Jane Darwell
Known for Acting · 184 credits
- Born
- 1879-10-15
- Died
- 1967-08-13
- Place of birth
- Palmyra, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Patti Woodard
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (13)
Lassie
1954
Maverick
1957
as Mrs. Knowles
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mamie Carnation
Climax!
1954
as B. Cool / Mrs. Koestler
Studio One
1948
as Anna - Maid
Matinee Theater
1955
Burke's Law
1963
as Mrs. Leah Mulligan
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Mama Mumby
Studio 57
1954
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Minna
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Lena
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Irene Townsend
Movies (171)
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Mrs. Merriwether
Mary Poppins
1964
as Bird Woman
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Ma Joad
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Kate Nelson
Slave Ship
1937
as Mrs. Marlowe
Caged
1950
as Isolation Matron
Surrender
1950
as Molly Hale
Hypocrites
1915
as Madam (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Ma Grier
Jesse James
1939
as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
3 Godfathers
1948
as Miss Florie
Wagon Master
1950
as Sister Ledyard
Finishing School
1934
as Maude (uncredited)
Tom Sawyer
1930
as Widow Douglas
The Scarlet Empress
1934
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
All That Money Can Buy
1941
as Ma Stone
Heat Lightning
1934
as Gladys
Young America
1932
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
Only Yesterday
1933
as Mrs. Lane
Bondage
1933
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Delia
Embarrassing Moments
1934
as Mrs. Stuckelberger
The Rains Came
1939
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
The Bigamist
1953
as Mrs. Connelley
All Through the Night
1942
as Mrs. Donahue
Private Number
1936
as Mrs. Frisby
We're Not Married!
1952
as Mrs. Bush
Curly Top
1935
as Mrs. Denham
The Gilded Lily
1935
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Landlady
Dangerously Yours
1937
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
The Singing Marine
1937
as Ma Marine
Bright Eyes
1934
as Mrs. Higgins
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Mme Rogers
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
as Nurse Sarah Keats
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Mrs. Patterson
Hit the Deck
1955
as Jenny
Love Is News
1937
as Mrs. Flaherty
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Mrs. Turner
Three Husbands
1950
as Mrs. Wurdeman
Brigham Young
1940
as Eliza Kent
The Battle of Midway
1942
as Narrator (voice)
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Jane Darwell
Untamed
1940
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
Tender Comrade
1944
as Mrs. Henderson
Roman Scandals
1933
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
as Mrs. Murphy
Huckleberry Finn
1931
as Widow Douglas
Desirable
1934
as Frederick's Mother
Hot Saturday
1932
as Mrs. Brock
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Aunt Emma Forrester
Red Canyon
1949
as Aunt Jane
Captain January
1936
as Mrs. Eliza Croft
Government Girl
1943
as Miss Trask (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Miss Hutchins
Ann Vickers
1933
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
David Harum
1934
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Mrs. Maguire
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Aurora Ratchitt
Design for Living
1933
as Curtis' Housekeeper
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
Before Dawn
1933
as Mrs. Marble
Paddy O'Day
1936
as Dora
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986
as (archive footage)
Back Street
1932
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Grandma Wilson
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936
as Woodward
A Life at Stake
1955
as Landlady
The Country Doctor
1936
as Mrs. Graham
Bed of Roses
1933
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Prima Donna
1956
as Lena
After Five
1915
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
One Night of Love
1934
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Wonder Bar
1934
as Baroness (uncredited)
King for a Night
1933
as Mrs. Williams
Battle of Broadway
1938
as Mrs. Rogers
The Jury's Secret
1938
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
The Greer Case
1957
as Annie Jackson
Fashions of 1934
1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
One More Spring
1935
as Mary Sweeney
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Glory Bradford
Excuse My Dust
1951
as Mrs. Belden
White Fang
1936
as Maud Mahoney
The Red Stallion
1947
as Aggie Curtis
Emergency Call
1933
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Mrs. O'Keefe
Craig's Wife
1936
as Mrs. Harold
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Aunt Ella
The Girl in 419
1933
as Nurse Esmond
Chad Hanna
1940
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Aunt Emma Forrester
Reckless Age
1944
as Mrs. Connors
Murders in the Zoo
1933
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Affair with a Stranger
1953
as Ma Stanton
Blind Date
1934
as Ma Taylor
We're Only Human
1935
as Mrs. Walsh
20,000 Men a Year
1939
as Mrs. Allen
Three Blind Mice
1938
as Mrs. Kilian
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Mrs. Krueger
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
as Mariah Clemm
Change of Heart
1934
as Mrs. McGowan
Once to Every Woman
1934
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Mrs. Spatch
The First Baby
1936
as Mrs. Ellis
Girls in Prison
1956
as Matron Jamieson
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
Thieves Fall Out
1941
as Grandma Allen
Youth Will Be Served
1940
as Supervisor Stormer
The Zero Hour
1939
as Sophie
Fifty Roads to Town
1937
as Mrs. Henry
Highways by Night
1942
as Grandma Fogarty
Air Hostess
1933
as Ma Kearny
Five of a Kind
1938
as Nurse Waldron
Miracle on Main Street
1939
as Mrs. Herman
The Goose Girl
1915
as Irma
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
as Mary O'Brien
Music in Manhattan
1944
as Mrs. Pearson
About Jane Darwell
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. With 184 credits spanning from 1914 to 1986, Jane Darwell has appeared in 171 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Mrs. Merriwether
- Mary Poppins (1964) — as Bird Woman
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Ma Joad
- My Darling Clementine (1946) — as Kate Nelson
- Slave Ship (1937) — as Mrs. Marlowe
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