Jane Darwell
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1879-10-13
Day of Death
1967-08-13 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Palmyra, Missouri, USA
Jane Darwell
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.
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Known For
Acting
(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)
There's Always Tomorrow
as Mme Rogers
(1956)
Girls in Prison
as Matron Jamieson
(1956)
Prima Donna
as Lena
(1955)
A Life at Stake
as Landlady
(1955)
Hit the Deck
as Jenny
(1953)
The Bigamist
as Mrs. Connelley
(1953)
The Sun Shines Bright
as Aurora Ratchitt
(1953)
Affair with a Stranger
as Ma Stanton
(1953)
It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Spatch
(1952)
We're Not Married!
as Mrs. Bush
(1951)
The Lemon Drop Kid
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
(1951)
Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Belden
(1951)
Journey Into Light
as Mack
(1950)
Caged
as Isolation Matron
(1950)
Wagon Master
as Sister Ledyard
(1950)
Three Husbands
as Mrs. Wurdeman
(1950)
The Second Face
as Mrs. Lockridge
(1950)
Surrender
as Molly Hale
(1950)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Mrs. Murphy
(1950)
Redwood Forest Trail
as Hattie Hickory
(1950)
Father's Wild Game
as Minerva Bobbin
(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)
The Dark Horse
as Aunt Hattie
(1946)
Three Wise Fools
as Sister Mary Brigid
(1945)
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Mrs. Patterson
(1945)
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Tugboat Annie
(1944)
Music in Manhattan
as Mrs. Pearson
(1944)
The Impatient Years
as Minister's wife
(1944)
Tender Comrade
as Mrs. Henderson
(1944)
Reckless Age
as Mrs. Connors
(1944)
She's a Sweetheart
as Mom
(1943)
Stage Door Canteen
as Jane Darwell
(1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Ma Grier
(1943)
Government Girl
as Miss Trask (uncredited)
(1943)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Aunt Emma Forrester
(1943)
Family Feud
as The Mother
(1942)
All Through the Night
as Mrs. Donahue
(1942)
The Battle of Midway
as Narrator (voice)
(1942)
On the Sunny Side
as Annie
(1942)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mariah Clemm
(1942)
Young America
as Grandmother Nora Campbell
(1942)
The Great Gildersleeve
as Aunt Emma Forrester
(1942)
Highways by Night
as Grandma Fogarty
(1942)
Men of Texas
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
(1942)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Maguire
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
as Ma Stone
(1941)
Thieves Fall Out
as Grandma Allen
(1941)
Private Nurse
as Miss Adams
(1941)
Small Town Deb
as Katie
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad
(1940)
Brigham Young
as Eliza Kent
(1940)
Chad Hanna
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
(1940)
Youth Will Be Served
as Supervisor Stormer
(1940)
Untamed
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
(1939)
Gone with the Wind
as Mrs. Merriwether
(1939)
Jesse James
as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
(1939)
The Rains Came
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as Mrs. Allen
(1939)
The Zero Hour
as Sophie
(1939)
Grand Jury Secrets
as Mrs. Keefe
(1939)
Unexpected Father
as Mrs. Callahan
(1939)
Miracle on Main Street
as Mrs. Herman
(1939)
Inside Story
as Aunt Mary Perkins
(1938)
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Hutchins
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Thompson
(1938)
Up the River
as Mrs. Graham
(1938)
The Jury's Secret
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
(1938)
Battle of Broadway
as Mrs. Rogers
(1938)
Three Blind Mice
as Mrs. Kilian
(1938)
Time Out for Murder
as Polly, Helen's supervisor
(1938)
Five of a Kind
as Nurse Waldron
(1937)
Love Is News
as Mrs. Flaherty
(1937)
Dangerously Yours
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Mrs. Marlowe
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Mrs. Krueger
(1937)
Fifty Roads to Town
as Mrs. Henry
(1937)
The Singing Marine
as Ma Marine
(1937)
Lest We Forget
as Archive Footage
(1937)
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
(1937)
The Great Hospital Mystery
as Nurse Sarah Keats
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Graham
(1936)
Private Number
as Mrs. Frisby
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Eva Bradley
(1936)
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Woodward
(1936)
Captain January
as Mrs. Eliza Croft
(1936)
Paddy O'Day
as Dora
(1936)
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Harold
(1936)
The First Baby
as Mrs. Ellis
(1936)
Laughing at Trouble
as Glory Bradford
(1936)
White Fang
as Maud Mahoney
(1936)
Star for a Night
as Mrs. Martha Lind
(1935)
Curly Top
as Mrs. Denham
(1935)
The Gilded Lily
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
(1935)
Navy Wife
as Mrs. Louise Keats
(1935)
Metropolitan
as Grandma
(1935)
McFadden´s Flats
as Nora McFadden
(1935)
One More Spring
as Mary Sweeney
(1935)
Life Begins at Forty
as Ida Harris
(1935)
We're Only Human
as Mrs. Walsh
(1935)
Wig-Wag
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
(1934)
The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
(1934)
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
(1934)
Bright Eyes
as Mrs. Higgins
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
(1934)
Wonder Bar
as Baroness (uncredited)
(1934)
One Night of Love
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
(1934)
Finishing School
as Maude (uncredited)
(1934)
The White Parade
as Sailor
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Gladys - the Wife
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Mrs. McGowan
(1934)
Fashions of 1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
(1934)
Desirable
as Frederick's Mother
(1934)
Blind Date
as Ma Taylor
(1934)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Landlady
(1934)
Tomorrow's Youth
as Mary O'Brien
(1934)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. O'Day
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Mrs. O'Keefe
(1934)
Once to Every Woman
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
(1934)
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
(1934)
David Harum
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
(1934)
Embarrassing Moments
as Mrs. Stuckelberger
(1933)
Design for Living
as Curtis' Housekeeper
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Mrs. Lane
(1933)
Roman Scandals
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
(1933)
Child of Manhattan
as Mrs. McGonagle
(1933)
Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
(1933)
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
(1933)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Lind
(1933)
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
(1933)
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
(1933)
Before Dawn
as Mrs. Marble
(1933)
The Girl in 419
as Nurse Esmond
(1933)
Emergency Call
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
(1933)
Bed of Roses
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
(1933)
Air Hostess
as Ma Kearny
(1933)
King for a Night
as Mrs. Williams
(1933)
He Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Case
(1933)
Bondage
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
(1932)
Back Street
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
(1932)
Young America
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
(1932)
Hot Saturday
as Mrs. Brock
(1932)
Women Won't Tell
as Mrs. Walter Robinson
(1932)
Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Alice's Aunt
(1931)
Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglas
(1931)
Ladies of the Big House
as Mrs. Turner
(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)
Hypocrites
as Madam (uncredited)
(1915)
The Rug Maker's Daughter
as Mrs. Van Buren
(1915)
The Goose Girl
as Irma
(1915)
After Five
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
(1914)
The Rose of the Rancho
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
(1914)
Brewster's Millions
as Mrs. Dan De Mille
(1914)
Ready Money
as Mrs. Tyler
(1914)
The Only Son
as Mrs. Brainerd
(1914)
The Master Mind
as Milwaukee Sadie