Jane Darwell

Oct 15, 1879 - Aug 13, 1967 (87 years old) in Palmyra, Missouri, USA

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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.

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Known For

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Mamie Carnation

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Maverick

Mrs. Knowles

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Lassie

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Climax!

B. Cool

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Studio One

Anna - Maid

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Matinee Theater

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The Ford Television Theatre

Mama Mumby

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Burke's Law

Mrs. Leah Mulligan

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Gone with the Wind

Mrs. Merriwether

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20,000 Men a Year

Mrs. Allen

Credits

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 1986

(archive footage)

★ 10
Mary Poppins 1964

Bird Woman

★ 7.6
Burke's Law 1963

Mrs. Leah Mulligan

★ 6
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962

Mamie Carnation

★ 7.8
Hound-Dog Man 1959

Grandma Wilson

★ 4.4
The Last Hurrah 1958

Delia

★ 7.2
Maverick 1957

Mrs. Knowles

★ 6.9
Three Men on a Horse 1957

Lady on Bus

★ NR
The Greer Case 1957

Annie Jackson

★ NR
Sincerely, Willis Wade 1956

Mrs. Jacoby

★ NR
Girls in Prison 1956

Matron Jamieson

★ 3.9
Prima Donna 1956

Lena

★ NR
There's Always Tomorrow 1956

Mme Rogers

★ 7.2
Matinee Theater 1955

★ 5
Screen Director's Playhouse 1955

Lena

★ 6.5
A Life at Stake 1955

Landlady

★ 5.2
Hit the Deck 1955

Jenny

★ 4.6
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin 1954

★ 6.9
Climax! 1954

B. Cool

★ 3.3
Studio 57 1954

★ NR
Lassie 1954

★ 6.1
The Bigamist 1953

Mrs. Connelley

★ 6.4
Letter to Loretta 1953

Irene Townsend

★ 6.5
Affair with a Stranger 1953

Ma Stanton

★ 4.4
The Sun Shines Bright 1953

Aurora Ratchitt

★ 6.4
It Happens Every Thursday 1953

Mrs. Spatch

★ 6.2
The Ford Television Theatre 1952

Mama Mumby

★ 7.3
Cavalcade of America 1952

Minna

★ 3.5
We're Not Married! 1952

Mrs. Bush

★ 5.9
Journey Into Light 1951

Mack

★ 6
Excuse My Dust 1951

Mrs. Belden

★ 7.2
The Lemon Drop Kid 1951

'Nellie Thursday' Regan

★ 6.5
Father's Wild Game 1950

Minerva Bobbin

★ NR
The Second Face 1950

Mrs. Lockridge

★ 6.8
Three Husbands 1950

Mrs. Wurdeman

★ 5.1
Redwood Forest Trail 1950

Hattie Hickory

★ NR
Surrender 1950

Molly Hale

★ 4.4
Caged 1950

Isolation Matron

★ 7.1
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady 1950

Mrs. Murphy

★ 5
Wagon Master 1950

Sister Ledyard

★ 6.6
Red Canyon 1949

Aunt Jane

★ 5
3 Godfathers 1948

Miss Florie

★ 6.7
Studio One 1948

Anna - Maid

★ 5
Train to Alcatraz 1948

Aunt Ella

★ 6
The Red Stallion 1947

Aggie Curtis

★ NR
Keeper of the Bees 1947

Mrs. Ferris

★ NR
My Darling Clementine 1946

Kate Nelson

★ 7.4
Three Wise Fools 1946

Sister Mary Brigid

★ 5
The Dark Horse 1946

Aunt Hattie

★ NR
Captain Tugboat Annie 1945

Tugboat Annie

★ NR
I Live in Grosvenor Square 1945

Mrs. Patterson

★ 7.1
She's a Sweetheart 1944

Mom

★ NR
Music in Manhattan 1944

Mrs. Pearson

★ 5.5
The Impatient Years 1944

Minister's wife

★ 6.6
Reckless Age 1944

Mrs. Connors

★ NR
Tender Comrade 1944

Mrs. Henderson

★ 5.6
Government Girl 1943

Miss Trask (uncredited)

