Janet Beecher
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 20, 1884
- Died
- August 6, 1955 (aged 70)
- Birthplace
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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.
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Filmography
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Movie · as Eloise Lowry
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie · as Mrs. Mottram
A Tragedy at Midnight
Movie · as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie · as Mrs. Olcott
A Letter From Bataan
Movie · as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
Hi, Neighbor
Movie · as Hattie Greenfield
Men of Texas
Movie · as Mrs. Sam Houston
Silver Queen
Movie · as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
The Lady Eve
Movie · as Janet Pike
The Parson of Panamint
Movie · as Mrs. Tweedy
The Man Who Lost Himself
Movie · as Mrs. Milford
West Point Widow
Movie · as Mrs. Graves
A Very Young Lady
Movie · as Miss Steele
For Beauty's Sake
Movie · as Miss Merton
Bitter Sweet
Movie · as Lady Daventry
The Mark of Zorro
Movie · as Senora Isabella Vega
The Gay Caballero
Movie · as Kate Brewster
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie · as Miss Haines
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie · as Mrs. Foote
Slightly Honorable
Movie · as Mrs. Cushing
Land of Liberty
Movie · as (archive footage)
Career
Movie · as Amy Cruthers
Man of Conquest
Movie · as Mrs. Sarah Lea
I Was a Convict
Movie · as Mrs. Martha Harrison
Laugh It Off
Movie · as Mary Carter
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Movie · as Self
Judge Hardy's Children
Movie · as Miss Budge
Say It in French
Movie · as Mrs. Laura Carrington
Woman Against Woman
Movie · as Mrs. Holland
Yellow Jack
Movie · as Miss Macdade
Rosalie
Movie · as Miss Baker
Big City
Movie · as Sophie Sloane
Give Till It Hurts
Movie · as Cathy Gaffney
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Movie · as Mrs. Sinclair
The 13th Chair
Movie · as Lady Alicia Crosby
Between Two Women
Movie · as Miss Pringle
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Movie · as Mrs. Agatha Steward
The Good Old Soak
Movie · as Matilda Hawley
Love Before Breakfast
Movie · as Mrs. Colby
I'd Give My Life
Movie · as Stella Bancroft
The Longest Night
Movie · as Mrs. Briggs
Village Tale
Movie · as Amy Somerville
So Red the Rose
Movie · as Sally Bedford
The Dark Angel
Movie · as Mrs. Shannon
Let's Live Tonight
Movie · as Mrs. Routledge
The Mighty Barnum
Movie · as Nancy Barnum
The Last Gentleman
Movie · as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
The President Vanishes
Movie · as Mrs. Craig
Gallant Lady
Movie · as Maria Sherwood
Fine Feathers
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