
Clara Blandick
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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
Credits

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
as Auntie Em

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
as Mrs. Borst

Heaven Can Wait (1943)
as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

A Star Is Born (1937)
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)

North West Mounted Police (1940)
as Mrs. Burns

She-Wolf of London (1946)
as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)

Possessed (1931)
as Mrs. Martin

Frontier Gal (1945)
as Abigail

Life with Father (1947)
as Miss Wiggins

The Big Store (1941)
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

Shopworn (1932)
as Mrs. Helen Livingston

Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Woman on Train (uncredited)

Wise Girls (1929)
as Mrs. Bence

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)
as Louisa Abbott

Harold Teen (1934)
as Ma Lovewell

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
as Miss Watson

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

Key to the City (1950)
as Liza, Silas' housekeeper

A Stolen Life (1946)
as Martha

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
as Gaptown Landlady

Transient Lady (1935)
as Eva Branham

Romance (1930)
as Abigail Armstrong

Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
Actor

Three on a Match (1932)
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

Anthony Adverse (1936)
as Mrs. Jorham

Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
as Susan Balmuss

Broadway Bill (1934)
as Mrs. Peterson

Pillow of Death (1945)
as Belle Kincaid

Ever in My Heart (1933)
as Anna, the Cook

Fugitive Lady (1934)
as Aunt Margaret

Sisters Under the Skin (1934)
as Miss Gower

Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

Riding High (1950)
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Tourist (uncredited)

The Wet Parade (1932)
as Mrs. Tarleton

Rockabye (1932)
as Brida

Laughing Sinners (1931)
as Salvation Army Woman

The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
as Aunt Pewtie

One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)

Huckleberry Finn (1931)
as Aunt Polly

Alice in Movieland (1940)
as Grandmother

It Started with Eve (1941)
as Nurse

The President Vanishes (1934)
as Mrs. Delling

You Can't Have Everything (1937)
as Townswoman (uncredited)

Poor Aubrey (1930)
as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp (1917)
as Mrs. Donnelly

Claudia and David (1946)
as Mrs. Barry

It's a Wise Child (1931)
as Mrs. Stanton

The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)
as Mrs. Williams

Life Begins (1932)
as Mrs. West

The Girl Said No (1930)
as Mrs. Ward

The Winning Ticket (1935)
as Aunt Maggie

Swanee River (1939)
as Mrs. Griffin

The Road Back (1937)
as Willy's Mother

Burning Up (1930)
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle

The Show-Off (1934)
as Mrs. 'Ma'

The Girl from Missouri (1934)
as Miss Newberry

So Goes My Love (1946)
as Mrs. Meade

Three Cornered Moon (1933)
as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)

I Take This Woman (1931)
as Ranch Wife

Tom Sawyer (1930)
as Aunt Polly

Straight from the Heart (1935)
as Mrs. Anderson

Going Hollywood (1933)
as Ms. Perkins

The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)
as Mary F. O'Daugherty

Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
as Ma Sisler

Inspiration (1931)
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
as Minerva Winterslip

The Last of the Duanes (1930)
as Mrs. Duane

The Star Maker (1939)
as Miss Esther Jones

Once a Sinner (1931)
as Mrs. Mason

People Are Funny (1946)
as Grandma Wilson

Turn Back the Clock (1933)
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

The Get-Away (1941)
as Mrs. Higgins

Professor Beware (1938)
as Mrs. Green - Landlady

Youth Will Be Served (1940)
as Miss Bradshaw

Jealousy (1934)
as Mrs. Douglas

Can't Help Singing (1944)
as Aunt Cissy

The Easiest Way (1931)
as Agnes Murdock

Philo Vance Returns (1947)
as Stella Blendon

Daybreak (1931)
as Frau Hoffman

Private Nurse (1941)
as Miss Phillips

Murder at Midnight (1931)
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

Wings Over Honolulu (1937)
as Evie Curtis

Crime Ring (1938)
as Phoebe Sawyer

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)
as Mrs. Layton

Party Wire (1935)
as Mathilda Sherman

Make Way for a Lady (1936)
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

Hearts Divided (1936)
as Aunt Ellen

Bought! (1931)
as Mrs. Sprig

The Nurse's Secret (1941)
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell

The Mind Reader (1933)
as Auntie (uncredited)

Men Are Like That (1930)
as Ma Fisher

The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)

The Stolen Triumph (1916)
as Mrs. Rowley

As the Earth Turns (1934)
as Cora

Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)
as Aunt Polly

Beloved (1934)
as Miss Murfee

Child of Manhattan (1933)
as Aunt Sophie

My Old Kentucky Home (1938)
as Julia 'Granny' Blair

The Drums of Jeopardy (1931)
as Aunt Abbie

Dreaming Out Loud (1940)
as Jessica Spencer

Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
as Mother Randall

The Wizard of Oz at Sphere (2025)
as Auntie Em (archive footage)

The Sins of the Children (1930)
as Martha Wagenkampf

Tomboy (1940)
as Aunt Martha
In His Steps (1936)
as Martha Adams

Small Town Boy (1937)
as Mrs. Armstrong

The Cabaret Singer (1915)
as Mrs. Denton





