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