
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

Matinee Theater
1955

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mamie Carnation

Maverick
1957
as Mrs. Knowles

Climax!
1954
as B. Cool / Mrs. Koestler

Studio One
1948
as Anna - Maid

Burke's Law
1963
as Mrs. Leah Mulligan

Studio 57
1954

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Mama Mumby

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Minna

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Lena

Letter to Loretta
1953
as Irene Townsend

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Movies (171)

Mary Poppins
1964
as Bird Woman

Gone with the Wind
1939
as Mrs. Merriwether

3 Godfathers
1948
as Miss Florie

The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Ma Joad

Before Dawn
1933
as Mrs. Marble

My Darling Clementine
1946
as Kate Nelson

Brigham Young
1940
as Eliza Kent

The Rose of the Rancho
1914
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

Wonder Bar
1934
as Baroness (uncredited)

The Scarlet Empress
1934
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Hit the Deck
1955
as Jenny

Air Hostess
1933
as Ma Kearny

Bondage
1933
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

The Bigamist
1953
as Mrs. Connelley

Tender Comrade
1944
as Mrs. Henderson

Design for Living
1933
as Curtis' Housekeeper

Prima Donna
1956
as Lena

Government Girl
1943
as Miss Trask (uncredited)

One Night of Love
1934
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

Jesse James
1939
as Mrs. Samuels

The Battle of Midway
1942
as Narrator (voice)

Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Grandma Wilson

Wagon Master
1950
as Sister Ledyard

The Last Hurrah
1958
as Delia

Caged
1950
as Isolation Matron

The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Ma Grier

All Through the Night
1942
as Mrs. Donahue

We're Not Married!
1952
as Mrs. Bush

Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Landlady

The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Aurora Ratchitt

The Only Son
1914
as Mrs. Brainerd

The Gilded Lily
1935
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Aunt Emma Forrester

Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Tugboat Annie

Highways by Night
1942
as Grandma Fogarty

Five of a Kind
1938
as Nurse Waldron

Captain January
1936
as Eliza Croft

There's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Mme Rogers

Only Yesterday
1933
as Mrs. Lane

On the Sunny Side
1942
as Annie

All That Money Can Buy
1941
as Ma Stone

Affair with a Stranger
1953
as Ma Stanton

She's a Sweetheart
1944
as Mom

The Rains Came
1939
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley

Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Eva Bradley

Curly Top
1935
as Mrs. Denham

Wig-Wag
1935
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

Girls in Prison
1956
as Matron Jamieson

Bright Eyes
1934
as Mrs. Higgins

Three Wise Fools
1946
as Sister Mary Brigid

Excuse My Dust
1951
as Mrs. Belden

Finishing School
1934
as Maude (uncredited)

Up the River
1938
as Mrs. Graham

Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956
as Mrs. Jacoby

The Red Stallion
1947
as Aggie Curtis

Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Mrs. Turner

Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Jane Darwell

Fashions of 1934
1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

Craig's Wife
1936
as Mrs. Harold
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Aunt Ella

Bed of Roses
1933
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

The Singing Marine
1937
as Ma Marine

Lest We Forget
1937
as Archive Footage

Change of Heart
1934
as Mrs. McGowan

Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Miss Hutchins

A Life at Stake
1955
as Landlady

Love Is News
1937
as Mrs. Flaherty

Time Out for Murder
1938
as Polly, Helen's supervisor

Emergency Call
1933
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
as Mrs. Murphy

Heat Lightning
1934
as Gladys

He Couldn't Take It
1933
as Mrs. Case

Slave Ship
1937
as Mrs. Marlowe
Family Feud
1943
as The Mother

Young America
1932
as School Teacher (Uncredited)

Happiness Ahead
1934
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

Redwood Forest Trail
1950
as Hattie Hickory

Tomorrow's Youth
1934
as Mary O'Brien

I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Mrs. Patterson

Poor Little Rich Girl
1936
as Woodward

Private Number
1936
as Mrs. Frisby

The Impatient Years
1944
as Minister's wife

The Past of Mary Holmes
1933

Hot Saturday
1932
as Mrs. Brock

One More Spring
1935
as Mary Sweeney

The White Parade
1934
as Sailor

The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan

Back Street
1932
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty

Chad Hanna
1940
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

Roman Scandals
1933
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Mrs. Maguire

The Girl in 419
1933
as Nurse Esmond

Child of Manhattan
1933
as Mrs. McGonagle

Men of Texas
1942
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

Three Husbands
1950
as Mrs. Wurdeman

Paddy O'Day
1936
as Dora

The Dark Horse
1946
as Aunt Hattie

Murders in the Zoo
1933
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)

The Second Face
1950
as Mrs. Lockridge

Journey Into Light
1951
as Mack

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
as Mariah Clemm

Once to Every Woman
1934
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

Battle of Broadway
1938
as Mrs. Rogers

Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

Three Blind Mice
1938
as Mrs. Kilian

The First Baby
1936
as Mrs. Ellis

We're Only Human
1935
as Mrs. Walsh

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Aunt Emma Forrester

Ann Vickers
1933
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

The Country Doctor
1936
as Mrs. Graham

Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Red Canyon
1949
as Aunt Jane

David Harum
1934
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

Private Nurse
1941
as Miss Adams

The Greer Case
1957
as Annie Jackson

Thieves Fall Out
1941
as Grandma Allen

Small Town Deb
1941
as Katie

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Mrs. Krueger

One Sunday Afternoon
1933
as Mrs. Lind
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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- Mary Poppins (1964) — as Bird Woman
- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Mrs. Merriwether
- 3 Godfathers (1948) — as Miss Florie
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Ma Joad
- Before Dawn (1933) — as Mrs. Marble
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