Clara Blandick

Clara Blandick

Known for
Acting
Born
June 4, 1876
Died
April 15, 1962 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

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

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Filmography

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Mrs. Black Is Back

Mrs. Black Is Back

Movie · as Emily Mason

1950
Riding High poster

Riding High

Movie · as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950
Key to the City poster

Key to the City

Movie · as Liza, Silas' housekeeper

1949
Mr. Soft Touch poster

Mr. Soft Touch

Movie · as Susan Balmuss

1948
The Bride Goes Wild poster

The Bride Goes Wild

Movie · as Aunt Pewtie

1947
Philo Vance Returns poster

Philo Vance Returns

Movie · as Stella Blendon

1947
Life with Father poster

Life with Father

Movie · as Miss Wiggins

1946
So Goes My Love poster

So Goes My Love

Movie · as Mrs. Meade

1946
People Are Funny poster

People Are Funny

Movie · as Grandma Wilson

1946
She-Wolf of London poster

She-Wolf of London

Movie · as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)

1946
A Stolen Life poster

A Stolen Life

Movie · as Martha

1946
Claudia and David poster

Claudia and David

Movie · as Mrs. Barry

1945
Frontier Gal poster

Frontier Gal

Movie · as Abigail

1945
Pillow of Death poster

Pillow of Death

Movie · as Belle Kincaid

1944
Can't Help Singing poster

Can't Help Singing

Movie · as Aunt Cissy

1944
Shadow of Suspicion poster

Shadow of Suspicion

Movie · as Mother Randall

1943
Du Barry Was a Lady poster

Du Barry Was a Lady

Movie · as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

1943
Heaven Can Wait poster

Heaven Can Wait

Movie · as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

1942
Gentleman Jim poster

Gentleman Jim

Movie · as Woman on Train (uncredited)

1942
Rings on Her Fingers poster

Rings on Her Fingers

Movie

1942
Lady in a Jam poster

Lady in a Jam

Movie · as Tourist (uncredited)

1941
It Started with Eve poster

It Started with Eve

Movie · as Nurse

1941
Private Nurse poster

Private Nurse

Movie · as Miss Phillips

1941
The Big Store poster

The Big Store

Movie · as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

1941
The Nurse's Secret poster

The Nurse's Secret

Movie · as Aunt Juliet Mitchell

1941
The Get-Away poster

The Get-Away

Movie · as Mrs. Higgins

1941
The Wagons Roll at Night poster

The Wagons Roll at Night

Movie · as Mrs. Williams

1941
One Foot in Heaven poster

One Foot in Heaven

Movie · as Sister Watkins (uncredited)

1940
Youth Will Be Served poster

Youth Will Be Served

Movie · as Miss Bradshaw

1940
Tomboy poster

Tomboy

Movie · as Aunt Martha

1940
Alice in Movieland poster

Alice in Movieland

Movie · as Grandmother

1940
North West Mounted Police poster

North West Mounted Police

Movie · as Mrs. Burns

1940
Dreaming Out Loud poster

Dreaming Out Loud

Movie · as Jessica Spencer

1939
The Wizard of Oz poster

The Wizard of Oz

Movie · as Auntie Em

1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn poster

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as Miss Watson

1939
The Star Maker poster

The Star Maker

Movie · as Miss Esther Jones

1939
Drums Along the Mohawk poster

Drums Along the Mohawk

Movie · as Mrs. Borst

1939
Swanee River poster

Swanee River

Movie · as Mrs. Griffin

1938
Crime Ring poster

Crime Ring

Movie · as Phoebe Sawyer

1938
Tom Sawyer, Detective poster

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Movie · as Aunt Polly

1938
Professor Beware poster

Professor Beware

Movie · as Mrs. Green - Landlady

1938
My Old Kentucky Home poster

My Old Kentucky Home

Movie · as Julia 'Granny' Blair

1938
Swing, Sister, Swing poster

Swing, Sister, Swing

Movie · as Ma Sisler

1937
Small Town Boy poster

Small Town Boy

Movie · as Mrs. Armstrong

1937
You Can't Have Everything poster

You Can't Have Everything

Movie · as Townswoman (uncredited)

1937
Her Husband's Secretary poster

Her Husband's Secretary

Movie · as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

1937
Wings Over Honolulu poster

Wings Over Honolulu

Movie · as Evie Curtis

1937
A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born

Movie · as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)

1937
The Road Back poster

The Road Back

Movie · as Willy's Mother

1936
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine poster

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Movie · as Gaptown Landlady

1936
The Gorgeous Hussy poster

The Gorgeous Hussy

Movie · as Louisa Abbott

1936
The Case of the Velvet Claws poster

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Movie · as Mary F. O'Daugherty

