Shines Bright
as Aurora Ratchitt
Affair with a Stranger
as Ma Stanton
Letter to Loretta
TVas Irene Townsend
1952
We're Not Married!
as Mrs. Bush
1951
The Lemon Drop Kid
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Belden
1950
The Second Face
as Mrs. Lockridge
Wagon Master
as Sister Ledyard
Caged
as Isolation Matron
Surrender
as Molly Hale
Three Husbands
as Mrs. Wurdeman
1948
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
The Dark Horse
as Aunt Hattie
My Darling Clementine
as Kate Nelson
1945
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Mrs. Patterson
1944
Reckless Age
as Mrs. Connors
Tender Comrade
as Mrs. Henderson
1943
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Ma Grier
Government Girl
as Miss Trask (uncredited)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Aunt Emma Forrester
1942
Young America
as Grandmother Nora Campbell
All Through the Night
as Mrs. Donahue
Men of Texas
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
The Great Gildersleeve
as Aunt Emma Forrester
The Battle of Midway
as Narrator (voice)
On the Sunny Side
as Annie
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Maguire
Highways by Night
as Grandma Fogarty
1941
Private Nurse
as Miss Adams
All That Money Can Buy
as Ma Stone
1940
1939
Miracle on Main Street
as Mrs. Herman
20,000 Men a Year
as Mrs. Allen
The Rains Came
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Jesse James
as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
Gone with the Wind
as Mrs. Merriwether
1938
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Hutchins
Three Blind Mice
as Mrs. Kilian
Time Out for Murder
as Polly, Helen's supervisor
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Thompson
1937
Love Is News
as Mrs. Flaherty
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
Dangerously Yours
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
1936
Captain January
as Mrs. Eliza Croft
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Harold
Star for a Night
as Mrs. Martha Lind
Laughing at Trouble
as Glory Bradford
Paddy O'Day
as Dora
1935
The Gilded Lily
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
Curly Top
as Mrs. Denham
Metropolitan
as Grandma
One More Spring
as Mary Sweeney
1934
The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Heat Lightning
as Gladys - the Wife
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
The White Parade
as Sailor
One Night of Love
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Wonder Bar
as Baroness (uncredited)
Fashions of 1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Landlady
1933
Child of Manhattan
as Mrs. McGonagle
One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Lind
Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
King for a Night
as Mrs. Williams
Emergency Call
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
Bed of Roses
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Roman Scandals
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
as Mrs. Lane
Before Dawn
as Mrs. Marble
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Air Hostess
as Ma Kearny
The Girl in 419
as Nurse Esmond
Design for Living
as Curtis' Housekeeper
1932
Young America
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
Hot Saturday
as Mrs. Brock
Back Street
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
1931
Ladies of the Big House
as Mrs. Turner
1930
Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas
1915
Hypocrites
as Madam (uncredited)
1914
The Rose of the Rancho
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother