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person_profile-Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher Died at age: 70

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Janet Beecher

Date of Birth:

Oct 20, 1884

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 06, 1955

Biography of

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 series Lux Video Theatre in 1952.

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Filmography of

Janet Beecher

Found 44 Movies in total

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1997

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

Eloise Lowry ( Actor )

... 1943

Silver Queen

Mrs. Laura Forsythe ( Actor )

... 1942

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Olcott ( Actor )

... 1942

Hi, Neighbor

Hattie Greenfield ( Actor )

... 1942

Men of Texas

Mrs. Sam Houston ( Actor )

... 1942

Reap the Wild Wind

Mrs. Mottram ( Actor )

... 1942

A Tragedy at Midnight

Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Parson of Panamint

Mrs. Tweedy ( Actor )

... 1941

A Very Young Lady

Miss Steele ( Actor )

... 1941

West Point Widow

Mrs. Graves ( Actor )

... 1941

For Beauty's Sake

Miss Merton ( Actor )

... 1941

The Man Who Lost Himself

Mrs. Milford ( Actor )

... 1941

The Lady Eve

Janet Pike ( Actor )

... 1941

Bitter Sweet

Lady Daventry ( Actor )

... 1940

The Mark of Zorro

Senora Isabella Vega ( Actor )

... 1940

The Gay Caballero

Kate Brewster ( Actor )

... 1940

All This, and Heaven Too

Miss Haines ( Actor )

... 1940

Slightly Honorable

Mrs. Cushing ( Actor )

... 1939

Career

Amy Cruthers ( Actor )

... 1939

Land of Liberty

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1939

Man of Conquest

Mrs. Sarah Lea ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

Say It in French

Mrs. Laura Carrington ( Actor )

... 1938

Woman Against Woman

Mrs. Holland ( Actor )

... 1938

Yellow Jack

Miss Macdade ( Actor )

... 1938

Judge Hardy's Children

Miss Budge ( Actor )

... 1938

Rosalie

Miss Baker ( Actor )

... 1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Mrs. Agatha Steward ( Actor )

... 1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Mrs. Sinclair ( Actor )

... 1937

Big City

Sophie Sloane ( Actor )

... 1937

Between Two Women

Miss Pringle ( Actor )

... 1937

The Thirteenth Chair

Lady Alissia Crosby ( Actor )

... 1937

The Good Old Soak

Matilda Hawley ( Actor )

... 1937

The Longest Night

Mrs. Briggs ( Actor )

... 1936

Love Before Breakfast

Mrs. Colby ( Actor )

... 1936

So Red the Rose

Sally Bedford ( Actor )

... 1935

The Dark Angel

Mrs. Shannon ( Actor )

... 1935

Village Tale

Amy Somerville ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

The Mighty Barnum

Nancy Barnum ( Actor )

... 1934

The President Vanishes

Mrs. Craig ( Actor )

... 1934

The Last Gentleman

Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter ( Actor )

... 1934

Gallant Lady

Maria Sherwood ( Actor )

... 1933