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)
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)
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)
It Started with Eve
as Nurse
(1941)
The Big Store
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
(1941)
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Mrs. Williams
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
(1941)
The Get-Away
as Mrs. Higgins
(1941)
Private Nurse
as Miss Phillips
(1941)
The Nurse's Secret
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
(1940)
North West Mounted Police
as Mrs. Burns
(1940)
Dreaming Out Loud
as Jessica Spencer
(1940)
Alice in Movieland
as Grandmother
(1940)
Tomboy
as Aunt Martha
(1940)
Youth Will Be Served
as Miss Bradshaw
(1939)
The Wizard of Oz
as Auntie Em
(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Mrs. Borst
(1939)
Swanee River
as Mrs. Griffin
(1939)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
(1939)
The Star Maker
as Miss Esther Jones
(1938)
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Polly
(1938)
Swing, Sister, Swing
as Ma Sisler
(1938)
Professor Beware
as Mrs. Green - Landlady
(1938)
Crime Ring
as Phoebe Sawyer
(1938)
My Old Kentucky Home
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
(1937)
A Star Is Born
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
(1937)
Small Town Boy
as Mrs. Armstrong
(1937)
Her Husband's Secretary
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
(1937)
The Road Back
as Willy's Mother
(1937)
You Can't Have Everything
as Townswoman (uncredited)
(1937)
Wings Over Honolulu
as Evie Curtis
(1936)
Anthony Adverse
as Mrs. Jorham
(1936)
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Louisa Abbott
(1936)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Gaptown Landlady
(1936)
Hearts Divided
as Aunt Ellen
(1936)
Make Way for a Lady
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
(1936)
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Mary F. O'Daugherty
(1936)
In His Steps
as Martha Adams
(1935)
The Winning Ticket
as Aunt Maggie
(1935)
Transient Lady
as Eva Branham
(1935)
Party Wire
as Mathilda Sherman
(1935)
Straight from the Heart
as Mrs. Anderson
(1934)
Broadway Bill
as Mrs. Peterson
(1934)
The Girl from Missouri
as Miss Newberry
(1934)
Jealousy
as Mrs. Douglas
(1934)
Harold Teen
as Ma Lovewell
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Delling
(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 Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
(1933)
Child of Manhattan
as Aunt Sophie
(1933)
Ever in My Heart
as Anna, the Cook
(1933)
The Mind Reader
as Auntie (uncredited)
(1933)
Turn Back the Clock
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
(1933)
Going Hollywood
as Ms. Perkins
(1933)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Minerva Winterslip
(1932)
Three on a Match
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
(1932)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
(1932)
Life Begins
as Mrs. West
(1932)
Shopworn
as Mrs. Helen Livingston
(1932)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
(1932)
The Wet Parade
as Mrs. Tarleton
(1932)
Rockabye
as Brida
(1931)
Possessed
as Mrs. Martin
(1931)
Murder at Midnight
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
(1931)
Laughing Sinners
as Salvation Army Woman
(1931)
Inspiration
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
(1931)
The Easiest Way
as Agnes Murdock
(1931)
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Aunt Abbie
(1931)
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
(1931)
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Mrs. Layton
(1931)
Daybreak
as Frau Hoffman
(1931)
It's a Wise Child
as Mrs. Stanton
(1931)
I Take This Woman
as Ranch Wife
(1931)
Bought!
as Mrs. Sprig
(1931)
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. Mason
(1930)
Romance
as Abigail Armstrong
(1930)
The Girl Said No
as Mrs. Ward
(1930)
The Sins of the Children
as Martha Wagenkampf
(1930)
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
(1930)
Burning Up
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
(1930)
Poor Aubrey
as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
(1930)
The Last of the Duanes
as Mrs. Duane
(1930)
Men Are Like That
as Ma Fisher
(1929)
Wise Girls
as Mrs. Bence
(1916)
The Stolen Triumph
as Mrs. Rowley
(1915)
The Cabaret Singer
as Mrs. Denton