Jane Darwell

Known for: Acting

Born: 1879-10-15 – 1967-08-13 (aged 87)

From: Palmyra, Missouri, USA

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.

Filmography (184)

MOVIE★ 10.0
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.5
Mary Poppins
1964
as Bird Woman
TV★ 6.3
Burke's Law
1963
as Mrs. Leah Mulligan
TV★ 7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Mamie Carnation
MOVIE★ 4.7
Hound-Dog Man
1959
as Grandma Wilson
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Last Hurrah
1958
as Delia
TV★ 6.9
Maverick
1957
as Mrs. Knowles
MOVIE
Three Men on a Horse
1957
as Lady on Bus
MOVIE
The Greer Case
1957
as Annie Jackson
MOVIE★ 8.0
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956
as Mrs. Jacoby
MOVIE★ 4.5
Girls in Prison
1956
as Matron Jamieson
MOVIE
Prima Donna
1956
as Lena
MOVIE★ 7.2
There's Always Tomorrow
1956
as Mme Rogers
TV★ 5.3
Matinee Theater
1955
TV★ 7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Lena
MOVIE★ 5.3
A Life at Stake
1955
as Landlady
MOVIE★ 5.0
Hit the Deck
1955
as Jenny
TV★ 7.0
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
TV★ 3.8
Climax!
1954
as B. Cool
TV★ 7.5
Studio 57
1954
TV★ 6.3
Lassie
1954
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Bigamist
1953
as Mrs. Connelley
TV★ 6.6
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Irene Townsend
MOVIE★ 4.8
Affair with a Stranger
1953
as Ma Stanton
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Aurora Ratchitt
MOVIE★ 6.3
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Mrs. Spatch
TV★ 7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
as Mama Mumby
TV★ 4.6
Cavalcade of America
1952
as Minna
MOVIE★ 5.9
We're Not Married!
1952
as Mrs. Bush
MOVIE★ 6.5
Journey Into Light
1951
as Mack
MOVIE★ 7.8
Excuse My Dust
1951
as Mrs. Belden
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
MOVIE★ 8.0
Father's Wild Game
1950
as Minerva Bobbin
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Second Face
1950
as Mrs. Lockridge
MOVIE★ 5.4
Three Husbands
1950
as Mrs. Wurdeman
MOVIE★ 7.0
Redwood Forest Trail
1950
as Hattie Hickory
MOVIE★ 4.8
Surrender
1950
as Molly Hale
MOVIE★ 7.1
Caged
1950
as Isolation Matron
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950
as Mrs. Murphy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Wagon Master
1950
as Sister Ledyard
MOVIE★ 5.8
Red Canyon
1949
as Aunt Jane
MOVIE★ 6.8
3 Godfathers
1948
as Miss Florie
TV★ 5.4
Studio One
1948
as Anna - Maid
MOVIE★ 7.7
Train to Alcatraz
1948
as Aunt Ella
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Red Stallion
1947
as Aggie Curtis
MOVIE★ 10.0
Keeper of the Bees
1947
as Mrs. Ferris
MOVIE★ 7.5
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Kate Nelson
MOVIE★ 5.7
Three Wise Fools
1946
as Sister Mary Brigid
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Dark Horse
1946
as Aunt Hattie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Tugboat Annie
MOVIE★ 7.3
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945
as Mrs. Patterson
MOVIE★ 9.0
She's a Sweetheart
1944
as Mom
MOVIE★ 6.0
Music in Manhattan
1944
as Mrs. Pearson
MOVIE★ 6.4
The Impatient Years
1944
as Minister's wife
MOVIE★ 9.0
Reckless Age
1944
as Mrs. Connors
MOVIE★ 5.7
Tender Comrade
1944
as Mrs. Henderson
MOVIE★ 5.7
Government Girl
1943
as Miss Trask (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 10.0
Family Feud
1943
as The Mother
MOVIE★ 6.3
Stage Door Canteen
1943
as Jane Darwell
MOVIE★ 6.6
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
as Aunt Emma Forrester
MOVIE★ 7.7
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943
as Ma Grier
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Aunt Emma Forrester
MOVIE★ 7.3
Highways by Night
