Janet Beecher
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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.
Known for
Credits
The Lady Eve (1941)
as Janet Pike
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
as Senora Isabella Vega
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Rosalie (1937)
as Miss Baker
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
as Mrs. Mottram
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Miss Haines
The Dark Angel (1935)
as Mrs. Shannon
Gallant Lady (1933)
as Maria Sherwood
Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
Laugh It Off (1939)
as Mary Carter
So Red the Rose (1935)
as Sally Bedford
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
as Mrs. Foote
Land of Liberty (1939)
as (archive footage)
The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
as Mrs. Milford
The 13th Chair (1937)
as Lady Alicia Crosby
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
as Mrs. Colby
West Point Widow (1941)
as Mrs. Graves
Say It in French (1938)
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
Bitter Sweet (1940)
as Lady Daventry
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
as Mrs. Olcott
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
as Nancy Barnum
Fine Feathers (1915)
Actor
Man of Conquest (1939)
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
The Good Old Soak (1937)
as Matilda Hawley
Between Two Women (1937)
as Miss Pringle
Silver Queen (1942)
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Big City (1937)
as Sophie Sloane
For Beauty's Sake (1941)
as Miss Merton
Hi, Neighbor (1942)
as Hattie Greenfield
My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
as Mrs. Sinclair
A Very Young Lady (1941)
as Miss Steele
Let's Live Tonight (1935)
as Mrs. Routledge
The Parson of Panamint (1941)
as Mrs. Tweedy
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
I'd Give My Life (1936)
as Stella Bancroft
Village Tale (1935)
as Amy Somerville
The Longest Night (1936)
as Mrs. Briggs
Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
as Miss Budge
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)
as Eloise Lowry
The President Vanishes (1934)
as Mrs. Craig
I Was a Convict (1939)
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
Woman Against Woman (1938)
as Mrs. Holland
A Letter From Bataan (1942)
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
The Last Gentleman (1934)
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939)
as Self
Slightly Honorable (1939)
as Mrs. Cushing
Give Till It Hurts (1937)
as Cathy Gaffney
Yellow Jack (1938)
as Miss Macdade
Men of Texas (1942)
as Mrs. Sam Houston
Career (1939)
as Amy Cruthers
The Gay Caballero (1940)
as Kate Brewster