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Janet Beecher

Oct 20, 1884 - Aug 06, 1955 (70 years old) in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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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 series Lux Video Theatre in 1952.

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Man of Conquest
Mrs. Sarah Lea
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Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Eloise Lowry
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Slightly Honorable
Mrs. Cushing
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The Man Who Lost Himself
Mrs. Milford
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The Thirteenth Chair
Lady Alissia Crosby
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Village Tale
Amy Somerville
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I'd Give My Life
Stella Bancroft
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Judge Hardy's Children
Miss Budge
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The Parson of Panamint
Mrs. Tweedy
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West Point Widow
Mrs. Graves

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