★ 5.2
Family Feud 1943

The Mother

★ NR
Stage Door Canteen 1943

Jane Darwell

★ 6.1
Gildersleeve's Bad Day 1943

Aunt Emma Forrester

★ 6.4
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943

Ma Grier

★ 7.7
The Great Gildersleeve 1942

Aunt Emma Forrester

★ 6.1
Highways by Night 1942

Grandma Fogarty

★ 6
The Battle of Midway 1942

Narrator (voice)

★ 5.8
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe 1942

Mariah Clemm

★ 5.7
Men of Texas 1942

Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

★ NR
It Happened in Flatbush 1942

Mrs. Maguire

★ 4.8
On the Sunny Side 1942

Annie

★ 6
Young America 1942

Grandmother Nora Campbell

★ NR
All Through the Night 1942

Mrs. Donahue

★ 6.7
Small Town Deb 1941

Katie

★ 6
All That Money Can Buy 1941

Ma Stone

★ 7
Private Nurse 1941

Miss Adams

★ NR
Thieves Fall Out 1941

Grandma Allen

★ 5.5
Chad Hanna 1940

Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

★ 6
Youth Will Be Served 1940

Supervisor Stormer

★ 1
Brigham Young 1940

Eliza Kent

★ 4.4
Untamed 1940

Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

★ 4.2
The Grapes of Wrath 1940

Ma Joad

★ 7.8
Miracle on Main Street 1939

Mrs. Herman

★ 5.3
Gone with the Wind 1939

Mrs. Merriwether

★ 7.9
20,000 Men a Year 1939

Mrs. Allen

★ 5.5
The Rains Came 1939

Aunt Phoebe Smiley

★ 5.8
Grand Jury Secrets 1939

Mrs. Keefe

★ NR
Unexpected Father 1939

Mrs. Callahan

★ NR
The Zero Hour 1939

Sophie

★ 4.5
Inside Story 1939

Aunt Mary Perkins

★ NR
Jesse James 1939

Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

★ 6.5
Up the River 1938

Mrs. Graham

★ NR
Five of a Kind 1938

Nurse Waldron

★ 4.2
Time Out for Murder 1938

Polly, Helen's supervisor

★ 5.7
Little Miss Broadway 1938

Miss Hutchins

★ 6.3
Three Blind Mice 1938

Mrs. Kilian

★ 6
Battle of Broadway 1938

Mrs. Rogers

★ 4
The Jury's Secret 1938

Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

★ 4
Change of Heart 1938

Mrs. Thompson

★ 5
Dangerously Yours 1937

Aunt Cynthia Barton

★ 3.5
Wife, Doctor and Nurse 1937

Mrs. Krueger

★ 6
The Singing Marine 1937

Ma Marine

★ 4
Slave Ship 1937

Mrs. Marlowe

★ 4.5
Fifty Roads to Town 1937

Mrs. Henry

★ NR
The Great Hospital Mystery 1937

Nurse Sarah Keats

★ 4
Lest We Forget 1937

Archive Footage

★ NR
Nancy Steele Is Missing! 1937

Mrs. Mary Flaherty

★ 5
Love Is News 1937

Mrs. Flaherty

★ 6
Laughing at Trouble 1936

Glory Bradford

★ 6
Craig's Wife 1936

Mrs. Harold

★ 6.3
Star for a Night 1936

Mrs. Martha Lind

★ 6
Poor Little Rich Girl 1936

Woodward

★ 6.6
White Fang 1936

Maud Mahoney

★ 6
Little Miss Nobody 1936

Eva Bradley

★ 6
Private Number 1936

Mrs. Frisby

★ 6.5
Captain January 1936

Mrs. Eliza Croft

★ 6.7
The First Baby 1936

Mrs. Ellis

★ NR
The Country Doctor 1936

Mrs. Graham

★ 6
Paddy O'Day 1936

Dora

★ 7
We're Only Human 1935

Mrs. Walsh

★ 6.5
Metropolitan 1935

Grandma

★ NR
Navy Wife 1935

Mrs. Louise Keats

★ 5
Curly Top 1935

Mrs. Denham

★ 6.4
Wig-Wag 1935

Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

★ NR
Life Begins at Forty 1935

Ida Harris

★ NR
McFadden´s Flats 1935

Nora McFadden

★ NR
One More Spring 1935

Mary Sweeney

★ 5.8
The Gilded Lily 1935

Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

★ 6.6
Bright Eyes 1934

Mrs. Higgins

★ 6.7
Gentlemen Are Born 1934

