Jane Darwell
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Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) 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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
179
Gender
Female
Birthday
1879-10-13 (145 years old)
Place of Birth
Palmyra, Missouri, USA
Acting
1986
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 as (archive footage)1964
Mary Poppins as Bird Woman1963
Burke's Law as Mrs. Leah Mulligan1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Mamie Carnation1959
Hound-Dog Man as Grandma Wilson1958
The Last Hurrah as Delia1957
Maverick as Mrs. Knowles1957
The Greer Case as Annie Jackson1956
There's Always Tomorrow as Mme Rogers1956
Girls in Prison as Matron Jamieson1956
Prima Donna as Lena1955
Matinee Theater as Not available1955
Screen Director's Playhouse as Lena1955
A Life at Stake as Landlady1955
Hit the Deck as Jenny1954
Lassie as Not available1954
Climax! as B. Cool1954
Climax! as Mrs. Koestler1954
Studio 57 as Not available1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Not available1953
Letter to Loretta as Irene Townsend1953
The Bigamist as Mrs. Connelley1953
The Sun Shines Bright as Aurora Ratchitt1953
Affair with a Stranger as Ma Stanton1953
It Happens Every Thursday as Mrs. Spatch1952
Cavalcade of America as Minna1952
We're Not Married! as Mrs. Bush1951
The Lemon Drop Kid as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan1951
Journey Into Light as Mack1951
Excuse My Dust as Mrs. Belden1950
Wagon Master as Sister Ledyard1950
Caged as Isolation Matron1950
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Mrs. Murphy1950
The Second Face as Mrs. Lockridge1950
Surrender as Molly Hale1950
Redwood Forest Trail as Hattie Hickory1950
Three Husbands as Mrs. Wurdeman1950
Father's Wild Game as Minerva Bobbin1949
Red Canyon as Aunt Jane1948
Studio One as Anna - Maid1948
3 Godfathers as Miss Florie1948
Train to Alcatraz as Aunt Ella1947
The Red Stallion as Aggie Curtis1947
Keeper of the Bees as Mrs. Ferris1946
My Darling Clementine as Kate Nelson1946
The Dark Horse as Aunt Hattie1946
Three Wise Fools as Sister Mary Brigid1945
I Live in Grosvenor Square as Mrs. Patterson1945
Captain Tugboat Annie as Tugboat Annie1944
Reckless Age as Mrs. Connors1944
She's a Sweetheart as Mom1944
Tender Comrade as Mrs. Henderson1944
The Impatient Years as Minister's wife1944
Music in Manhattan as Mrs. Pearson1943
The Ox-Bow Incident as Ma Grier1943
Government Girl as Miss Trask (uncredited)1943
Stage Door Canteen as Jane Darwell1943
Gildersleeve's Bad Day as Aunt Emma Forrester1943
Family Feud as The Mother1942
All Through the Night as Mrs. Donahue1942
The Battle of Midway as Narrator (voice)1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe as Mariah Clemm1942
The Great Gildersleeve as Aunt Emma Forrester1942
Young America as Grandmother Nora Campbell1942
On the Sunny Side as Annie1942
Men of Texas as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie1942
It Happened in Flatbush as Mrs. Maguire1942
Highways by Night as Grandma Fogarty1941
All That Money Can Buy as Ma Stone1941
Thieves Fall Out as Grandma Allen1941
Private Nurse as Miss Adams1941
Small Town Deb as Katie1940
The Grapes of Wrath as Ma Joad1940
Untamed as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty1940
Brigham Young as Eliza Kent1940
Chad Hanna as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine1940
Youth Will Be Served as Supervisor Stormer1939
Gone with the Wind as Mrs. Merriwether1939
Jesse James as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother1939
The Rains Came as Aunt Phoebe Smiley1939
Miracle on Main Street as Mrs. Herman1939
Inside Story as Aunt Mary Perkins1939
The Zero Hour as Sophie1939
Unexpected Father as Mrs. Callahan1939
20,000 Men a Year as Mrs. Allen1939
Grand Jury Secrets as Mrs. Keefe1938
Little Miss Broadway as Miss Hutchins1938
Time Out for Murder as Polly, Helen's supervisor1938
Five of a Kind as Nurse Waldron1938
Three Blind Mice as Mrs. Kilian1938
The Jury's Secret as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother1938
