Clara Blandick
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1876-06-04
Day of Death
1962-04-15 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Onboard American ship in Hong Kong
Clara Blandick
Biography
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
Acting
(1950)
Riding High
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1950)
Key to the City
as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
(1949)
Mr. Soft Touch
as Susan Balmuss
(1948)
The Bride Goes Wild
as Aunt Pewtie
(1947)
Life with Father
as Miss Wiggins
(1947)
Philo Vance Returns
as Stella Blendon
(1946)
So Goes My Love
as Mrs. Meade
(1946)
Claudia and David
as Mrs. Barry
(1946)
She-Wolf of London
as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
(1946)
People Are Funny
as Grandma Wilson
(1946)
A Stolen Life
as Martha
(1945)
Pillow of Death
as Belle Kincaid
(1945)
Frontier Gal
as Abigail
(1944)
Shadow of Suspicion
as Mother Randall
(1944)
Can't Help Singing
as Aunt Cissy
(1943)
Heaven Can Wait
as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
as Woman on Train (uncredited)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Tourist (uncredited)
(1942)
Road to Morocco
as Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)
(1942)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
(1941)
The Get-Away
as Mrs. Higgins
(1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Mrs. Williams
(1941)
The Nurse's Secret
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
(1941)
It Started with Eve
as Nurse
(1941)
Private Nurse
as Miss Phillips
(1941)
The Big Store
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
(1940)
Dreaming Out Loud
as Jessica Spencer
(1940)
Youth Will Be Served
as Miss Bradshaw
(1940)
Tomboy
as Aunt Martha
(1940)
Alice in Movieland
as Grandmother
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Mrs. Burns
(1939)
The Wizard of Oz
as Auntie Em
(1939)
Swanee River
as Mrs. Griffin
(1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Mrs. Borst
(1939)
The Star Maker
as Miss Esther Jones
(1938)
Crime Ring
as Phoebe Sawyer
(1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Polly
(1938)
My Old Kentucky Home
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Mrs. Green - Landlady
(1938)
Swing, Sister, Swing
as Ma Sisler
(1937)
Wings Over Honolulu
as Evie Curtis
(1937)
The Road Back
as Willy's Mother
(1937)
A Star Is Born
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
(1937)
Small Town Boy
as Mrs. Armstrong
(1937)
You Can't Have Everything
as Townswoman (uncredited)
(1937)
Her Husband's Secretary
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
(1936)
In His Steps
as Martha Adams
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Aunt Ellen
(1936)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Mary F. O'Daugherty
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Mrs. Jorham
(1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Gaptown Landlady
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Louisa Abbott
(1936)
Make Way for a Lady
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
(1935)
The Winning Ticket
as Aunt Maggie
(1935)
Party Wire
as Mathilda Sherman
(1935)
Straight from the Heart
as Mrs. Anderson
(1935)
Transient Lady
as Eva Branham
(1934)
As the Earth Turns
as Cora
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Mrs. Peterson
(1934)
Jealousy
as Mrs. Douglas
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Delling
(1934)
Beloved
as Miss Murfee
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
as Miss Newberry
(1934)
Fugitive Lady
as Aunt Margaret
(1934)
Harold Teen
as Ma Lovewell
(1934)
The Show-Off
as Mrs. 'Ma'
(1933)
Child of Manhattan
as Aunt Sophie
(1933)
Three Cornered Moon
as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
(1933)
Going Hollywood
as Ms. Perkins
(1933)
The Mind Reader
as Auntie (uncredited)
(1933)
Turn Back the Clock
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
(1933)
Ever in My Heart
as Anna, the Cook
(1933)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Minerva Winterslip
(1932)
Life Begins
as Mrs. West
(1932)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
(1932)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
(1932)
Rockabye
as Brida
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Mrs. Tarleton
(1932)
Shopworn
as Mrs. Helen Livingston
(1931)
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
(1931)
Daybreak
as Frau Hoffman
(1931)
The Easiest Way
as Agnes Murdock
(1931)
Laughing Sinners
as Salvation Army Woman
(1931)
Inspiration
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
(1931)
Murder at Midnight
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
(1931)
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Aunt Abbie
(1931)
Bought!
as Mrs. Sprig
(1931)
I Take This Woman
as Ranch Wife
(1931)
Possessed
as Mrs. Martin
(1931)
It's a Wise Child
as Mrs. Stanton
(1931)
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. Mason
(1931)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Mrs. Layton
(1930)
Romance
as Abigail Armstrong
(1930)
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Mrs. Duane
(1930)
The Girl Said No
as Mrs. Ward
(1930)
Men Are Like That
as Ma Fisher
(1930)
The Sins of the Children
as Martha Wagenkampf
(1930)
Burning Up
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
(1930)
Poor Aubrey
as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
(1929)
Wise Girls
as Mrs. Bence
(1916)
The Stolen Triumph
as Mrs. Rowley
(1915)
The Cabaret Singer
as Mrs. Denton