Jane Darwell

Acting

Jane Darwell

Born 15 October 1879 · Palmyra, Missouri, USA · Died 13 August 1967 at 87

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

Highlights

Gone with the Wind1939 · Film · Mrs. Merriwether
Mary Poppins1964 · Film · Bird Woman
The Grapes of Wrath1940 · Film · Ma Joad
The Ox-Bow Incident1943 · Film · Ma Grier
My Darling Clementine1946 · Film · Kate Nelson
Design for Living1933 · Film · Curtis' Housekeeper

Filmography

Movies

166 films

Mary Poppins1964 · Film · Bird Woman
Hound-Dog Man1959 · Film · Grandma Wilson
The Last Hurrah1958 · Film · Delia
Three Men on a Horse1957 · Film · Lady on Bus
The Greer Case1957 · Film · Annie Jackson
Sincerely, Willis Wade1956 · Film · Mrs. Jacoby
Girls in Prison1956 · Film · Matron Jamieson
Prima Donna1956 · Film · Lena
There's Always Tomorrow1956 · Film · Mme Rogers
A Life at Stake1955 · Film · Landlady
Hit the Deck1955 · Film · Jenny
The Bigamist1953 · Film · Mrs. Connelley
Affair with a Stranger1953 · Film · Ma Stanton
The Sun Shines Bright1953 · Film · Aurora Ratchitt
It Happens Every Thursday1953 · Film · Mrs. Spatch
We're Not Married!1952 · Film · Mrs. Bush
Journey Into Light1951 · Film · Mack
Excuse My Dust1951 · Film · Mrs. Belden
The Lemon Drop Kid1951 · Film · 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
Father's Wild Game1950 · Film · Minerva Bobbin
The Second Face1950 · Film · Mrs. Lockridge
Three Husbands1950 · Film · Mrs. Wurdeman
Redwood Forest Trail1950 · Film · Hattie Hickory
Surrender1950 · Film · Molly Hale
Caged1950 · Film · Isolation Matron
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady1950 · Film · Mrs. Murphy
Wagon Master1950 · Film · Sister Ledyard
Red Canyon1949 · Film · Aunt Jane
3 Godfathers1948 · Film · Miss Florie
The Red Stallion1947 · Film · Aggie Curtis
Keeper of the Bees1947 · Film · Mrs. Ferris
My Darling Clementine1946 · Film · Kate Nelson
Three Wise Fools1946 · Film · Sister Mary Brigid
The Dark Horse1946 · Film · Aunt Hattie
Captain Tugboat Annie1945 · Film · Tugboat Annie
I Live in Grosvenor Square1945 · Film · Mrs. Patterson
She's a Sweetheart1944 · Film · Mom
Music in Manhattan1944 · Film · Mrs. Pearson
The Impatient Years1944 · Film · Minister's wife
Reckless Age1944 · Film · Mrs. Connors
Tender Comrade1944 · Film · Mrs. Henderson
Government Girl1943 · Film · Miss Trask (uncredited)
Stage Door Canteen1943 · Film · Jane Darwell
Gildersleeve's Bad Day1943 · Film · Aunt Emma Forrester
The Ox-Bow Incident1943 · Film · Ma Grier
The Great Gildersleeve1942 · Film · Aunt Emma Forrester
Highways by Night1942 · Film · Grandma Fogarty
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe1942 · Film · Mariah Clemm
Men of Texas1942 · Film · Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
It Happened in Flatbush1942 · Film · Mrs. Maguire
On the Sunny Side1942 · Film · Annie
Young America1942 · Film · Grandmother Nora Campbell
All Through the Night1942 · Film · Mrs. Donahue
Small Town Deb1941 · Film · Katie
All That Money Can Buy1941 · Film · Ma Stone
Private Nurse1941 · Film · Miss Adams
Thieves Fall Out1941 · Film · Grandma Allen
Chad Hanna1940 · Film · Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
Youth Will Be Served1940 · Film · Supervisor Stormer
Brigham Young1940 · Film · Eliza Kent
Untamed1940 · Film · Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
The Grapes of Wrath1940 · Film · Ma Joad
Miracle on Main Street1939 · Film · Mrs. Herman
Gone with the Wind1939 · Film · Mrs. Merriwether
20,000 Men a Year1939 · Film · Mrs. Allen
The Rains Came1939 · Film · Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Grand Jury Secrets1939 · Film · Mrs. Keefe
Unexpected Father1939 · Film · Mrs. Callahan
The Zero Hour1939 · Film · Sophie
Inside Story1939 · Film · Aunt Mary Perkins
Jesse James1939 · Film · Mrs. Samuels
Up the River1938 · Film · Mrs. Graham
Five of a Kind1938 · Film · Nurse Waldron
Time Out for Murder1938 · Film · Polly, Helen's supervisor
Little Miss Broadway1938 · Film · Miss Hutchins
Three Blind Mice1938 · Film · Mrs. Kilian
Battle of Broadway1938 · Film · Mrs. Rogers
The Jury's Secret1938 · Film · Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
Change of Heart1938 · Film · Mrs. Thompson
Dangerously Yours1937 · Film · Aunt Cynthia Barton
Wife, Doctor and Nurse1937 · Film · Mrs. Krueger
The Singing Marine1937 · Film · Ma Marine
Slave Ship1937 · Film · Mrs. Marlowe
Fifty Roads to Town1937 · Film · Mrs. Henry
The Great Hospital Mystery1937 · Film · Nurse Sarah Keats
Nancy Steele Is Missing!1937 · Film · Mrs. Mary Flaherty
Love Is News1937 · Film · Mrs. Flaherty
Laughing at Trouble1936 · Film · Glory Bradford
Craig's Wife1936 · Film · Mrs. Harold
Star for a Night1936 · Film · Mrs. Martha Lind
