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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
My Darling Clementine
(1946)
Kate Nelson
The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Ma Joad
The Ox-Bow Incident
(1943)
Ma Grier
Jesse James
(1939)
Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
Design for Living
(1933)
Curtis' Housekeeper
The Bigamist
(1953)
Mrs. Connelley
Caged
(1950)
Isolation Matron
Chad Hanna
(1940)
Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
3 Godfathers
(1948)
Miss Florie
Wagon Master
(1950)
Sister Ledyard
The Last Hurrah
(1958)
Delia
The Rains Came
(1939)
Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Ann Vickers
(1933)
Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
Dangerously Yours
(1937)
Aunt Cynthia Barton
Full Filmography
Acting
Ready Money
(1914)
Mrs. Tyler
The Rose of the Rancho
(1914)
Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
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
Women Won't Tell
(1932)
Mrs. Walter Robinson
Washington Merry-Go-Round
(1932)
Alice's Aunt
Back Street
(1932)
Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
Hot Saturday
(1932)
Mrs. Brock
Young America
(1932)
School Teacher (Uncredited)
Before Dawn
(1933)
Mrs. Marble
Emergency Call
(1933)
Nurse Brown (uncredited)
One Sunday Afternoon
(1933)
Mrs. Lind
King for a Night
(1933)
Mrs. Williams
The Girl in 419
(1933)
Nurse Esmond
Air Hostess
(1933)
Ma Kearny
Only Yesterday
(1933)
Mrs. Lane
He Couldn't Take It
(1933)
Mrs. Case
Roman Scandals
(1933)
Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Bondage
(1933)
Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
Ann Vickers
(1933)
Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
The Past of Mary Holmes
(1933)
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
(1933)
Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
Jennie Gerhardt
(1933)
Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
Bed of Roses
(1933)
Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Design for Living
(1933)
Curtis' Housekeeper
Murders in the Zoo
(1933)
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan
(1933)
Mrs. McGonagle
The White Parade
(1934)
Sailor
Journal of a Crime
(1934)
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
The Scarlet Empress
(1934)
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Cross Country Cruise
(1934)
Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
Fashions of 1934
(1934)
Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
Embarrassing Moments
(1934)
Mrs. Stuckelberger
Finishing School
(1934)
Maude (uncredited)
Million Dollar Ransom
(1934)
Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
David Harum
(1934)
Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
Bright Eyes
(1934)
Mrs. Higgins
Blind Date
(1934)
Ma Taylor
Once to Every Woman
(1934)
Mrs. Wood
Tomorrow's Youth
(1934)
Mary O'Brien
Desirable
(1934)
Frederick's Mother
One Night of Love
(1934)
Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Most Precious Thing in Life
(1934)
Mrs. O'Day
Wonder Bar
(1934)
Baroness (uncredited)
Let's Talk It Over
(1934)
Mrs. O'Keefe
Change of Heart
(1934)
Mrs. Mc Gowan
Gentlemen Are Born
(1934)
Landlady
Happiness Ahead
(1934)
Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
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
Metropolitan
(1935)
Grandma
We're Only Human
(1935)
Mrs. Walsh
White Fang
(1936)
Maud Mahoney
Little Miss Nobody
(1936)
Eva Bradley
Paddy O'Day
(1936)
Dora
Craig's Wife
(1936)
Mrs. Harold
Captain January
(1936)
Mrs. Eliza Croft
Private Number
(1936)
Mrs. Frisby
Star for a Night
(1936)
Mrs. Martha Lind
Laughing at Trouble
(1936)
Glory Bradford
The First Baby
(1936)
Mrs. Ellis
Poor Little Rich Girl
(1936)
Woodward
The Country Doctor
(1936)
Mrs. Graham
Slave Ship
(1937)
Mrs. Marlowe
Dangerously Yours
(1937)
Aunt Cynthia Barton
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
(1937)
Mrs. Mary Flaherty
Love Is News
(1937)
Mrs. Flaherty
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
(1937)
Mrs. Krueger
Fifty Roads to Town
(1937)
Mrs. Henry
The Great Hospital Mystery
(1937)
Nurse Sarah Keats
The Singing Marine
(1937)
Ma Marine
Battle Of Broadway
(1938)
Mrs. Rogers
Five of a Kind
(1938)
Nurse Waldron
Time Out for Murder
(1938)
Polly, Helen's supervisor
Three Blind Mice
(1938)
Mrs. Kilian
Change of Heart
(1938)
Mrs. Thompson
Little Miss Broadway
(1938)
Miss Hutchins
The Jury's Secret
(1938)
Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
Jesse James
(1939)
Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
Unexpected Father
(1939)
Mrs. Callahan
20,000 Men a Year
(1939)
Mrs. Allen
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
Mrs. Merriwether
Grand Jury Secrets
(1939)
Mrs. Keefe
Miracle on Main Street
(1939)
Mrs. Herman
The Rains Came
(1939)
Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Inside Story
(1939)
Aunt Mary Perkins
The Zero Hour
(1939)
Sophie
Chad Hanna
(1940)
Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
Brigham Young
(1940)
Eliza Kent
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
The Great Gildersleeve
(1942)
Aunt Emma Forrester
Men of Texas
(1942)
Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
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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