Battle of Broadway as Mrs. Rogers1938
Change of Heart as Mrs. Thompson1938
Up the River as Mrs. Graham1937
Dangerously Yours as Aunt Cynthia Barton1937
Slave Ship as Mrs. Marlowe1937
Fifty Roads to Town as Mrs. Henry1937
The Singing Marine as Ma Marine1937
Love Is News as Mrs. Flaherty1937
Nancy Steele Is Missing! as Mrs. Mary Flaherty1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse as Mrs. Krueger1937
The Great Hospital Mystery as Nurse Sarah Keats1937
Lest We Forget as Archive Footage1936
Private Number as Mrs. Frisby1936
Captain January as Mrs. Eliza Croft1936
Poor Little Rich Girl as Woodward1936
Craig's Wife as Mrs. Harold1936
Paddy O'Day as Dora1936
The Country Doctor as Mrs. Graham1936
White Fang as Maud Mahoney1936
Little Miss Nobody as Eva Bradley1936
Laughing at Trouble as Glory Bradford1936
The First Baby as Mrs. Ellis1936
Star for a Night as Mrs. Martha Lind1935
Curly Top as Mrs. Denham1935
Metropolitan as Grandma1935
Navy Wife as Mrs. Louise Keats1935
One More Spring as Mary Sweeney1935
Life Begins at Forty as Ida Harris1935
We're Only Human as Mrs. Walsh1935
McFadden´s Flats as Nora McFadden1935
Wig-Wag as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother1934
Finishing School as Maude (uncredited)1934
Bright Eyes as Mrs. Higgins1934
Fashions of 1934 as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)1934
Change of Heart as Mrs. Mc Gowan1934
The Scarlet Empress as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)1934
One Night of Love as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother1934
Wonder Bar as Baroness (uncredited)1934
David Harum as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)1934
Desirable as Frederick's Mother1934
Heat Lightning as Gladys - the Wife1934
Happiness Ahead as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady1934
Blind Date as Ma Taylor1934
Let's Talk It Over as Mrs. O'Keefe1934
Cross Country Cruise as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)1934
Million Dollar Ransom as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)1934
Journal of a Crime as Dinner Guest (uncredited)1934
Once to Every Woman as Mrs. Wood1934
Gentlemen Are Born as Landlady1934
Embarrassing Moments as Mrs. Stuckelberger1934
The White Parade as Sailor1934
Most Precious Thing in Life as Mrs. O'Day1934
Tomorrow's Youth as Mary O'Brien1933
Roman Scandals as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)1933
Design for Living as Curtis' Housekeeper1933
Murders in the Zoo as Banquet Guest (uncredited)1933
Before Dawn as Mrs. Marble1933
Only Yesterday as Mrs. Lane1933
Air Hostess as Ma Kearny1933
One Sunday Afternoon as Mrs. Lind1933
Emergency Call as Nurse Brown (uncredited)1933
Child of Manhattan as Mrs. McGonagle1933
Ann Vickers as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)1933
Bed of Roses as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)1933
The Girl in 419 as Nurse Esmond1933
King for a Night as Mrs. Williams1933
The Past of Mary Holmes as Not available1933
Jennie Gerhardt as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)1933
Bondage as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton1933
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)1933
He Couldn't Take It as Mrs. Case1932
Back Street as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt1932
Hot Saturday as Mrs. Brock1932
Young America as School Teacher (Uncredited)1932
Washington Merry-Go-Round as Alice's Aunt1932
Women Won't Tell as Mrs. Walter Robinson1931
Huckleberry Finn as Widow Douglas1931
Ladies of the Big House as Mrs. Turner1930
Tom Sawyer as Widow Douglas1923
Little Church Around the Corner as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)1920
The Restless Sex as Housekeeper (uncredited)1915
Hypocrites as Madam (uncredited)1915
After Five as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy1915
The Rug Maker's Daughter as Mrs. Van Buren1915
The Goose Girl as Irma1914
Ready Money as Mrs. Tyler1914
The Rose of the Rancho as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother1914
The Only Son as Mrs. Brainerd