1936
Hearts Divided poster

Hearts Divided

Movie · as Aunt Ellen

1936
In His Steps

In His Steps

Movie · as Martha Adams

1936
Make Way for a Lady poster

Make Way for a Lady

Movie · as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

1936
Anthony Adverse poster

Anthony Adverse

Movie · as Mrs. Jorham

1935
Straight from the Heart poster

Straight from the Heart

Movie · as Mrs. Anderson

1935
The Winning Ticket poster

The Winning Ticket

Movie · as Aunt Maggie

1935
Party Wire poster

Party Wire

Movie · as Mathilda Sherman

1935
Transient Lady poster

Transient Lady

Movie · as Eva Branham

1934
Broadway Bill poster

Broadway Bill

Movie · as Mrs. Peterson

1934
As the Earth Turns poster

As the Earth Turns

Movie · as Cora

1934
The Girl from Missouri poster

The Girl from Missouri

Movie · as Miss Newberry

1934
The Show-Off poster

The Show-Off

Movie · as Mrs. 'Ma'

1934
The President Vanishes poster

The President Vanishes

Movie · as Mrs. Delling

1934
Fugitive Lady poster

Fugitive Lady

Movie · as Aunt Margaret

1934
Harold Teen poster

Harold Teen

Movie · as Ma Lovewell

1934
Jealousy poster

Jealousy

Movie · as Mrs. Douglas

1934
Beloved poster

Beloved

Movie · as Miss Murfee

1934
Sisters Under the Skin poster

Sisters Under the Skin

Movie · as Miss Gower

1933
Child of Manhattan poster

Child of Manhattan

Movie · as Aunt Sophie

1933
Turn Back the Clock poster

Turn Back the Clock

Movie · as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

1933
Ever in My Heart poster

Ever in My Heart

Movie · as Anna, the Cook

1933
The Mind Reader poster

The Mind Reader

Movie · as Auntie (uncredited)

1933
Going Hollywood poster

Going Hollywood

Movie · as Ms. Perkins

1933
Three Cornered Moon poster

Three Cornered Moon

Movie · as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)

1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case poster

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

Movie · as Minerva Winterslip

1932
Life Begins poster

Life Begins

Movie · as Mrs. West

1932
Rockabye poster

Rockabye

Movie · as Brida

1932
Shopworn poster

Shopworn

Movie · as Mrs. Helen Livingston

1932
The Wet Parade poster

The Wet Parade

Movie · as Mrs. Tarleton

1932
Three on a Match poster

Three on a Match

Movie · as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

1932
The Strange Case of Clara Deane poster

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

Movie · as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)

1931
Possessed poster

Possessed

Movie · as Mrs. Martin

1931
Bought! poster

Bought!

Movie · as Mrs. Sprig

1931
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford poster

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

Movie · as Mrs. Layton

1931
The Drums of Jeopardy poster

The Drums of Jeopardy

Movie · as Aunt Abbie

1931
Laughing Sinners poster

Laughing Sinners

Movie · as Salvation Army Woman

1931
Huckleberry Finn poster

Huckleberry Finn

Movie · as Aunt Polly

1931
Once a Sinner poster

Once a Sinner

Movie · as Mrs. Mason

1931
The Easiest Way poster

The Easiest Way

Movie · as Agnes Murdock

1931
Murder at Midnight poster

Murder at Midnight

Movie · as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

1931
Daybreak poster

Daybreak

Movie · as Frau Hoffman

1931
I Take This Woman poster

I Take This Woman

Movie · as Ranch Wife

1931
Inspiration poster

Inspiration

Movie · as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)

1931
It's a Wise Child poster

It's a Wise Child

Movie · as Mrs. Stanton

1930
Romance poster

Romance

Movie · as Abigail Armstrong

1930
Men Are Like That poster

Men Are Like That

Movie · as Ma Fisher

1930
The Sins of the Children poster

The Sins of the Children

Movie · as Martha Wagenkampf

1930
The Girl Said No poster

The Girl Said No

Movie · as Mrs. Ward

1930
Burning Up poster

Burning Up

Movie · as Mrs. Minnie Winkle

1930
The Last of the Duanes poster

The Last of the Duanes

Movie · as Mrs. Duane

1930
Poor Aubrey poster

Poor Aubrey

Movie · as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

1930
Tom Sawyer poster

Tom Sawyer

Movie · as Aunt Polly

1929
Wise Girls poster

Wise Girls

Movie · as Mrs. Bence

1917
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp poster

Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp

Movie · as Mrs. Donnelly

1916
The Stolen Triumph poster

The Stolen Triumph

Movie · as Mrs. Rowley

1915
The Cabaret Singer poster

The Cabaret Singer

Movie · as Mrs. Denton