Janet Beecher

Personal Info

Birthday

October 20, 1884

Day of Death

1955-08-06

(70 years old)

Place of Birth

Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Janet Meysenberg

Janet Beecher

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).

Known For

Reap the Wild Wind

The Lady Eve

The Mark of Zorro

All This, and Heaven Too

Slightly Honorable

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

The Dark Angel

Rosalie

Filmography

1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1943
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise Lowry
1942
Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Olcott
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
Hi, Neighbor
as Hattie Greenfield
Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sam Houston
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
1941
The Parson of Panamint
as Mrs. Tweedy
A Very Young Lady
as Miss Steele
West Point Widow
as Mrs. Graves
For Beauty's Sake
as Miss Merton
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. Milford
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike
1940
The Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella Vega
Bitter Sweet
as Lady Daventry
The Gay Caballero
as Kate Brewster
All This, and Heaven Too
as Miss Haines
1939
Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing
Laugh It Off
as Mary Carter
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
Career
as Amy Cruthers
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
Man of Conquest
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Mrs. Foote
I Was a Convict
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
1938
Say It in French
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Holland
Yellow Jack
as Miss Macdade
Judge Hardy's Children
as Miss Budge
1937
Rosalie
as Miss Baker
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
Give Till It Hurts
as Cathy Gaffney
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Mrs. Sinclair
Big City
as Sophie Sloane
Between Two Women
as Miss Pringle
The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alissia Crosby
The Good Old Soak
as Matilda Hawley
1936
The Longest Night
as Mrs. Briggs
I'd Give My Life
as Stella Bancroft
Love Before Breakfast
as Mrs. Colby
1935
So Red the Rose
as Sally Bedford
The Dark Angel
as Mrs. Shannon
Village Tale
as Amy Somerville
Let's Live Tonight
as Mrs. Routledge
1934
The Mighty Barnum
as Nancy Barnum
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Craig
The Last Gentleman
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
1933
Gallant Lady
as Maria Sherwood