- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 20, 1884
- Place of Birth
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
- Died
- August 6, 1955
Janet Beecher
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Janet Beecher (October 21, 1884 – August 6, 1955) was an American stage and screen actress. Beecher was a supporting player and lead on the Broadway stage between the 1900s and 1940s. Her Broadway debut came in The Education of Mr. Pipp (1905). Her final Broadway play was The Late George Apley (1944). Between 1915 and 1943, she appeared in about fifty motion pictures. She remains perhaps best-remembered as a character actress during Hollywood's golden age, often seen in roles as "firm but compassionate matriarchs". She was known for her roles as Ginger Rogers' mother in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), Tyrone Power's mother in the adventure film The Mark of Zorro (1940), and Henry Fonda's mother in Preston Sturges' screwball comedy The Lady Eve (1941). She retired from film business in 1943, but managed to play a role in the television…
Filmography
movieBarbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Self (archive footage)
movieHenry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943 · Eloise Lowry
movieSilver Queen
1942 · Mrs. Laura Forsythe
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 · Mrs. Olcott
movieA Letter From Bataan
1942 · Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
movieHi, Neighbor
1942 · Hattie Greenfield
movieMen of Texas
1942 · Mrs. Sam Houston
movieReap the Wild Wind
1942 · Mrs. Mottram
movieA Tragedy at Midnight
1942 · Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
movieThe Parson of Panamint
1941 · Mrs. Tweedy
movieA Very Young Lady
1941 · Miss Steele
movieWest Point Widow
1941 · Mrs. Graves
movieFor Beauty's Sake
1941 · Miss Merton
movieThe Man Who Lost Himself
1941 · Mrs. Milford
movieThe Lady Eve
1941 · Janet Pike
movieBitter Sweet
1940 · Lady Daventry
movieThe Mark of Zorro
1940 · Senora Isabella Vega
movieThe Gay Caballero
1940 · Kate Brewster
movieAll This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Miss Haines
movieSlightly Honorable
1939 · Mrs. Cushing
Laugh It Off
movieLaugh It Off
1939 · Mary Carter
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
movieScreen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939 · Self
movieCareer
1939 · Amy Cruthers
movieLand of Liberty
1939 · (archive footage)
movieMan of Conquest
1939 · Mrs. Sarah Lea
movieThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 · Mrs. Foote
I Was a Convict
movieI Was a Convict
1939 · Mrs. Martha Harrison
movieSay It in French
1938 · Mrs. Laura Carrington
movieWoman Against Woman
1938 · Mrs. Holland
movieYellow Jack
1938 · Miss Macdade
movieJudge Hardy's Children
1938 · Miss Budge
movieRosalie
1937 · Miss Baker
movieBeg, Borrow or Steal
1937 · Mrs. Agatha Steward
movieGive Till It Hurts
1937 · Cathy Gaffney
movieMy Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 · Mrs. Sinclair
movieBig City
1937 · Sophie Sloane
movieBetween Two Women
1937 · Miss Pringle
movieThe Thirteenth Chair
1937 · Lady Alicia Crosby
movieThe Good Old Soak
1937 · Matilda Hawley
movieThe Longest Night
1936 · Mrs. Briggs
I'd Give My Life
movieI'd Give My Life
1936 · Stella Bancroft
movieLove Before Breakfast
1936 · Mrs. Colby
movieSo Red the Rose
1935 · Sally Bedford
movieThe Dark Angel
1935 · Mrs. Shannon
movieVillage Tale
1935 · Amy Somerville
movieLet's Live Tonight
1935 · Mrs. Routledge
movieThe Mighty Barnum
1934 · Nancy Barnum
movieThe President Vanishes
1934 · Mrs. Craig
movieThe Last Gentleman
1934 · Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
movieGallant Lady
1933 · Maria Sherwood
movieFine Feathers
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