Spring Byington

Personal Info

Birthday

October 16, 1886

Day of Death

1971-09-07

(84 years old)

Place of Birth

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Also Known As

Spring Dell Byington

Spring Byington

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Known For

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Batman

I Dream of Jeannie

Laramie

The 20th Century Fox Hour

The Flying Nun

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Ford Television Theatre

Filmography

1997
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
as Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1984
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1960
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
as Suzie Robinson
1954
The Rocket Man
as Justice Amelia Brown
1952
Because You're Mine
as Mrs. Edna Montville
No Room for the Groom
as Mama Kingshead
1951
Angels in the Outfield
as Sister Edwitha
Bannerline
as Mrs. Loomis
According to Mrs. Hoyle
as Mrs. Harriet Hoyle
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger
as Mrs. Brentman
Devil's Doorway
as Mrs. Masters
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
as Agnes Thorndyke
Louisa
as Louisa Norton
Please Believe Me
as Mrs. Milwright
The Reformer and the Redhead
as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
1949
The Big Wheel
as Mary Coy
In the Good Old Summertime
as Nellie Burke
1948
B.F.'s Daughter
as Gladys Fulton
1947
It Had to Be You
as Mr. Martha Stafford
Cynthia
as Carrie Bishop Jannings
Singapore
as Mrs. Bellows
Living in a Big Way
as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
Little Mister Jim
as Mrs. Starwell
My Brother Talks to Horses
as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
1946
Faithful in My Fashion
as Miss Mary Swanson
Dragonwyck
as Magda
A Letter for Evie
as Mrs. McPherson
Meet Me on Broadway
as Sylvia Kane Storm
1945
Captain Eddie
as Mrs. Frost
Thrill of a Romance
as Nona Glenn
The Enchanted Cottage
as Violet Price
Salty O'Rourke
as Mrs. Brooks
1944
I'll Be Seeing You
as Mrs. Marshall
Reward Unlimited
as Peggy's mother
The Heavenly Body
as Nancy Potter
1943
Heaven Can Wait
as Bertha Van Cleve
Presenting Lily Mars
as Mrs. Mars
1942
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
as Cecilia Talbot
The Affairs of Martha
as Sophia Sommerfield
Rings on Her Fingers
as Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
Roxie Hart
as Mary Sunshine
The Vanishing Virginian
as Rosa Yancey
1941
When Ladies Meet
as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
as Carlotta Emerson
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Elizabeth Ellis
Meet John Doe
as Mme Mitchell
Arkansas Judge
as Mary Shoemaker
1940
Lucky Partners
as Aunt Lucy
My Love Came Back
as Clara Malette
On Their Own
as Mrs. John Jones
Young as You Feel
as Mrs. John Jones
Laddie
as Mrs. Stanton
The Blue Bird
as Mummy Tyl
1939
A Child Is Born
as Mrs. Mamie West
Too Busy to Work
as Mrs. John Jones
Quick Millions
as Mrs. John Jones
Chicken Wagon Family
as Josephine Fippany
Land of Liberty
as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as Mrs. John Jones
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mrs. Hubbard
Everybody's Baby
as Mrs. John Jones
1938
Down on the Farm
as Mrs. John Jones
You Can't Take It with You
as Penny Sycamore
Safety in Numbers
as Mrs. John Jones
A Trip to Paris
as Mrs. John Jones
Jezebel
as Mrs. Kendrick
Love on a Budget
as Louise Jones
Penrod and His Twin Brother
as Mrs. Schofield
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas (uncredited)
The Buccaneer
as Dolly Madison
1937
Borrowing Trouble
as Mrs. John Jones
It's Love I'm After
as Aunt Ella
Hot Water
as Mrs. John Jones
Big Business
as Mrs. John Jones
Hotel Haywire
as Mrs. Parkhouse
The Road Back
as Ernst's Mother
A Family Affair
as Emily Hardy
Penrod and Sam
as Mrs. Schofield
Green Light
as Mrs. Dexter
Clarence
as Mrs. Wheeler
Off to the Races
as Mrs. John Jones
1936
Theodora Goes Wild
as Rebecca Perry
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lady Octavia Warrenton
The Girl on the Front Page
as Mrs. Langford
Dodsworth
as Matey Pearson
Stage Struck
as Mrs. Randall
Back to Nature
as Louise Jones
Palm Springs
as Aunt Letty
Educating Father
as Mrs. John Jones
Every Saturday Night
as Mrs. Evers
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Ma Davis
1935
Ah, Wilderness!
as Essie Miller
The Great Impersonation
as Duchess Caroline
Broadway Hostess
as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
Mutiny on the Bounty
as Mrs. Byam
Way Down East
as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
Orchids to You
as Alice Draper
Love Me Forever
as Clara Fields
Werewolf of London
as Ettie Coombes
1933
Little Women
as Marmee