1942
as Grandma Fogarty
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Battle of Midway
1942
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942
as Mariah Clemm
MOVIE★ 9.0
Men of Texas
1942
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
MOVIE★ 5.4
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
as Mrs. Maguire
MOVIE★ 7.0
On the Sunny Side
1942
as Annie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Young America
1942
as Grandmother Nora Campbell
MOVIE★ 6.7
All Through the Night
1942
as Mrs. Donahue
MOVIE★ 6.5
Small Town Deb
1941
as Katie
MOVIE★ 7.0
All That Money Can Buy
1941
as Ma Stone
MOVIE★ 7.0
Private Nurse
1941
as Miss Adams
MOVIE★ 6.0
Thieves Fall Out
1941
as Grandma Allen
MOVIE★ 7.3
Chad Hanna
1940
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
MOVIE★ 4.0
Youth Will Be Served
1940
as Supervisor Stormer
MOVIE★ 4.6
Brigham Young
1940
as Eliza Kent
MOVIE★ 5.0
Untamed
1940
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
MOVIE★ 7.8
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Ma Joad
MOVIE★ 5.4
Miracle on Main Street
1939
as Mrs. Herman
MOVIE★ 7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Mrs. Merriwether
MOVIE★ 6.2
20,000 Men a Year
1939
as Mrs. Allen
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Rains Came
1939
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
MOVIE★ 7.0
Grand Jury Secrets
1939
as Mrs. Keefe
MOVIE★ 6.3
Unexpected Father
1939
as Mrs. Callahan
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Zero Hour
1939
as Sophie
MOVIE★ 9.0
Inside Story
1939
as Aunt Mary Perkins
MOVIE★ 6.5
Jesse James
1939
as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
MOVIE★ 10.0
Up the River
1938
as Mrs. Graham
MOVIE★ 4.8
Five of a Kind
1938
as Nurse Waldron
MOVIE★ 6.3
Time Out for Murder
1938
as Polly, Helen's supervisor
MOVIE★ 6.5
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Miss Hutchins
MOVIE★ 6.1
Three Blind Mice
1938
as Mrs. Kilian
MOVIE★ 5.0
Battle of Broadway
1938
as Mrs. Rogers
MOVIE★ 5.0
The Jury's Secret
1938
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
MOVIE★ 7.0
Change of Heart
1938
as Mrs. Thompson
MOVIE★ 5.8
Dangerously Yours
1937
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937
as Mrs. Krueger
MOVIE★ 5.3
The Singing Marine
1937
as Ma Marine
MOVIE★ 5.1
Slave Ship
1937
as Mrs. Marlowe
MOVIE★ 10.0
Fifty Roads to Town
1937
as Mrs. Henry
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937
as Nurse Sarah Keats
MOVIE★ 7.0
Lest We Forget
1937
as Archive Footage
MOVIE★ 6.7
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
MOVIE★ 6.3
Love Is News
1937
as Mrs. Flaherty
MOVIE★ 8.0
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Glory Bradford
MOVIE★ 6.5
Craig's Wife
1936
as Mrs. Harold
MOVIE★ 7.0
Star for a Night
1936
as Mrs. Martha Lind
MOVIE★ 6.6
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936
as Woodward
MOVIE★ 7.0
White Fang
1936
as Maud Mahoney
MOVIE★ 7.5
Little Miss Nobody
1936
as Eva Bradley
MOVIE★ 6.7
Private Number
1936
as Mrs. Frisby
MOVIE★ 6.8
Captain January
1936
as Eliza Croft
MOVIE★ 8.0
The First Baby
1936
as Mrs. Ellis
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Country Doctor
1936
as Mrs. Graham
MOVIE★ 7.0
Paddy O'Day
1936
as Dora
MOVIE★ 6.5
We're Only Human
1935
as Mrs. Walsh
MOVIE★ 8.0
Metropolitan
1935
as Grandma
MOVIE★ 6.0
Navy Wife
1935
as Mrs. Louise Keats
MOVIE★ 6.5
Curly Top
1935
as Mrs. Denham
MOVIE★ 7.0
Wig-Wag
1935
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
MOVIE★ 10.0
Life Begins at Forty
1935
as Ida Harris
MOVIE★ 8.0
McFadden´s Flats
1935
as Nora McFadden
MOVIE★ 6.2
One More Spring
1935
as Mary Sweeney
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Gilded Lily