Poor Little Rich Girl1936 · Film · Woodward
White Fang1936 · Film · Maud Mahoney
Little Miss Nobody1936 · Film · Eva Bradley
Private Number1936 · Film · Mrs. Frisby
Captain January1936 · Film · Eliza Croft
The First Baby1936 · Film · Mrs. Ellis
The Country Doctor1936 · Film · Mrs. Graham
Paddy O'Day1936 · Film · Dora
We're Only Human1935 · Film · Mrs. Walsh
Metropolitan1935 · Film · Grandma
Navy Wife1935 · Film · Mrs. Louise Keats
Curly Top1935 · Film · Mrs. Denham
Wig-Wag1935 · Film · Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
Life Begins at Forty1935 · Film · Ida Harris
McFadden´s Flats1935 · Film · Nora McFadden
One More Spring1935 · Film · Mary Sweeney
The Gilded Lily1935 · Film · Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
Bright Eyes1934 · Film · Mrs. Higgins
Gentlemen Are Born1934 · Film · Landlady
The White Parade1934 · Film · Sailor
Happiness Ahead1934 · Film · Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
Tomorrow's Youth1934 · Film · Mary O'Brien
Desirable1934 · Film · Frederick's Mother
Million Dollar Ransom1934 · Film · Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
Embarrassing Moments1934 · Film · Mrs. Stuckelberger
Blind Date1934 · Film · Ma Taylor
One Night of Love1934 · Film · Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Most Precious Thing in Life1934 · Film · Mrs. O'Day
Let's Talk It Over1934 · Film · Mrs. O'Keefe
Change of Heart1934 · Film · Mrs. McGowan
The Scarlet Empress1934 · Film · Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Finishing School1934 · Film · Maude (uncredited)
Wonder Bar1934 · Film · Baroness (uncredited)
Once to Every Woman1934 · Film · Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
Journal of a Crime1934 · Film · Dinner Guest (uncredited)
David Harum1934 · Film · Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
Heat Lightning1934 · Film · Gladys
Fashions of 19341934 · Film · Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
Cross Country Cruise1934 · Film · Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
Design for Living1933 · Film · Curtis' Housekeeper
He Couldn't Take It1933 · Film · Mrs. Case
King for a Night1933 · Film · Mrs. Williams
Roman Scandals1933 · Film · Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Only Yesterday1933 · Film · Mrs. Lane
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men1933 · Film · Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
Ann Vickers1933 · Film · Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
One Sunday Afternoon1933 · Film · Mrs. Lind
Before Dawn1933 · Film · Mrs. Marble
Bed of Roses1933 · Film · Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Emergency Call1933 · Film · Nurse Brown (uncredited)
Jennie Gerhardt1933 · Film · Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
The Girl in 4191933 · Film · Nurse Esmond
Bondage1933 · Film · Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
Murders in the Zoo1933 · Film · Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan1933 · Film · Mrs. McGonagle
The Past of Mary Holmes1933 · Film
Air Hostess1933 · Film · Ma Kearny
Women Won't Tell1932 · Film · Mrs. Walter Robinson
Hot Saturday1932 · Film · Mrs. Brock
Washington Merry-Go-Round1932 · Film · Alice's Aunt
Back Street1932 · Film · Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
Young America1932 · Film · School Teacher (Uncredited)
Ladies of the Big House1931 · Film · Mrs. Turner
Huckleberry Finn1931 · Film · Widow Douglas
Tom Sawyer1930 · Film · Widow Douglas
Little Church Around the Corner1923 · Film · Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
The Restless Sex1920 · Film · Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Rug Maker's Daughter1915 · Film · Mrs. Van Buren
After Five1915 · Film · Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
The Goose Girl1915 · Film · Irma
Hypocrites1915 · Film · Madam (uncredited)
The Rose of the Rancho1914 · Film · Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
Ready Money1914 · Film · Mrs. Tyler
The Only Son1914 · Film · Mrs. Brainerd
The Master Mind1914 · Film · Milwaukee Sadie
Brewster's Millions1914 · Film · Mrs. Dan De Mille

Filmography

Series

13 shows

Burke's Law1963 · Series · Mrs. Leah Mulligan
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · Series · Mamie Carnation
Maverick1957 · Series · Mrs. Knowles
Matinee Theater1955 · Series
Screen Director's Playhouse1955 · Series · Lena
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1954 · Series
Climax!1954 · Series · B. Cool
Studio 571954 · Series
Lassie1954 · Series
Letter to Loretta1953 · Series · Irene Townsend
The Ford Television Theatre1952 · Series · Mama Mumby
Cavalcade of America1952 · Series · Minna
Studio One1948 · Series · Anna - Maid