Clara Blandick

Acting

Clara Blandick

Born 4 June 1876 · Onboard American ship in Hong Kong · Died 15 April 1962 at 85

Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.

Known for

Highlights

The Wizard of Oz1939 · Film · Auntie Em
A Star Is Born1937 · Film · Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait1943 · Film · Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
Drums Along the Mohawk1939 · Film · Mrs. Borst
Gentleman Jim1942 · Film · Woman on Train (uncredited)
Life with Father1947 · Film · Miss Wiggins

Filmography

Movies

105 films

Key to the City1950 · Film · Liza, Silas' housekeeper
Mr. Soft Touch1949 · Film · Susan Balmuss
The Bride Goes Wild1948 · Film · Aunt Pewtie
Life with Father1947 · Film · Miss Wiggins
Philo Vance Returns1947 · Film · Stella Blendon
She-Wolf of London1946 · Film · Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
So Goes My Love1946 · Film · Mrs. Meade
A Stolen Life1946 · Film · Martha
Claudia and David1946 · Film · Mrs. Barry
People Are Funny1946 · Film · Grandma Wilson
Frontier Gal1945 · Film · Abigail
Pillow of Death1945 · Film · Belle Kincaid
Can't Help Singing1944 · Film · Aunt Cissy
Shadow of Suspicion1944 · Film · Mother Randall
Du Barry Was a Lady1943 · Film · Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait1943 · Film · Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim1942 · Film · Woman on Train (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam1942 · Film · Tourist (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers1942 · Film
One Foot in Heaven1941 · Film · Sister Watkins (uncredited)
It Started with Eve1941 · Film · Nurse
Private Nurse1941 · Film · Miss Phillips
The Big Store1941 · Film · Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
The Get-Away1941 · Film · Mrs. Higgins
The Nurse's Secret1941 · Film · Aunt Juliet Mitchell
The Wagons Roll at Night1941 · Film · Mrs. Williams
Youth Will Be Served1940 · Film · Miss Bradshaw
North West Mounted Police1940 · Film · Mrs. Burns
Dreaming Out Loud1940 · Film · Jessica Spencer
Tomboy1940 · Film · Aunt Martha
Alice in Movieland1940 · Film · Grandmother
Swanee River1939 · Film · Mrs. Griffin
Drums Along the Mohawk1939 · Film · Mrs. Borst
The Star Maker1939 · Film · Miss Esther Jones
The Wizard of Oz1939 · Film · Auntie Em
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1939 · Film · Miss Watson
Tom Sawyer, Detective1938 · Film · Aunt Polly
Swing, Sister, Swing1938 · Film · Ma Sisler
Professor Beware1938 · Film · Mrs. Green - Landlady
Crime Ring1938 · Film · Phoebe Sawyer
My Old Kentucky Home1938 · Film · Julia 'Granny' Blair
Small Town Boy1937 · Film · Mrs. Armstrong
You Can't Have Everything1937 · Film · Townswoman (uncredited)
The Road Back1937 · Film · Willy's Mother
Wings Over Honolulu1937 · Film · Evie Curtis
A Star Is Born1937 · Film · Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Her Husband's Secretary1937 · Film · Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
Make Way for a Lady1936 · Film · Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
The Gorgeous Hussy1936 · Film · Louisa Abbott
Anthony Adverse1936 · Film · Mrs. Jorham
The Case of the Velvet Claws1936 · Film · Mary F. O'Daugherty
Hearts Divided1936 · Film · Aunt Ellen
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936 · Film · Gaptown Landlady
Party Wire1935 · Film · Mathilda Sherman
Straight from the Heart1935 · Film · Mrs. Anderson
Transient Lady1935 · Film · Eva Branham
The Winning Ticket1935 · Film · Aunt Maggie
Fugitive Lady1934 · Film · Aunt Margaret
Broadway Bill1934 · Film · Mrs. Peterson
Jealousy1934 · Film · Mrs. Douglas
The President Vanishes1934 · Film · Mrs. Delling
The Girl from Missouri1934 · Film · Miss Newberry
Sisters Under the Skin1934 · Film · Miss Gower
Harold Teen1934 · Film · Ma Lovewell
The Show-Off1934 · Film · Mrs. 'Ma'
As the Earth Turns1934 · Film · Cora
Beloved1934 · Film · Miss Murfee
Going Hollywood1933 · Film · Ms. Perkins
Ever in My Heart1933 · Film · Anna, the Cook
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case1933 · Film · Minerva Winterslip
Turn Back the Clock1933 · Film · Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Three Cornered Moon1933 · Film · Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
The Mind Reader1933 · Film · Auntie (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan1933 · Film · Aunt Sophie
Rockabye1932 · Film · Brida
Three on a Match1932 · Film · Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
Life Begins1932 · Film · Mrs. West
The Strange Case of Clara Deane1932 · Film · Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
The Wet Parade1932 · Film · Mrs. Tarleton
Shopworn1932 · Film · Mrs. Helen Livingston
Possessed1931 · Film · Mrs. Martin
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford1931 · Film · Mrs. Layton
Murder at Midnight1931 · Film · Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
Bought!1931 · Film · Mrs. Sprig
Huckleberry Finn1931 · Film · Aunt Polly
I Take This Woman1931 · Film · Ranch Wife
Laughing Sinners1931 · Film · Salvation Army Woman
Daybreak1931 · Film · Frau Hoffman
It's a Wise Child1931 · Film · Mrs. Stanton
The Drums of Jeopardy1931 · Film · Aunt Abbie
The Easiest Way1931 · Film · Agnes Murdock
Inspiration1931 · Film · Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
Once a Sinner1931 · Film · Mrs. Mason
Tom Sawyer1930 · Film · Aunt Polly
The Last of the Duanes1930 · Film · Mrs. Duane
Romance1930 · Film · Abigail Armstrong
The Sins of the Children1930 · Film · Martha Wagenkampf
Men Are Like That1930 · Film · Ma Fisher
The Girl Said No1930 · Film · Mrs. Ward
Burning Up1930 · Film · Mrs. Minnie Winkle
Poor Aubrey1930 · Film · Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
Wise Girls1929 · Film · Mrs. Bence
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp1917 · Film · Mrs. Donnelly
The Stolen Triumph1916 · Film · Mrs. Rowley
The Cabaret Singer1915 · Film · Mrs. Denton