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)
Hit the Deck
as Jenny
(1955)
A Life at Stake
as Landlady
(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)
Wagon Master
as Sister Ledyard
(1950)
Caged
as Isolation Matron
(1950)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Mrs. Murphy
(1950)
The Second Face
as Mrs. Lockridge
(1950)
Three Husbands
as Mrs. Wurdeman
(1950)
Surrender
as Molly Hale
(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)
Three Wise Fools
as Sister Mary Brigid
(1946)
The Dark Horse
as Aunt Hattie
(1945)
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Mrs. Patterson
(1945)
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Tugboat Annie
(1944)
Tender Comrade
as Mrs. Henderson
(1944)
Reckless Age
as Mrs. Connors
(1944)
The Impatient Years
as Minister's wife
(1944)
She's a Sweetheart
as Mom
(1944)
Music in Manhattan
as Mrs. Pearson
(1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Ma Grier
(1943)
Stage Door Canteen
as Jane Darwell
(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)
Men of Texas
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
(1942)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mariah Clemm
(1942)
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Maguire
(1942)
Young America
as Grandmother Nora Campbell
(1942)
The Great Gildersleeve
as Aunt Emma Forrester
(1942)
On the Sunny Side
as Annie
(1942)
Highways by Night
as Grandma Fogarty
(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)
Untamed
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
(1940)
Youth Will Be Served
as Supervisor Stormer
(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)
Miracle on Main Street
as Mrs. Herman
(1939)
Unexpected Father
as Mrs. Callahan
(1939)
Inside Story
as Aunt Mary Perkins
(1939)
20,000 Men a Year
as Mrs. Allen
(1939)
The Zero Hour
as Sophie
(1939)
Grand Jury Secrets
as Mrs. Keefe
(1938)
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Hutchins
(1938)
Five of a Kind
as Nurse Waldron
(1938)
The Jury's Secret
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
(1938)
Three Blind Mice
as Mrs. Kilian
(1938)
Battle of Broadway
as Mrs. Rogers
(1938)
Time Out for Murder
as Polly, Helen's supervisor
(1938)
Up the River
as Mrs. Graham
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Thompson
(1937)
Dangerously Yours
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Mrs. Marlowe
(1937)
Love Is News
as Mrs. Flaherty
(1937)
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
(1937)
The Great Hospital Mystery
as Nurse Sarah Keats
(1937)
The Singing Marine
as Ma Marine
(1937)
Fifty Roads to Town
as Mrs. Henry
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Mrs. Krueger
(1937)
Lest We Forget
as Archive Footage
(1936)
White Fang
as Maud Mahoney
(1936)
Captain January
as Mrs. Eliza Croft
(1936)
Private Number
as Mrs. Frisby
(1936)
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Woodward
(1936)
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Harold
(1936)
Laughing at Trouble
as Glory Bradford
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Graham
(1936)
Star for a Night
as Mrs. Martha Lind
(1936)
Paddy O'Day
as Dora
(1936)
The First Baby
as Mrs. Ellis
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Eva Bradley
(1935)
Curly Top
as Mrs. Denham
(1935)
Navy Wife
as Mrs. Louise Keats
(1935)
One More Spring
as Mary Sweeney
(1935)
Life Begins at Forty
as Ida Harris
(1935)
Metropolitan
as Grandma
(1935)
Wig-Wag
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
(1935)
We're Only Human
as Mrs. Walsh
(1935)
McFadden´s Flats
as Nora McFadden
(1934)
The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
(1934)
Finishing School
as Maude (uncredited)
(1934)
One Night of Love
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
(1934)
Bright Eyes
as Mrs. Higgins
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Gladys - the Wife
(1934)
Fashions of 1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
(1934)
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
(1934)
Wonder Bar
as Baroness (uncredited)
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Mc Gowan
(1934)
Blind Date
as Ma Taylor
(1934)
David Harum
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
(1934)
Desirable
as Frederick's Mother
(1934)
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
(1934)
The White Parade
as Sailor
(1934)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Landlady
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Mrs. O'Keefe
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
(1934)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. O'Day
(1934)
Embarrassing Moments
as Mrs. Stuckelberger
(1934)
Once to Every Woman
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
(1934)
Tomorrow's Youth
as Mary O'Brien
(1933)
Design for Living
as Curtis' Housekeeper
(1933)
Roman Scandals
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Mrs. Lane
(1933)
Before Dawn
as Mrs. Marble
(1933)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Lind
(1933)
Emergency Call
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
(1933)
Air Hostess
as Ma Kearny
(1933)
Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
(1933)
King for a Night
as Mrs. Williams
(1933)
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
(1933)
Bondage
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
(1933)
The Girl in 419
as Nurse Esmond
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
(1933)
(1933)
Child of Manhattan
as Mrs. McGonagle
(1933)
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
(1933)
He Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Case
(1933)
Bed of Roses
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
(1932)
Hot Saturday
as Mrs. Brock
(1932)
Young America
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
(1932)
Back Street
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
(1932)
Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Alice's Aunt
(1932)
Women Won't Tell
as Mrs. Walter Robinson
(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)
After Five
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
(1915)
The Goose Girl
as Irma
(1915)
The Rug Maker's Daughter
as Mrs. Van Buren
(1914)
Ready Money
as Mrs. Tyler
(1914)
The Rose of the Rancho
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
(1914)
The Only Son
as Mrs. Brainerd