Clara Blandick

Personal Info

Birthday

June 4, 1876

Day of Death

1962-04-15

(85 years old)

Place of Birth

Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

Also Known As

Clara Blanchard Dickey

Clara Dickey

Clara Blandick

Biography

Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.

Known For

The Wizard of Oz

Anthony Adverse

A Star Is Born

Life with Father

Heaven Can Wait

Wise Girls

Murder at Midnight

Du Barry Was a Lady

Filmography

1995
The Dark Side of Oz
as Auntie Em (archive footage)
1950
Riding High
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Key to the City
as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
1949
Mr. Soft Touch
as Susan Balmuss
1948
The Bride Goes Wild
as Aunt Pewtie
1947
Life with Father
as Miss Wiggins
Philo Vance Returns
as Stella Blendon
1946
She-Wolf of London
as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
as Martha
So Goes My Love
as Mrs. Meade
Claudia and David
as Mrs. Barry
People Are Funny
as Grandma Wilson
1945
Frontier Gal
as Abigail
Pillow of Death
as Belle Kincaid
1944
Can't Help Singing
as Aunt Cissy
Shadow of Suspicion
as Mother Randall
1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
1942
Gentleman Jim
as Woman on Train (uncredited)
Road to Morocco
as Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
as Tourist (uncredited)
1941
One Foot in Heaven
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
as Nurse
Private Nurse
as Miss Phillips
The Big Store
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
The Get-Away
as Mrs. Higgins
The Nurse's Secret
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Mrs. Williams
1940
Youth Will Be Served
as Miss Bradshaw
North West Mounted Police
as Mrs. Burns
Dreaming Out Loud
as Jessica Spencer
Tomboy
as Aunt Martha
Alice in Movieland
as Grandmother
1939
Swanee River
as Mrs. Griffin
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Mrs. Borst
The Star Maker
as Miss Esther Jones
The Wizard of Oz
as Auntie Em
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
1938
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Polly
Swing, Sister, Swing
as Ma Sisler
Professor Beware
as Mrs. Green - Landlady
Crime Ring
as Phoebe Sawyer
My Old Kentucky Home
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
1937
Small Town Boy
as Mrs. Armstrong
You Can't Have Everything
as Townswoman (uncredited)
The Road Back
as Willy's Mother
Wings Over Honolulu
as Evie Curtis
A Star Is Born
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Her Husband's Secretary
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
1936
Make Way for a Lady
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
In His Steps
as Martha Adams
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Louisa Abbott
Anthony Adverse
as Mrs. Jorham
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Mary F. O'Daugherty
Hearts Divided
as Aunt Ellen
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Gaptown Landlady
1935
Party Wire
as Mathilda Sherman
Straight from the Heart
as Mrs. Anderson
Transient Lady
as Eva Branham
The Winning Ticket
as Aunt Maggie
1934
Fugitive Lady
as Aunt Margaret
Broadway Bill
as Mrs. Peterson
Jealousy
as Mrs. Douglas
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Delling
The Girl from Missouri
as Miss Newberry
Harold Teen
as Ma Lovewell
The Show-Off
as Mrs. 'Ma'
As the Earth Turns
as Cora
Beloved
as Miss Murfee
1933
Going Hollywood
as Ms. Perkins
Ever in My Heart
as Anna, the Cook
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Minerva Winterslip
Turn Back the Clock
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Three Cornered Moon
as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
The Mind Reader
as Auntie (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan
as Aunt Sophie
1932
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Rockabye
as Brida
Three on a Match
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
Life Begins
as Mrs. West
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
The Wet Parade
as Mrs. Tarleton
Shopworn
as Mrs. Helen Livingston
1931
Possessed
as Mrs. Martin
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Mrs. Layton
Murder at Midnight
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
Bought!
as Mrs. Sprig
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
I Take This Woman
as Ranch Wife
Laughing Sinners
as Salvation Army Woman
Daybreak
as Frau Hoffman
It's a Wise Child
as Mrs. Stanton
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Aunt Abbie
The Easiest Way
as Agnes Murdock
Inspiration
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. Mason
1930
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
The Last of the Duanes
as Mrs. Duane
Romance
as Abigail Armstrong
The Sins of the Children
as Martha Wagenkampf
Men Are Like That
as Ma Fisher
The Girl Said No
as Mrs. Ward
Burning Up
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
Poor Aubrey
as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
1929
Wise Girls
as Mrs. Bence
1916
The Stolen Triumph
as Mrs. Rowley
1915
The Cabaret Singer
as Mrs. Denton