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)
Journey Into Light
as Mack
(1951)
The Lemon Drop Kid
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
(1951)
Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Belden
(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)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Mrs. Murphy
(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)
Music in Manhattan
as Mrs. Pearson
(1944)
The Impatient Years
as Minister's wife
(1944)
Tender Comrade
as Mrs. Henderson
(1944)
She's a Sweetheart
as Mom
(1944)
Reckless Age
as Mrs. Connors
(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)
The Battle of Midway
as Narrator (voice)
(1942)
All Through the Night
as Mrs. Donahue
(1942)
On the Sunny Side
as Annie
(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)
Men of Texas
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
(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)
20,000 Men a Year
as Mrs. Allen
(1939)
Unexpected Father
as Mrs. Callahan
(1939)
Miracle on Main Street
as Mrs. Herman
(1939)
Inside Story
as Aunt Mary Perkins
(1939)
Grand Jury Secrets
as Mrs. Keefe
(1939)
The Zero Hour
as Sophie
(1938)
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Hutchins
(1938)
Five of a Kind
as Nurse Waldron
(1938)
Time Out for Murder
as Polly, Helen's supervisor
(1938)
Three Blind Mice
as Mrs. Kilian
(1938)
The Jury's Secret
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
(1938)
Up the River
as Mrs. Graham
(1938)
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Thompson
(1938)
Battle of Broadway
as Mrs. Rogers
(1937)
Dangerously Yours
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
(1937)
Love Is News
as Mrs. Flaherty
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Mrs. Marlowe
(1937)
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Mrs. Krueger
(1937)
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
(1937)
Fifty Roads to Town
as Mrs. Henry
(1937)
The Singing Marine
as Ma Marine
(1937)
Lest We Forget
as Archive Footage
(1937)
The Great Hospital Mystery
as Nurse Sarah Keats
(1936)
White Fang
as Maud Mahoney
(1936)
Captain January
as Mrs. Eliza Croft
(1936)
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Harold
(1936)
Private Number
as Mrs. Frisby
(1936)
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Woodward
(1936)
Laughing at Trouble
as Glory Bradford
(1936)
Little Miss Nobody
as Eva Bradley
(1936)
Paddy O'Day
as Dora
(1936)
The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Graham
(1936)
The First Baby
as Mrs. Ellis
(1936)
Star for a Night
as Mrs. Martha Lind
(1935)
The Gilded Lily
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
(1935)
Curly Top
as Mrs. Denham
(1935)
Life Begins at Forty
as Ida Harris
(1935)
One More Spring
as Mary Sweeney
(1935)
Navy Wife
as Mrs. Louise Keats
(1935)
We're Only Human
as Mrs. Walsh
(1935)
Metropolitan
as Grandma
(1935)
McFadden´s Flats
as Nora McFadden
(1935)
Wig-Wag
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
(1934)
The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
(1934)
One Night of Love
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
(1934)
Finishing School
as Maude (uncredited)
(1934)
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
(1934)
Fashions of 1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
(1934)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Landlady
(1934)
Journal of a Crime
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
(1934)
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
(1934)
Bright Eyes
as Mrs. Higgins
(1934)
Wonder Bar
as Baroness (uncredited)
(1934)
The White Parade
as Sailor
(1934)
Desirable
as Frederick's Mother
(1934)
Change of Heart
as Mrs. McGowan
(1934)
Heat Lightning
as Gladys - the Wife
(1934)
Million Dollar Ransom
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
(1934)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. O'Day
(1934)
David Harum
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
(1934)
Once to Every Woman
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
(1934)
Blind Date
as Ma Taylor
(1934)
Embarrassing Moments
as Mrs. Stuckelberger
(1934)
Let's Talk It Over
as Mrs. O'Keefe
(1934)
Tomorrow's Youth
as Mary O'Brien
(1933)
Design for Living
as Curtis' Housekeeper
(1933)
Only Yesterday
as Mrs. Lane
(1933)
Emergency Call
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
(1933)
Bed of Roses
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
(1933)
The Girl in 419
as Nurse Esmond
(1933)
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
(1933)
Roman Scandals
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
(1933)
Air Hostess
as Ma Kearny
(1933)
Before Dawn
as Mrs. Marble
(1933)
Child of Manhattan
as Mrs. McGonagle
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
(1933)
Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
(1933)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Lind
(1933)
(1933)
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
(1933)
King for a Night
as Mrs. Williams
(1933)
Bondage
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
(1933)
He Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Case
(1932)
Back Street
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
(1932)
Young America
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
(1932)
Hot Saturday
as Mrs. Brock
(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)
The Goose Girl
as Irma
(1915)
The Rug Maker's Daughter
as Mrs. Van Buren
(1915)
After Five
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
(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