Clara Blandick

Known for: Acting

Born: 1876-06-04 – 1962-04-15 (aged 85)

From: Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

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.

Filmography (109)

MOVIE
The Wizard of Oz at Sphere
2025
as Auntie Em (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Riding High
1950
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Key to the City
1950
as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
MOVIE★ 6.8
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Susan Balmuss
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Bride Goes Wild
1948
as Aunt Pewtie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Life with Father
1947
as Miss Wiggins
MOVIE★ 6.3
Philo Vance Returns
1947
as Stella Blendon
MOVIE★ 5.6
She-Wolf of London
1946
as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.3
So Goes My Love
1946
as Mrs. Meade
MOVIE★ 6.4
A Stolen Life
1946
as Martha
MOVIE★ 7.5
Claudia and David
1946
as Mrs. Barry
MOVIE★ 5.7
People Are Funny
1946
as Grandma Wilson
MOVIE★ 5.3
Frontier Gal
1945
as Abigail
MOVIE★ 6.7
Pillow of Death
1945
as Belle Kincaid
MOVIE★ 6.0
Can't Help Singing
1944
as Aunt Cissy
MOVIE★ 7.5
Shadow of Suspicion
1944
as Mother Randall
MOVIE★ 6.5
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.9
Heaven Can Wait
1943
as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Woman on Train (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.6
Lady in a Jam
1942
as Tourist (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.8
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
MOVIE★ 6.9
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
It Started with Eve
1941
as Nurse
MOVIE★ 7.0
Private Nurse
1941
as Miss Phillips
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Big Store
1941
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Get-Away
1941
as Mrs. Higgins
MOVIE★ 5.6
The Nurse's Secret
1941
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
as Mrs. Williams
MOVIE★ 4.0
Youth Will Be Served
1940
as Miss Bradshaw
MOVIE★ 6.4
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Mrs. Burns
MOVIE★ 6.0
Dreaming Out Loud
1940
as Jessica Spencer
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Tomboy
1940
as Aunt Martha
MOVIE★ 6.4
Alice in Movieland
1940
as Grandmother
MOVIE★ 7.0
Swanee River
1939
as Mrs. Griffin
MOVIE★ 6.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939
as Mrs. Borst
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Star Maker
1939
as Miss Esther Jones
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Wizard of Oz
1939
as Auntie Em
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Miss Watson
MOVIE★ 5.6
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
as Aunt Polly
MOVIE★ 8.0
Swing, Sister, Swing
1938
as Ma Sisler
MOVIE★ 6.0
Professor Beware
1938
as Mrs. Green - Landlady
MOVIE★ 5.8
Crime Ring
1938
as Phoebe Sawyer
MOVIE★ 7.5
My Old Kentucky Home
1938
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
MOVIE★ 7.0
Small Town Boy
1937
as Mrs. Armstrong
MOVIE★ 6.5
You Can't Have Everything
1937
as Townswoman (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Road Back
1937
as Willy's Mother
MOVIE★ 6.4
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
as Evie Curtis
MOVIE★ 7.2
A Star Is Born
1937
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Her Husband's Secretary
1937
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
MOVIE★ 5.5
Make Way for a Lady
1936
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
MOVIE★ 10.0
In His Steps
1936
as Martha Adams
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Louisa Abbott
MOVIE★ 5.7
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Mrs. Jorham
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936
as Mary F. O'Daugherty
MOVIE★ 5.5
Hearts Divided
1936
as Aunt Ellen
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Gaptown Landlady
MOVIE★ 8.3
Party Wire
1935
as Mathilda Sherman
MOVIE★ 9.0
Straight from the Heart
1935
as Mrs. Anderson
MOVIE★ 6.3
Transient Lady
1935
as Eva Branham
MOVIE★ 4.3
The Winning Ticket
1935
as Aunt Maggie
MOVIE★ 8.0
Fugitive Lady
1934
as Aunt Margaret
MOVIE★ 6.0
Broadway Bill
1934
as Mrs. Peterson
MOVIE★ 5.8
Jealousy
1934
as Mrs. Douglas
MOVIE★ 6.0
The President Vanishes
1934
as Mrs. Delling
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Girl from Missouri
1934
as Miss Newberry
MOVIE★ 10.0
Sisters Under the Skin
1934
as Miss Gower
MOVIE★ 6.5
Harold Teen
1934
as Ma Lovewell
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Show-Off
1934
as Mrs. 'Ma'
MOVIE★ 5.6
As the Earth Turns
1934
as Cora
MOVIE★ 9.0
Beloved
1934
as Miss Murfee
MOVIE★ 5.5
Going Hollywood
1933
as Ms. Perkins
MOVIE★ 5.6
Ever in My Heart
1933
as Anna, the Cook
MOVIE★ 8.0
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
1933
as Minerva Winterslip
MOVIE★ 5.4
Turn Back the Clock
1933
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
MOVIE★ 6.0
Three Cornered Moon
1933
as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Mind Reader
1933
as Auntie (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Child of Manhattan
1933
as Aunt Sophie
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
1932
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Rockabye
1932
as Brida
MOVIE★ 6.3
Three on a Match
1932
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.2
Life Begins
1932
as Mrs. West
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
1932
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
MOVIE★ 6.2
The Wet Parade
1932
as Mrs. Tarleton
MOVIE★ 6.8
Shopworn
1932
as Mrs. Helen Livingston
MOVIE★ 7.0
Possessed
1931
as Mrs. Martin
MOVIE★ 6.0
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
1931
as Mrs. Layton
MOVIE★ 5.7
Murder at Midnight
1931
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
MOVIE★ 8.0
Bought!
1931
as Mrs. Sprig
MOVIE★ 7.0
Huckleberry Finn
1931
as Aunt Polly
MOVIE★ 5.1
I Take This Woman
1931
as Ranch Wife
MOVIE★ 5.3
Laughing Sinners
1931
as Salvation Army Woman
MOVIE★ 4.3
Daybreak
1931
as Frau Hoffman
MOVIE★ 6.3
It's a Wise Child
1931
as Mrs. Stanton
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Drums of Jeopardy
1931
as Aunt Abbie
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Easiest Way
1931
as Agnes Murdock
MOVIE★ 5.9
Inspiration
1931
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
Once a Sinner
1931
as Mrs. Mason
MOVIE★ 6.3
Tom Sawyer
1930
as Aunt Polly
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Last of the Duanes
1930
as Mrs. Duane
MOVIE★ 6.5
Romance
1930
as Abigail Armstrong
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Sins of the Children
1930
as Martha Wagenkampf
MOVIE★ 8.5
Men Are Like That
1930
as Ma Fisher
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Girl Said No
1930
as Mrs. Ward
MOVIE★ 5.3
Burning Up
1930
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
MOVIE★ 6.0
Poor Aubrey
1930
as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
MOVIE★ 5.4
Wise Girls
1929
as Mrs. Bence
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Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
1917
as Mrs. Donnelly
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Stolen Triumph
1916
as Mrs. Rowley
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Cabaret Singer
1915
as Mrs. Denton