Jane Darwell

Personal Info

Birthday

October 13, 1879

Day of Death

1967-08-13

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Patti Woodard

Jane Darwell

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Maverick

Climax!

Studio One

Burke's Law

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Screen Director's Playhouse

Gone with the Wind

Mary Poppins

Filmography

1986
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
as (archive footage)
1964
Mary Poppins
as Bird Woman
1959
Hound-Dog Man
as Grandma Wilson
1958
The Last Hurrah
as Delia
1957
The Greer Case
as Annie Jackson
1956
Girls in Prison
as Matron Jamieson
Prima Donna
as Lena
There's Always Tomorrow
as Mme Rogers
1955
A Life at Stake
as Landlady
Hit the Deck
as Jenny
1953
The Bigamist
as Mrs. Connelley
Affair with a Stranger
as Ma Stanton
The Sun Shines Bright
as Aurora Ratchitt
It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Spatch
1952
We're Not Married!
as Mrs. Bush
1951
Journey Into Light
as Mack
Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Belden
The Lemon Drop Kid
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
1950
Father's Wild Game
as Minerva Bobbin
The Second Face
as Mrs. Lockridge
Three Husbands
as Mrs. Wurdeman
Redwood Forest Trail
as Hattie Hickory
Surrender
as Molly Hale
Caged
as Isolation Matron
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Mrs. Murphy
Wagon Master
as Sister Ledyard
1949
Red Canyon
as Aunt Jane
1948
3 Godfathers
as Miss Florie
Train to Alcatraz
as Aunt Ella
1947
The Red Stallion
as Aggie Curtis
Keeper of the Bees
as Mrs. Ferris
1946
My Darling Clementine
as Kate Nelson
Three Wise Fools
as Sister Mary Brigid
The Dark Horse
as Aunt Hattie
1945
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Tugboat Annie
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Mrs. Patterson
1944
She's a Sweetheart
as Mom
Music in Manhattan
as Mrs. Pearson
The Impatient Years
as Minister's wife
Reckless Age
as Mrs. Connors
Tender Comrade
as Mrs. Henderson
1943
Government Girl
as Miss Trask (uncredited)
Family Feud
as The Mother
Stage Door Canteen
as Jane Darwell
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Aunt Emma Forrester
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Ma Grier
1942
The Great Gildersleeve
as Aunt Emma Forrester
Highways by Night
as Grandma Fogarty
The Battle of Midway
as Narrator (voice)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mariah Clemm
Men of Texas
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Maguire
On the Sunny Side
as Annie
All Through the Night
as Mrs. Donahue
1941
Small Town Deb
as Katie
All That Money Can Buy
as Ma Stone
Private Nurse
as Miss Adams
Thieves Fall Out
as Grandma Allen
1940
Chad Hanna
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
Youth Will Be Served
as Supervisor Stormer
Brigham Young
as Eliza Kent
Untamed
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad
1939
Miracle on Main Street
as Mrs. Herman
Gone with the Wind
as Mrs. Merriwether
20,000 Men a Year
as Mrs. Allen
The Rains Came
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Grand Jury Secrets
as Mrs. Keefe
Unexpected Father
as Mrs. Callahan
The Zero Hour
as Sophie
Inside Story
as Aunt Mary Perkins
Jesse James
as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
1938
Up the River
as Mrs. Graham
Five of a Kind
as Nurse Waldron
Time Out for Murder
as Polly, Helen's supervisor
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Hutchins
Three Blind Mice
as Mrs. Kilian
Battle of Broadway
as Mrs. Rogers
The Jury's Secret
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Thompson
1937
Dangerously Yours
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Mrs. Krueger
The Singing Marine
as Ma Marine
Slave Ship
as Mrs. Marlowe
Fifty Roads to Town
as Mrs. Henry
The Great Hospital Mystery
as Nurse Sarah Keats
Lest We Forget
as Archive Footage
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
Love Is News
as Mrs. Flaherty
1936
Laughing at Trouble
as Glory Bradford
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Harold
Star for a Night
as Mrs. Martha Lind
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Woodward
White Fang
as Maud Mahoney
Private Number
as Mrs. Frisby
Little Miss Nobody
as Eva Bradley
Captain January
as Mrs. Eliza Croft
The First Baby
as Mrs. Ellis
The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Graham
Paddy O'Day
as Dora
1935
We're Only Human
as Mrs. Walsh
Metropolitan
as Grandma
Navy Wife
as Mrs. Louise Keats
Curly Top
as Mrs. Denham
Wig-Wag
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
Life Begins at Forty
as Ida Harris
McFadden´s Flats
as Nora McFadden
One More Spring
as Mary Sweeney
The Gilded Lily
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
1934
Bright Eyes
as Mrs. Higgins
Gentlemen Are Born
as Landlady
The White Parade
as Sailor
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
Tomorrow's Youth
as Mary O'Brien
Desirable
as Frederick's Mother
Million Dollar Ransom
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
Embarrassing Moments
as Mrs. Stuckelberger
Blind Date
as Ma Taylor
One Night of Love
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. O'Day
Let's Talk It Over
as Mrs. O'Keefe
The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Finishing School
as Maude (uncredited)
Wonder Bar
as Baroness (uncredited)
Once to Every Woman
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
Journal of a Crime
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
David Harum
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
Heat Lightning
as Gladys - the Wife
Fashions of 1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
1933
Design for Living
as Curtis' Housekeeper
He Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Case
King for a Night
as Mrs. Williams
Roman Scandals
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Only Yesterday
as Mrs. Lane
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Lind
Before Dawn
as Mrs. Marble
Bed of Roses
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Emergency Call
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
Jennie Gerhardt
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
The Girl in 419
as Nurse Esmond
Bondage
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan
as Mrs. McGonagle
Air Hostess
as Ma Kearny
1932
Women Won't Tell
as Mrs. Walter Robinson
Hot Saturday
as Mrs. Brock
Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Alice's Aunt
Back Street
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
Young America
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
1931
Ladies of the Big House
as Mrs. Turner
Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglas
1930
Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas
1923
Little Church Around the Corner
as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
1920
The Restless Sex
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1915
The Rug Maker's Daughter
as Mrs. Van Buren
After Five
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
The Goose Girl
as Irma
Hypocrites
as Madam (uncredited)
1914
The Rose of the Rancho
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
Ready Money
as Mrs. Tyler
The Only Son
as Mrs. Brainerd
The Master Mind
as Milwaukee Sadie
Brewster's Millions
as Mrs. Dan De Mille