Landlady

★ 6.5
The White Parade 1934

Sailor

★ 6
Happiness Ahead 1934

Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

★ 6
Tomorrow's Youth 1934

Mary O'Brien

★ NR
Desirable 1934

Frederick's Mother

★ 7.3
Million Dollar Ransom 1934

Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

★ 5
Embarrassing Moments 1934

Mrs. Stuckelberger

★ NR
Blind Date 1934

Ma Taylor

★ 7
One Night of Love 1934

Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

★ 5.2
Most Precious Thing in Life 1934

Mrs. O'Day

★ 5.2
Let's Talk It Over 1934

Mrs. O'Keefe

★ NR
The Scarlet Empress 1934

Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

★ 6.9
Finishing School 1934

Maude (uncredited)

★ 6
Wonder Bar 1934

Baroness (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Once to Every Woman 1934

Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

★ 6
Journal of a Crime 1934

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.7
David Harum 1934

Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

★ 7
Heat Lightning 1934

Gladys - the Wife

★ 6.8
Fashions of 1934 1934

Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

★ 6.4
Cross Country Cruise 1934

Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)

★ 6
Design for Living 1933

Curtis' Housekeeper

★ 7.1
He Couldn't Take It 1933

Mrs. Case

★ NR
King for a Night 1933

Mrs. Williams

★ 6.2
Roman Scandals 1933

Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Only Yesterday 1933

Mrs. Lane

★ 6.8
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men 1933

Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

★ 7.2
Ann Vickers 1933

Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

★ 5.5
One Sunday Afternoon 1933

Mrs. Lind

★ 6.3
Before Dawn 1933

Mrs. Marble

★ 5.6
Bed of Roses 1933

Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

★ 6.1
Emergency Call 1933

Nurse Brown (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Jennie Gerhardt 1933

Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

★ 4
The Girl in 419 1933

Nurse Esmond

★ 3.5
Bondage 1933

Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

★ NR
Murders in the Zoo 1933

Banquet Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.8
Child of Manhattan 1933

Mrs. McGonagle

★ 7.2
The Past of Mary Holmes 1933

★ NR
Air Hostess 1933

Ma Kearny

★ 5.7
Women Won't Tell 1932

Mrs. Walter Robinson

★ 4
Hot Saturday 1932

Mrs. Brock

★ 6.4
Washington Merry-Go-Round 1932

Alice's Aunt

★ 6.7
Back Street 1932

Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

★ 6.1
Ladies of the Big House 1931

Mrs. Turner

★ 6
Huckleberry Finn 1931

Widow Douglas

★ 6.7
Tom Sawyer 1930

Widow Douglas

★ 5.5
Little Church Around the Corner 1923

Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

★ 5.9
The Restless Sex 1920

Housekeeper (uncredited)

★ NR
The Rug Maker's Daughter 1915

Mrs. Van Buren

★ NR
After Five 1915

Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

★ NR
The Goose Girl 1915

Irma

★ NR
Hypocrites 1915

Madam (uncredited)

★ 5.6
The Rose of the Rancho 1914

Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

★ 4
Ready Money 1914

Mrs. Tyler

★ NR
The Only Son 1914

Mrs. Brainerd

★ 1
The Master Mind 1914

Milwaukee Sadie

★ NR
Brewster's Millions 1914

Mrs. Dan De Mille

★ 6