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Jane Darwell

Born
October 13, 1879
Died
August 13, 1967
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Known For
Mary Poppins
(1964)
Bird Woman
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Mrs. Merriwether
Caged
(1950)
Isolation Matron
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Kate Nelson
The Bigamist
(1953)
Mrs. Connelley
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Ma Joad
Jesse James
(1939)
Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Ma Grier
Design for Living
(1933)
Curtis' Housekeeper
Wagon Master
(1950)
Sister Ledyard
3 Godfathers
(1948)
Miss Florie
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Delia
The Battle of Midway
(1942)
Narrator (voice)
The Scarlet Empress
(1934)
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Brigham Young
(1940)
Eliza Kent
Chad Hanna
(1940)
Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
Full Filmography
Acting
The Rose of the Rancho
(1914)
Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
Ready Money
(1914)
Mrs. Tyler
Hypocrites
(1915)
Madam (uncredited)
The Goose Girl
(1915)
Irma
The Rug Maker's Daughter
(1915)
Mrs. Van Buren
The Restless Sex
(1920)
Housekeeper (uncredited)
Little Church Around the Corner
(1923)
Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
Tom Sawyer
(1930)
Widow Douglas
Ladies of the Big House
(1931)
Mrs. Turner
Huckleberry Finn
(1931)
Widow Douglas
Washington Merry-Go-Round
(1932)
Alice's Aunt
Back Street
(1932)
Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
Women Won't Tell
(1932)
Mrs. Walter Robinson
Young America
(1932)
School Teacher (Uncredited)
Hot Saturday
(1932)
Mrs. Brock
Before Dawn
(1933)
Mrs. Marble
Emergency Call
(1933)
Nurse Brown (uncredited)
He Couldn't Take It
(1933)
Mrs. Case
King for a Night
(1933)
Mrs. Williams
The Girl in 419
(1933)
Nurse Esmond
Air Hostess
(1933)
Ma Kearny
Only Yesterday
(1933)
Mrs. Lane
One Sunday Afternoon
(1933)
Mrs. Lind
Roman Scandals
(1933)
Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Ann Vickers
(1933)
Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
The Past of Mary Holmes
(1933)
Jennie Gerhardt
(1933)
Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
Bondage
(1933)
Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
(1933)
Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
Murders in the Zoo
(1933)
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Design for Living
(1933)
Curtis' Housekeeper
Bed of Roses
(1933)
Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan
(1933)
Mrs. McGonagle
The White Parade
(1934)
Sailor
Journal of a Crime
(1934)
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Cross Country Cruise
(1934)
Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
Desirable
(1934)
Frederick's Mother
Fashions of 1934
(1934)
Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
Embarrassing Moments
(1934)
Mrs. Stuckelberger
Gentlemen Are Born
(1934)
Landlady
Happiness Ahead
(1934)
Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
David Harum
(1934)
Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
Bright Eyes
(1934)
Mrs. Higgins
The Scarlet Empress
(1934)
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Once to Every Woman
(1934)
Mrs. Wood
Tomorrow's Youth
(1934)
Mary O'Brien
Finishing School
(1934)
Maude (uncredited)
Blind Date
(1934)
Ma Taylor
Million Dollar Ransom
(1934)
Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
Let's Talk It Over
(1934)
Mrs. O'Keefe
Wonder Bar
(1934)
Baroness (uncredited)
One Night of Love
(1934)
Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Change of Heart
(1934)
Mrs. Mc Gowan
Most Precious Thing in Life
(1934)
Mrs. O'Day
Heat Lightning
(1934)
Gladys - the Wife
One More Spring
(1935)
Mary Sweeney
Wig-Wag
(1935)
Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
Curly Top
(1935)
Mrs. Denham
McFadden´s Flats
(1935)
Nora McFadden
Navy Wife
(1935)
Mrs. Louise Keats
Life Begins at Forty
(1935)
Ida Harris
We're Only Human
(1935)
Mrs. Walsh
Metropolitan
(1935)
Grandma
Craig's Wife
(1936)
Mrs. Harold
Little Miss Nobody
(1936)
Eva Bradley
Paddy O'Day
(1936)
Dora
