Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

13/10/1879

Day of Death

13/08/1967
(88) years old

Place of Birth

Palmyra, Missouri, USA

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 adaptat... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1986

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

as (archive footage)

1964

Mary Poppins

as Bird Woman

1959

Hound-Dog Man

as Grandma Wilson

1958

The Last Hurrah

as Delia

1957

The Greer Case

as Annie Jackson

1956

Girls in Prison

as Matron Jamieson

1956

Prima Donna

as Lena

1956

There's Always Tomorrow

as Mme Rogers

1955

A Life at Stake

as Landlady

1955

Hit the Deck

as Jenny

1953

The Bigamist

as Mrs. Connelley

1953

Affair with a Stranger

as Ma Stanton

1953

The Sun Shines Bright

as Aurora Ratchitt

1953

It Happens Every Thursday

as Mrs. Spatch

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

Train to Alcatraz

as Aunt Ella

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

I Live in Grosvenor Square

as Mrs. Patterson

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

Family Feud

as The Mother

1943

Stage Door Canteen

as Jane Darwell

1943

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

as Aunt Emma Forrester

1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

as Ma Grier

1942

The Great Gildersleeve

as Aunt Emma Forrester

1942

Highways by Night

as Grandma Fogarty

1942

The Battle of Midway

as Narrator (voice)

1942

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

as Mariah Clemm

1942

Men of Texas

as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

1942

It Happened in Flatbush

as Mrs. Maguire

1942

On the Sunny Side

as Annie

1942

Young America

as Grandmother Nora Campbell

1942

All Through the Night

as Mrs. Donahue

1941

Small Town Deb

as Katie

1941

All That Money Can Buy

as Ma Stone

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

The Grapes of Wrath

as Ma Joad

1939

Miracle on Main Street

as Mrs. Herman

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

Poor Little Rich Girl

as Woodward

1936

White Fang

as Maud Mahoney

1936

Little Miss Nobody

as Eva Bradley

1936

Private Number

as Mrs. Frisby

1936

Captain January

as Mrs. Eliza Croft

1936

The First Baby

as Mrs. Ellis

1936

The Country Doctor

as Mrs. Graham

1936

Paddy O'Day

as Dora

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

Life Begins at Forty

as Ida Harris

1935

McFadden´s Flats

as Nora McFadden

1935

One More Spring

as Mary Sweeney

1935

The Gilded Lily

as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredite...

1934

Bright Eyes

as Mrs. Higgins

1934

Gentlemen Are Born

as Landlady

1934

The White Parade

as Sailor

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

He Couldn't Take It

as Mrs. Case

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

One Sunday Afternoon

as Mrs. Lind

1933

Before Dawn

as Mrs. Marble

1933

Bed of Roses

as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncr...

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

Washington Merry-Go-Round

as Alice's Aunt

1932

Back Street

as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

1932

Young America

as School Teacher (Uncredited)

1931

Ladies of the Big House

as Mrs. Turner

1931

Huckleberry Finn

as Widow Douglas

1930

Tom Sawyer

as Widow Douglas

1923

Little Church Around the Corner

as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredit...

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

The Goose Girl

as Irma

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

Brewster's Millions

as Mrs. Dan De Mille