Janet Beecher
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1884-10-20
- Died
- 1955-08-06
- Place of birth
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Janet Meysenberg
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Janet Beecher (October 21, 1884 – August 6, 1955) was an American stage and screen actress.
Beecher was a supporting player and lead on the Broadway stage between the 1900s and 1940s. Her Broadway debut came in The Education of Mr. Pipp (1905). Her final Broadway play was The Late George Apley (1944).
Between 1915 and 1943, she appeared in about fifty motion pictures. She remains perhaps best-remembered as a character actress during Hollywood's golden age, often seen in roles as "firm but compassionate matriarchs". She was known for her roles as Ginger Rogers' mother in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), Tyrone Power's mother in the adventure film The Mark of Zorro (1940), and Henry Fonda's mother in Preston Sturges' screwball comedy The Lady Eve (1941). She retired from film business in 1943, but managed to play a role in the television series Lux Video Theatre in 1952.
Known For
Movies (51)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Mrs. Mottram
The Lady Eve
1941
as Janet Pike
The Mark of Zorro
1940
as Senora Isabella Vega
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Miss Haines
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Mrs. Foote
Rosalie
1937
as Miss Baker
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Say It in French
1938
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as Mrs. Milford
Between Two Women
1937
as Miss Pringle
Woman Against Woman
1938
as Mrs. Holland
Bitter Sweet
1940
as Lady Daventry
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
Career
1939
as Amy Cruthers
Yellow Jack
1938
as Miss Macdade
The President Vanishes
1934
as Mrs. Craig
So Red the Rose
1935
as Sally Bedford
Village Tale
1935
as Amy Somerville
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as Mrs. Sinclair
The Last Gentleman
1934
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Mrs. Cushing
Big City
1937
as Sophie Sloane
The Parson of Panamint
1941
as Mrs. Tweedy
The Dark Angel
1935
as Mrs. Shannon
Gallant Lady
1933
as Maria Sherwood
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Mrs. Olcott
I Was a Convict
1939
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
The Gay Caballero
1940
as Kate Brewster
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
as Lady Alicia Crosby
Silver Queen
1942
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
West Point Widow
1941
as Mrs. Graves
Man of Conquest
1939
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
A Very Young Lady
1941
as Miss Steele
Hi, Neighbor
1942
as Hattie Greenfield
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
as Miss Budge
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943
as Eloise Lowry
Men of Texas
1942
as Mrs. Sam Houston
A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
The Longest Night
1936
as Mrs. Briggs
For Beauty's Sake
1941
as Miss Merton
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
Love Before Breakfast
1936
as Mrs. Colby
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
Let's Live Tonight
1935
as Mrs. Routledge
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Matilda Hawley
Laugh It Off
1939
as Mary Carter
I'd Give My Life
1936
as Stella Bancroft
The Mighty Barnum
1934
as Nancy Barnum
Give Till It Hurts
1937
as Cathy Gaffney
Fine Feathers
1915
About Janet Beecher
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Janet Beecher (October 21, 1884 – August 6, 1955) was an American stage and screen actress. Beecher was a supporting player and lead on the Broadway stage between the 1900s and 1940s. Her Broadway debut came in The Education of Mr. Pipp (1905). Her final Broadway play was The Late George Apley (1944). Between 1915 and 1943, she appeared in about fifty motion pictures. She remains perhaps best-remembered as a character actress during Hollywood's golden age, often seen in roles as "firm but compassionate mat… With 51 credits spanning from 1915 to 1997, Janet Beecher has appeared in 51 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Reap the Wild Wind (1942) — as Mrs. Mottram
- The Lady Eve (1941) — as Janet Pike
- The Mark of Zorro (1940) — as Senora Isabella Vega
- All This, and Heaven Too (1940) — as Miss Haines
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) — as Mrs. Foote
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