Jane Darwell
- Acting
- October 15, 1879 · Palmyra, Missouri, USA
- August 13, 1967
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
Filmography
- Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 · (archive footage)
- Mary Poppins · Bird Woman
- Burke's Law · Mrs. Leah Mulligan
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · Mamie Carnation
- Hound-Dog Man · Grandma Wilson
- The Last Hurrah · Delia
- Maverick · Mrs. Knowles
- Three Men on a Horse · Lady on Bus
- The Greer Case · Annie Jackson
- Sincerely, Willis Wade · Mrs. Jacoby
- Girls in Prison · Matron Jamieson
- Prima Donna · Lena
- There's Always Tomorrow · Mme Rogers
- Matinee Theater
- Screen Director's Playhouse · Lena
- A Life at Stake · Landlady
- Hit the Deck · Jenny
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
- Climax! · B. Cool, Mrs. Koestler
- Studio 57
- Lassie
- The Bigamist · Mrs. Connelley
- Letter to Loretta · Irene Townsend
- Affair with a Stranger · Ma Stanton
- The Sun Shines Bright · Aurora Ratchitt
- It Happens Every Thursday · Mrs. Spatch
- The Ford Television Theatre · Mama Mumby
- Cavalcade of America · Minna
- We're Not Married! · Mrs. Bush
- Journey Into Light · Mack
- Excuse My Dust · Mrs. Belden
- The Lemon Drop Kid · 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
- Father's Wild Game · Minerva Bobbin
- The Second Face · Mrs. Lockridge
- Three Husbands · Mrs. Wurdeman
- Redwood Forest Trail · Hattie Hickory
- Surrender · Molly Hale
- Caged · Isolation Matron
- The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady · Mrs. Murphy
- Wagon Master · Sister Ledyard
- Red Canyon · Aunt Jane
- 3 Godfathers · Miss Florie
- Studio One · Anna - Maid
- Train to Alcatraz · Aunt Ella
- The Red Stallion · Aggie Curtis
- Keeper of the Bees · Mrs. Ferris
- My Darling Clementine · Kate Nelson
- Three Wise Fools · Sister Mary Brigid
- The Dark Horse · Aunt Hattie
- Captain Tugboat Annie · Tugboat Annie
- I Live in Grosvenor Square · Mrs. Patterson
- She's a Sweetheart · Mom
- Music in Manhattan · Mrs. Pearson
- The Impatient Years · Minister's wife
- Reckless Age · Mrs. Connors
- Tender Comrade · Mrs. Henderson
- Government Girl · Miss Trask (uncredited)
- Family Feud · The Mother
- Stage Door Canteen · Jane Darwell
- Gildersleeve's Bad Day · Aunt Emma Forrester
- The Ox-Bow Incident · Ma Grier
- The Great Gildersleeve · Aunt Emma Forrester
- Highways by Night · Grandma Fogarty
- The Battle of Midway · Narrator (Voice)
- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe · Mariah Clemm
- Men of Texas · Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
- It Happened in Flatbush · Mrs. Maguire
- On the Sunny Side · Annie
- Young America · Grandmother Nora Campbell
- All Through the Night · Mrs. Donahue
- Small Town Deb · Katie
- All That Money Can Buy · Ma Stone
- Private Nurse · Miss Adams
- Thieves Fall Out · Grandma Allen
- Chad Hanna · Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
- Youth Will Be Served · Supervisor Stormer
- Brigham Young · Eliza Kent
- Untamed · Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
- The Grapes of Wrath · Ma Joad
- Miracle on Main Street · Mrs. Herman