1935
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Bright Eyes
1934
as Mrs. Higgins
MOVIE★ 7.3
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Landlady
MOVIE★ 6.8
The White Parade
1934
as Sailor
MOVIE★ 6.6
Happiness Ahead
1934
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
MOVIE★ 10.0
Tomorrow's Youth
1934
as Mary O'Brien
MOVIE★ 7.2
Desirable
1934
as Frederick's Mother
MOVIE★ 5.0
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Embarrassing Moments
1934
as Mrs. Stuckelberger
MOVIE★ 8.0
Blind Date
1934
as Ma Taylor
MOVIE★ 5.5
One Night of Love
1934
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
MOVIE★ 5.8
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934
as Mrs. O'Day
MOVIE★ 10.0
Let's Talk It Over
1934
as Mrs. O'Keefe
MOVIE★ 6.3
Change of Heart
1934
as Mrs. McGowan
MOVIE★ 6.9
The Scarlet Empress
1934
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Finishing School
1934
as Maude (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Wonder Bar
1934
as Baroness (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Once to Every Woman
1934
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.5
David Harum
1934
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Heat Lightning
1934
as Gladys
MOVIE★ 6.5
Fashions of 1934
1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Cross Country Cruise
1934
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Design for Living
1933
as Curtis' Housekeeper
MOVIE★ 10.0
He Couldn't Take It
1933
as Mrs. Case
MOVIE★ 7.2
King for a Night
1933
as Mrs. Williams
MOVIE★ 5.9
Roman Scandals
1933
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.1
Only Yesterday
1933
as Mrs. Lane
MOVIE★ 7.8
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Ann Vickers
1933
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.6
One Sunday Afternoon
1933
as Mrs. Lind
MOVIE★ 5.7
Before Dawn
1933
as Mrs. Marble
MOVIE★ 6.1
Bed of Roses
1933
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
Emergency Call
1933
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.7
Jennie Gerhardt
1933
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.2
The Girl in 419
1933
as Nurse Esmond
MOVIE★ 7.0
Bondage
1933
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
MOVIE★ 5.8
Murders in the Zoo
1933
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Child of Manhattan
1933
as Mrs. McGonagle
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
MOVIE★ 6.3
Air Hostess
1933
as Ma Kearny
MOVIE★ 7.0
Women Won't Tell
1932
as Mrs. Walter Robinson
MOVIE★ 6.6
Hot Saturday
1932
as Mrs. Brock
MOVIE★ 7.5
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932
as Alice's Aunt
MOVIE★ 6.4
Back Street
1932
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
MOVIE★ 5.5
Young America
1932
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Ladies of the Big House
1931
as Mrs. Turner
MOVIE★ 7.0
Huckleberry Finn
1931
as Widow Douglas
MOVIE★ 6.3
Tom Sawyer
1930
as Widow Douglas
MOVIE★ 6.1
Little Church Around the Corner
1923
as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Restless Sex
1920
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
MOVIE
The Rug Maker's Daughter
1915
as Mrs. Van Buren
MOVIE
After Five
1915
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
MOVIE
The Goose Girl
1915
as Irma
MOVIE★ 5.6
Hypocrites
1915
as Madam (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 4.0
The Rose of the Rancho
1914
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
MOVIE
Ready Money
1914
as Mrs. Tyler
MOVIE★ 1.0
The Only Son
1914
as Mrs. Brainerd
MOVIE
The Master Mind
1914
as Milwaukee Sadie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Brewster's Millions
1914
as Mrs. Dan De Mille