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Janet Beecher
Actor

Janet Beecher

20 Oct 1884Born
6 Aug 1955Died
70Age at death
49Credits

Biography

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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".

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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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1943Henry Aldrich Gets GlamourFilm: Eloise Lowry
  2. 1942Silver QueenFilm: Mrs. Laura Forsythe
  3. 1942Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchFilm: Mrs. Olcott
  4. 1942A Letter From BataanFilm: Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
  5. 1942Hi, NeighborFilm: Hattie Greenfield
  6. 1942Men of TexasFilm: Mrs. Sam Houston
  7. 1942Reap the Wild WindFilm: Mrs. Mottram
  8. 1942A Tragedy at MidnightFilm: Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
  9. 1941The Parson of PanamintFilm: Mrs. Tweedy
  10. 1941A Very Young LadyFilm: Miss Steele
  11. 1941West Point WidowFilm: Mrs. Graves
  12. 1941For Beauty's SakeFilm: Miss Merton
  13. 1941The Man Who Lost HimselfFilm: Mrs. Milford
  14. 1941The Lady EveFilm: Janet Pike
  15. 1940Bitter SweetFilm: Lady Daventry
  16. 1940The Mark of ZorroFilm: Senora Isabella Vega
  17. 1940The Gay CaballeroFilm: Kate Brewster
  18. 1940All This, and Heaven TooFilm: Miss Haines
  19. 1939Slightly HonorableFilm: Mrs. Cushing
  20. 1939Laugh It OffFilm: Mary Carter
  21. 1939CareerFilm: Amy Cruthers
  22. 1939Land of LibertyFilm: (archive footage)
  23. 1939Man of ConquestFilm: Mrs. Sarah Lea
  24. 1939The Story of Vernon and Irene CastleFilm: Mrs. Foote
  25. 1939I Was a ConvictFilm: Mrs. Martha Harrison
  26. 1938Say It in FrenchFilm: Mrs. Laura Carrington
  27. 1938Woman Against WomanFilm: Mrs. Holland
  28. 1938Yellow JackFilm: Miss Macdade
  29. 1938Judge Hardy's ChildrenFilm: Miss Budge
  30. 1937RosalieFilm: Miss Baker
  31. 1937Beg, Borrow or StealFilm: Mrs. Agatha Steward
  32. 1937Give Till It HurtsFilm: Cathy Gaffney
  33. 1937My Dear Miss AldrichFilm: Mrs. Sinclair
  34. 1937Big CityFilm: Sophie Sloane
  35. 1937Between Two WomenFilm: Miss Pringle
  36. 1937The Thirteenth ChairFilm: Lady Alicia Crosby
  37. 1937The Good Old SoakFilm: Matilda Hawley
  38. 1936The Longest NightFilm: Mrs. Briggs
  39. 1936I'd Give My LifeFilm: Stella Bancroft
  40. 1936Love Before BreakfastFilm: Mrs. Colby
  41. 1935So Red the RoseFilm: Sally Bedford
  42. 1935The Dark AngelFilm: Mrs. Shannon
  43. 1935Village TaleFilm: Amy Somerville
  44. 1935Let's Live TonightFilm: Mrs. Routledge
  45. 1934The Mighty BarnumFilm: Nancy Barnum
  46. 1934The President VanishesFilm: Mrs. Craig
  47. 1934The Last GentlemanFilm: Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
  48. 1933Gallant LadyFilm: Maria Sherwood
  49. 1915Fine FeathersFilm

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