7.4
7.4
Big City
1937
as Sophie Sloane
Janet Beecher
Acting
Born:October 20, 1884
Died:August 6, 1955(aged 70)
Birthplace:Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (48 movies)
7.2
7.2
The Lady Eve
1941
as Janet Pike
7.2
7.2
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Miss Haines
7.0
7.0
The Mark of Zorro
1940
as Senora Isabella Vega
6.9
6.9
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Mrs. Foote
6.5
6.5
Woman Against Woman
1938
as Mrs. Holland
6.5
6.5
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
as Miss Budge
6.5
6.5
So Red the Rose
1935
as Sally Bedford
6.4
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Mrs. Mottram
6.2
6.2
The Dark Angel
1935
as Mrs. Shannon
6.1
6.1
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as Mrs. Sinclair
6.1
6.1
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
as Lady Alissia Crosby
6.0
6.0
Gallant Lady
1933
as Maria Sherwood
6.0
6.0
I'd Give My Life
1936
as Stella Bancroft
6.0
6.0
West Point Widow
1941
as Mrs. Graves
6.0
6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939
as Self
6.0
6.0
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943
as Eloise Lowry
5.8
5.8
The President Vanishes
1934
as Mrs. Craig
5.8
5.8
Love Before Breakfast
1936
as Mrs. Colby
5.8
5.8
Bitter Sweet
1940
as Lady Daventry
5.7
5.7
The Longest Night
1936
as Mrs. Briggs
5.7
5.7
Give Till It Hurts
1937
as Cathy Gaffney
5.7
5.7
Silver Queen
1942
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
5.6
5.6
Yellow Jack
1938
as Miss Macdade
5.5
5.5
Rosalie
1937
as Miss Baker
5.5
5.5
Between Two Women
1937
as Miss Pringle
5.2
5.2
The Gay Caballero
1940
as Kate Brewster
5.0
5.0
The Parson of Panamint
1941
as Mrs. Tweedy
5.0
5.0
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
5.0
5.0
Man of Conquest
1939
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
5.0
5.0
I Was a Convict
1939
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
4.7
4.7
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Mrs. Cushing
4.5
4.5
Village Tale
1935
as Amy Somerville
4.5
4.5
A Letter From Bataan
1942
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
4.3
4.3
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941
as Mrs. Milford
3.0
3.0
The Last Gentleman
1934
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
2.0
2.0
Laugh It Off
1939
as Mary Carter
1.0
1.0
A Very Young Lady
1941
as Miss Steele
1.0
1.0
Let's Live Tonight
1935
as Mrs. Routledge
0.5
0.5
The Mighty Barnum
1934
as Nancy Barnum
For Beauty's Sake
1941
as Miss Merton
Career
1939
as Amy Cruthers
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
The Good Old Soak
1937
as Matilda Hawley
Hi, Neighbor
1942
as Hattie Greenfield
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
as Mrs. Olcott
Men of Texas
1942
as Mrs. Sam Houston
Say It in French
1938
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
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