Captain January
(1936)
Mrs. Eliza Croft
Poor Little Rich Girl
(1936)
Woodward
Star for a Night
(1936)
Mrs. Martha Lind
The First Baby
(1936)
Mrs. Ellis
Laughing at Trouble
(1936)
Glory Bradford
Private Number
(1936)
Mrs. Frisby
White Fang
(1936)
Maud Mahoney
The Country Doctor
(1936)
Mrs. Graham
Slave Ship
(1937)
Mrs. Marlowe
Dangerously Yours
(1937)
Aunt Cynthia Barton
Love Is News
(1937)
Mrs. Flaherty
The Great Hospital Mystery
(1937)
Nurse Sarah Keats
Fifty Roads to Town
(1937)
Mrs. Henry
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
(1937)
Mrs. Krueger
The Singing Marine
(1937)
Ma Marine
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
(1937)
Mrs. Mary Flaherty
Battle Of Broadway
(1938)
Mrs. Rogers
Five of a Kind
(1938)
Nurse Waldron
Time Out for Murder
(1938)
Polly, Helen's supervisor
Little Miss Broadway
(1938)
Miss Hutchins
Change of Heart
(1938)
Mrs. Thompson
Three Blind Mice
(1938)
Mrs. Kilian
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
Jesse James
(1939)
Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
Unexpected Father
(1939)
Mrs. Callahan
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Mrs. Merriwether
Grand Jury Secrets
(1939)
Mrs. Keefe
20,000 Men a Year
(1939)
Mrs. Allen
Miracle on Main Street
(1939)
Mrs. Herman
The Zero Hour
(1939)
Sophie
The Rains Came
(1939)
Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Inside Story
(1939)
Aunt Mary Perkins
Brigham Young
(1940)
Eliza Kent
Chad Hanna
(1940)
Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Ma Joad
Youth Will Be Served
(1940)
Supervisor Stormer
Untamed
(1940)
Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
Thieves Fall Out
(1941)
Grandma Allen
All That Money Can Buy
(1941)
Ma Stone
Private Nurse
(1941)
Miss Adams
Small Town Deb
(1941)
Katie
Young America
(1942)
Grandmother Nora Campbell
On the Sunny Side
(1942)
Annie
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
(1942)
Mariah Clemm
Highways by Night
(1942)
Grandma Fogarty
Men of Texas
(1942)
Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
The Great Gildersleeve
(1942)
Aunt Emma Forrester
The Battle of Midway
(1942)
Narrator (voice)
All Through the Night
(1942)
Mrs. Donahue
It Happened in Flatbush
(1942)
Mrs. Maguire
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
(1943)
Aunt Emma Forrester
Government Girl
(1943)
Miss Trask (uncredited)
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Ma Grier
Family Feud
(1943)
The Mother
Stage Door Canteen
(1943)
Jane Darwell
The Impatient Years
(1944)
Minister's wife
Music in Manhattan
(1944)
Mrs. Pearson
Tender Comrade
(1944)
Mrs. Henderson
Reckless Age
(1944)
Mrs. Connors
She's a Sweetheart
(1944)
Mom
Captain Tugboat Annie
(1945)
Tugboat Annie
I Live in Grosvenor Square
(1945)
Mrs. Patterson
The Dark Horse
(1946)
Aunt Hattie
Three Wise Fools
(1946)
Sister Mary Brigid
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Kate Nelson
The Red Stallion
(1947)
Aggie Curtis
Keeper of the Bees
(1947)
Mrs. Ferris
Train to Alcatraz
(1948)
Aunt Ella
3 Godfathers
(1948)
Miss Florie
Red Canyon
(1949)
Aunt Jane
Redwood Forest Trail
(1950)
Hattie Hickory
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
(1950)
Mrs. Murphy
The Second Face
(1950)
Mrs. Lockridge
Wagon Master
(1950)
Sister Ledyard
Caged
(1950)
Isolation Matron
Father's Wild Game
(1950)
Minerva Bobbin
Three Husbands
(1950)
Mrs. Wurdeman
Surrender
(1950)
Molly Hale
Journey Into Light
(1951)
Mack
The Lemon Drop Kid
(1951)
'Nellie Thursday' Regan
Excuse My Dust
(1951)
Mrs. Belden
We're Not Married!
(1952)
Mrs. Bush
The Sun Shines Bright
(1953)
Aurora Ratchitt
Affair with a Stranger
(1953)
Ma Stanton
The Bigamist
(1953)
Mrs. Connelley
It Happens Every Thursday
(1953)
Mrs. Spatch
Hit the Deck
(1955)
Jenny
A Life at Stake
(1955)
Landlady
Girls in Prison
(1956)
Matron Jamieson
There's Always Tomorrow
(1956)
Mme Rogers
The Greer Case
(1957)
Annie Jackson
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Delia
Hound-Dog Man
(1959)
Grandma Wilson
Mary Poppins
(1964)
Bird Woman
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
(1986)
(archive footage)
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