Portrait of Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) 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.

Born: October 13, 1879

Place of Birth: Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Filmography

1986
1964
Mary Poppins

as Bird Woman

1963
Burke's Law

as Mrs. Leah Mulligan

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Mamie Carnation

1959
Hound-Dog Man

as Grandma Wilson

1958
1957
Maverick

as Mrs. Knowles

1957
Three Men on a Horse

as Lady on Bus

1957
The Greer Case

as Annie Jackson

1956
1956
Girls in Prison

as Matron Jamieson

1956
1956
1955
A Life at Stake

as Landlady

1955
Hit the Deck

as Jenny

1954
Climax!

as B. Cool

1954
Climax!

as Mrs. Koestler

1954
1953
The Bigamist

as Mrs. Connelley

1953
Letter to Loretta

as Irene Townsend

1953
1953
The Sun Shines Bright

as Aurora Ratchitt

1953
1952
We're Not Married!

as Mrs. Bush

1951
Excuse My Dust

as Mrs. Belden

1951
The Lemon Drop Kid

as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan

1950
Father's Wild Game

as Minerva Bobbin

1950
The Second Face

as Mrs. Lockridge

1950
Three Husbands

as Mrs. Wurdeman

1950
Redwood Forest Trail

as Hattie Hickory

1950
Surrender

as Molly Hale

1950
Caged

as Isolation Matron

1950
Wagon Master

as Sister Ledyard

1949
Red Canyon

as Aunt Jane

1948
3 Godfathers

as Miss Florie

1948
Studio One

as Anna - Maid

1947
The Red Stallion

as Aggie Curtis

1947
Keeper of the Bees

as Mrs. Ferris

1946
My Darling Clementine

as Kate Nelson

1946
Three Wise Fools

as Sister Mary Brigid

1946
The Dark Horse

as Aunt Hattie

1945
Captain Tugboat Annie

as Tugboat Annie

1945
1944
Music in Manhattan

as Mrs. Pearson

1944
The Impatient Years

as Minister's wife

1944
Reckless Age

as Mrs. Connors

1944
Tender Comrade

as Mrs. Henderson

1943
Government Girl

as Miss Trask (uncredited)

1943
Stage Door Canteen

as Jane Darwell

1943
Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Aunt Emma Forrester

1943
1942
The Great Gildersleeve

as Aunt Emma Forrester

1942
Highways by Night

as Grandma Fogarty

1942
The Battle of Midway

as Narrator (voice)

1942
1942
Men of Texas

as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

1942
1942
1942
Young America

as Grandmother Nora Campbell

1942
All Through the Night

as Mrs. Donahue

1941
1941
1941
Private Nurse

as Miss Adams

1941
Thieves Fall Out

as Grandma Allen

1940
Chad Hanna

as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

1940
Youth Will Be Served

as Supervisor Stormer

1940
Brigham Young

as Eliza Kent

1940
Untamed

as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

1940
1939
1939
Gone with the Wind

as Mrs. Merriwether

1939
20,000 Men a Year

as Mrs. Allen

1939
The Rains Came

as Aunt Phoebe Smiley

1939
Grand Jury Secrets

as Mrs. Keefe

1939
Unexpected Father

as Mrs. Callahan

1939
The Zero Hour

as Sophie

1939
Inside Story

as Aunt Mary Perkins

1939
Jesse James

as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

1938
Up the River

as Mrs. Graham

1938
Five of a Kind

as Nurse Waldron

1938
Time Out for Murder

as Polly, Helen's supervisor

1938
Little Miss Broadway

as Miss Hutchins

1938
Three Blind Mice

as Mrs. Kilian

1938
Battle of Broadway

as Mrs. Rogers

1938
The Jury's Secret

as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

1938
Change of Heart

as Mrs. Thompson

1937
Dangerously Yours

as Aunt Cynthia Barton

1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse

as Mrs. Krueger

1937
The Singing Marine

as Ma Marine

1937
Slave Ship

as Mrs. Marlowe

1937
Fifty Roads to Town

as Mrs. Henry

1937
The Great Hospital Mystery

as Nurse Sarah Keats

1937
Lest We Forget

as Archive Footage

1937
Nancy Steele Is Missing!

as Mrs. Mary Flaherty

1937
Love Is News

as Mrs. Flaherty

1936
Laughing at Trouble

as Glory Bradford

1936
Craig's Wife

as Mrs. Harold

1936
Star for a Night

as Mrs. Martha Lind

1936
1936
White Fang

as Maud Mahoney

1936
Private Number

as Mrs. Frisby

1936
Little Miss Nobody

as Eva Bradley

1936
Captain January

as Mrs. Eliza Croft

1936
The First Baby

as Mrs. Ellis

1936
The Country Doctor

as Mrs. Graham

1936
1935
We're Only Human

as Mrs. Walsh

1935
Metropolitan

as Grandma

1935
Navy Wife

as Mrs. Louise Keats

1935
Curly Top

as Mrs. Denham

1935
Wig-Wag

as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

1935
1935
McFadden´s Flats

as Nora McFadden

1935
One More Spring

as Mary Sweeney

1935
The Gilded Lily

as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

1934
Bright Eyes

as Mrs. Higgins

1934
1934
1934
Happiness Ahead

as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

1934
Tomorrow's Youth

as Mary O'Brien

1934
Desirable

as Frederick's Mother

1934
Million Dollar Ransom

as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

1934
Embarrassing Moments

as Mrs. Stuckelberger

1934
Blind Date

as Ma Taylor

1934
One Night of Love

as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

1934
Let's Talk It Over

as Mrs. O'Keefe

1934
Change of Heart

as Mrs. McGowan

1934
The Scarlet Empress

as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

1934
Finishing School

as Maude (uncredited)

1934
Wonder Bar

as Baroness (uncredited)

1934
Once to Every Woman

as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

1934
Journal of a Crime

as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

1934
David Harum

as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

1934
Heat Lightning

as Gladys - the Wife

1934
Fashions of 1934

as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

1934
Cross Country Cruise

as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)

1933
Design for Living

as Curtis' Housekeeper

1933
1933
King for a Night

as Mrs. Williams

1933
Roman Scandals

as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

1933
Only Yesterday

as Mrs. Lane

1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

1933
Ann Vickers

as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

1933
1933
Before Dawn

as Mrs. Marble

1933
Bed of Roses

as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

1933
Emergency Call

as Nurse Brown (uncredited)

1933
Jennie Gerhardt

as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

1933
The Girl in 419

as Nurse Esmond

1933
Bondage

as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

1933
Murders in the Zoo

as Banquet Guest (uncredited)

1933
Child of Manhattan

as Mrs. McGonagle

1933
Air Hostess

as Ma Kearny

1932
Women Won't Tell

as Mrs. Walter Robinson

1932
Hot Saturday

as Mrs. Brock

1932
1932
Back Street

as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

1932
Young America

as School Teacher (Uncredited)

1931
1931
Huckleberry Finn

as Widow Douglas

1930
Tom Sawyer

as Widow Douglas

1923
Little Church Around the Corner

as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

1920
The Restless Sex

as Housekeeper (uncredited)

1915
The Rug Maker's Daughter

as Mrs. Van Buren

1915
After Five

as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

1915
1915
Hypocrites

as Madam (uncredited)

1914
The Rose of the Rancho

as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

1914
Ready Money

as Mrs. Tyler

1914
The Only Son

as Mrs. Brainerd

1914
The Master Mind

as Milwaukee Sadie

1914
Brewster's Millions

as Mrs. Dan De Mille