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Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

Actor · 1884–1955 · Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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Biography

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.

Acted in 46

1940s

  1. 1943

    Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

    Eloise Lowry

  2. 1942

    Silver Queen

    Mrs. Laura Forsythe

  3. Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

    Mrs. Olcott

  4. A Letter From Bataan

    Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis

  5. Hi, Neighbor

    Hattie Greenfield

  6. Men of Texas

    Mrs. Sam Houston

  7. Reap the Wild Wind

    Mrs. Mottram

    69

  8. A Tragedy at Midnight

    Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)

  9. 1941

    The Parson of Panamint

    Mrs. Tweedy

  10. A Very Young Lady

    Miss Steele

  11. West Point Widow

    Mrs. Graves

  12. For Beauty's Sake

    Miss Merton

  13. The Man Who Lost Himself

    Mrs. Milford

  14. The Lady Eve

    Janet Pike

    85
  15. 1940

    Bitter Sweet

    Lady Daventry

  16. The Mark of Zorro

    Senora Isabella Vega

    79

  17. The Gay Caballero

    Kate Brewster

  18. All This, and Heaven Too

    Miss Haines

    76

1930s

  1. 1939

    Slightly Honorable

    Mrs. Cushing

  2. Career

    Amy Cruthers

  3. Land of Liberty

    (archive footage)

  4. Man of Conquest

    Mrs. Sarah Lea

  5. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

    Mrs. Foote

  6. 1938

    Say It in French

    Mrs. Laura Carrington

  7. Woman Against Woman

    Mrs. Holland

  8. Yellow Jack

    Miss Macdade

  9. Judge Hardy's Children

    Miss Budge

  10. 1937

    Rosalie

    Miss Baker

  11. Beg, Borrow or Steal

    Mrs. Agatha Steward

  12. Give Till It Hurts

    Cathy Gaffney

  13. My Dear Miss Aldrich

    Mrs. Sinclair

  14. Big City

    Sophie Sloane

  15. Between Two Women

    Miss Pringle

  16. The 13th Chair

    Lady Alicia Crosby

  17. The Good Old Soak

    Matilda Hawley

  18. 1936

    The Longest Night

    Mrs. Briggs

  19. Love Before Breakfast

    Mrs. Colby

  20. 1935

    So Red the Rose

    Sally Bedford

  21. The Dark Angel

    Mrs. Shannon

  22. Village Tale

    Amy Somerville

  23. Let's Live Tonight

    Mrs. Routledge

  24. 1934

    The Mighty Barnum

    Nancy Barnum

  25. The President Vanishes

    Mrs. Craig

  26. The Last Gentleman

    Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter

  27. 1933

    Gallant Lady

    Maria Sherwood

1910s

  1. 1915

    Fine Feathers

    Movie

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