
Jane Darwell
Known for Acting · 184 credits
- Born
- 1879-10-15
- Died
- 1967-08-13
- Place of birth
- Palmyra, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Patti Woodard
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jane Darwell 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
TV Shows (13)

Lassie
1954

Climax!
1954
as B. Cool / Mrs. Koestler

Maverick
1957
as Mrs. Knowles

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mamie Carnation

Matinee Theater
1955

Studio One
1948
as Anna - Maid

Burke's Law
1963
as Mrs. Leah Mulligan

The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Mama Mumby

Studio 57
1954

Cavalcade of America
1952
as Minna

Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Lena

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954

Letter to Loretta
1953
as Irene Townsend
Movies (171)

Gone with the Wind
1939
as Mrs. Merriwether

Mary Poppins
1964
as Bird Woman

The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Ma Joad

Finishing School
1934
as Maude (uncredited)

3 Godfathers
1948
as Miss Florie

Bright Eyes
1934
as Mrs. Higgins

My Darling Clementine
1946
as Kate Nelson

Hypocrites
1915
as Madam (uncredited)

Curly Top
1935
as Mrs. Denham

Jesse James
1939
as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

Caged
1950
as Isolation Matron

Young America
1932
as School Teacher (Uncredited)

The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Ma Grier

Heat Lightning
1934
as Gladys

All That Money Can Buy
1941
as Ma Stone

Private Number
1936
as Mrs. Frisby

After Five
1915
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

Red Canyon
1949
as Aunt Jane

Wagon Master
1950
as Sister Ledyard

Slave Ship
1937
as Mrs. Marlowe

Tom Sawyer
1930
as Widow Douglas

Embarrassing Moments
1934
as Mrs. Stuckelberger

Bondage
1933
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

Prima Donna
1956
as Lena

Surrender
1950
as Molly Hale

Government Girl
1943
as Miss Trask (uncredited)

The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
as Nurse Sarah Keats

Emergency Call
1933
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)

Only Yesterday
1933
as Mrs. Lane

All Through the Night
1942
as Mrs. Donahue

Paddy O'Day
1936
as Dora

The Scarlet Empress
1934
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

We're Not Married!
1952
as Mrs. Bush

The Bigamist
1953
as Mrs. Connelley

Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Miss Hutchins

There's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Mme Rogers

Ann Vickers
1933
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

Young America
1942
as Grandmother Nora Campbell

Dangerously Yours
1937
as Aunt Cynthia Barton

Desirable
1934
as Frederick's Mother

I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Mrs. Patterson

Back Street
1932
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Jane Darwell

Wonder Bar
1934
as Baroness (uncredited)

It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Mrs. Spatch

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
as Mrs. Murphy

Brigham Young
1940
as Eliza Kent

The Gilded Lily
1935
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

Hot Saturday
1932
as Mrs. Brock

The Rains Came
1939
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley

Hit the Deck
1955
as Jenny

Design for Living
1933
as Curtis' Housekeeper

Three Husbands
1950
as Mrs. Wurdeman

Fifty Roads to Town
1937
as Mrs. Henry

The Rose of the Rancho
1914
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

The Battle of Midway
1942
as Narrator (voice)

Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Landlady

The Last Hurrah
1958
as Delia

The Jury's Secret
1938
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

Untamed
1940
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

David Harum
1934
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

Murders in the Zoo
1933
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)

The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Aurora Ratchitt

Tender Comrade
1944
as Mrs. Henderson

One Night of Love
1934
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

Huckleberry Finn
1931
as Widow Douglas

The Singing Marine
1937
as Ma Marine

Five of a Kind
1938
as Nurse Waldron

On the Sunny Side
1942
as Annie

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Mrs. Krueger

The Past of Mary Holmes
1933

The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan

The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Aunt Emma Forrester

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986
as (archive footage)

White Fang
1936
as Maud Mahoney

Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Tugboat Annie

Excuse My Dust
1951
as Mrs. Belden

Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Mrs. Turner

Redwood Forest Trail
1950
as Hattie Hickory

Once to Every Woman
1934
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

Love Is News
1937
as Mrs. Flaherty

Air Hostess
1933
as Ma Kearny

Roman Scandals
1933
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

Blind Date
1934
as Ma Taylor

Girls in Prison
1956
as Matron Jamieson

The Red Stallion
1947
as Aggie Curtis

Poor Little Rich Girl
1936
as Woodward

Change of Heart
1938
as Mrs. Thompson

Before Dawn
1933
as Mrs. Marble

Chad Hanna
1940
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

Men of Texas
1942
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

Captain January
1936
as Mrs. Eliza Croft

Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Glory Bradford

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Aunt Emma Forrester

Fashions of 1934
1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

Thieves Fall Out
1941
as Grandma Allen

Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Craig's Wife
1936
as Mrs. Harold

Journey Into Light
1951
as Mack
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Aunt Ella

Affair with a Stranger
1953
as Ma Stanton

20,000 Men a Year
1939
as Mrs. Allen

The Second Face
1950
as Mrs. Lockridge

Inside Story
1939
as Aunt Mary Perkins

One More Spring
1935
as Mary Sweeney

Battle of Broadway
1938
as Mrs. Rogers

The Zero Hour
1939
as Sophie

King for a Night
1933
as Mrs. Williams

The Country Doctor
1936
as Mrs. Graham

Three Blind Mice
1938
as Mrs. Kilian

The Goose Girl
1915
as Irma

A Life at Stake
1955
as Landlady

Tomorrow's Youth
1934
as Mary O'Brien

Bed of Roses
1933
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
as Mariah Clemm

The Girl in 419
1933
as Nurse Esmond

Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

He Couldn't Take It
1933
as Mrs. Case

Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Grandma Wilson

Life Begins at Forty
1935
as Ida Harris
About Jane Darwell
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. With 184 credits spanning from 1914 to 1986, Jane Darwell has appeared in 171 films and 13 TV shows.
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- Gone with the Wind (1939) — as Mrs. Merriwether
- Mary Poppins (1964) — as Bird Woman
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Ma Joad
- Finishing School (1934) — as Maude (uncredited)
- 3 Godfathers (1948) — as Miss Florie
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