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
(1995)
The Dark Side of Oz
as Auntie Em (archive footage)
(1950)
Key to the City
as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
(1950)
Riding High
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
(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)
She-Wolf of London
as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
(1946)
A Stolen Life
as Martha
(1946)
People Are Funny
as Grandma Wilson
(1946)
Claudia and David
as Mrs. Barry
(1946)
So Goes My Love
as Mrs. Meade
(1945)
Frontier Gal
as Abigail
(1945)
Pillow of Death
as Belle Kincaid
(1944)
Can't Help Singing
as Aunt Cissy
(1944)
Shadow of Suspicion
as Mother Randall
(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)
Road to Morocco
as Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)
(1942)
(1942)
Lady in a Jam
as Tourist (uncredited)
(1941)
The Big Store
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
(1941)
It Started with Eve
as Nurse
(1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Mrs. Williams
(1941)
The Get-Away
as Mrs. Higgins
(1941)
The Nurse's Secret
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
(1941)
Private Nurse
as Miss Phillips
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Mrs. Burns
(1940)
Alice in Movieland
as Grandmother
(1940)
Youth Will Be Served
as Miss Bradshaw
(1940)
Tomboy
as Aunt Martha
(1940)
Dreaming Out Loud
as Jessica Spencer
(1939)
The Wizard of Oz
as Auntie Em
(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Mrs. Borst
(1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
(1939)
Swanee River
as Mrs. Griffin
(1939)
The Star Maker
as Miss Esther Jones
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Mrs. Green - Landlady
(1938)
Crime Ring
as Phoebe Sawyer
(1938)
My Old Kentucky Home
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
(1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Polly
(1938)
Swing, Sister, Swing
as Ma Sisler
(1937)
A Star Is Born
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
(1937)
Small Town Boy
as Mrs. Armstrong
(1937)
The Road Back
as Willy's Mother
(1937)
Wings Over Honolulu
as Evie Curtis
(1937)
You Can't Have Everything
as Townswoman (uncredited)
(1937)
Her Husband's Secretary
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Mrs. Jorham
(1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Gaptown Landlady
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Louisa Abbott
(1936)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Mary F. O'Daugherty
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Aunt Ellen
(1936)
Make Way for a Lady
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
(1936)
In His Steps
as Martha Adams
(1935)
The Winning Ticket
as Aunt Maggie
(1935)
Straight from the Heart
as Mrs. Anderson
(1935)
Transient Lady
as Eva Branham
(1935)
Party Wire
as Mathilda Sherman
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Delling
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
as Miss Newberry
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Mrs. Peterson
(1934)
Jealousy
as Mrs. Douglas
(1934)
Harold Teen
as Ma Lovewell
(1934)
As the Earth Turns
as Cora
(1934)
Beloved
as Miss Murfee
(1934)
Fugitive Lady
as Aunt Margaret
(1934)
The Show-Off
as Mrs. 'Ma'
(1933)
Three-Cornered Moon
as Landlady
(1933)
Ever in My Heart
as Anna, the Cook
(1933)
Turn Back the Clock
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
(1933)
Child of Manhattan
as Aunt Sophie
(1933)
The Mind Reader
as Auntie (uncredited)
(1933)
Going Hollywood
as Ms. Perkins
(1933)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Minerva Winterslip
(1932)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Mrs. Tarleton
(1932)
Shopworn
as Mrs. Helen Livingston
(1932)
Life Begins
as Mrs. West
(1932)
Rockabye
as Brida
(1932)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
(1931)
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Aunt Abbie
(1931)
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
(1931)
Possessed
as Mrs. Martin
(1931)
Inspiration
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
(1931)
Murder at Midnight
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
(1931)
Laughing Sinners
as Salvation Army Woman
(1931)
Bought!
as Mrs. Sprig
(1931)
It's a Wise Child
as Mrs. Stanton
(1931)
The Easiest Way
as Agnes Murdock
(1931)
Daybreak
as Frau Hoffman
(1931)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Mrs. Layton
(1931)
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. Mason
(1931)
I Take This Woman
as Ranch Wife
(1930)
Romance
as Abigail Armstrong
(1930)
The Girl Said No
as Mrs. Ward
(1930)
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
(1930)
The Sins of the Children
as Martha Wagenkampf
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Mrs. Duane
(1930)
Burning Up
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
(1930)
Men Are Like That
as Ma Fisher
(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