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Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

Actor · Born 1884-10-20 · Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Lady Eve (1941) — Janet Pike
  2. The Mark of Zorro (1940) — Senora Isabella Vega
  3. Reap the Wild Wind (1942) — Mrs. Mottram
  4. All This, and Heaven Too (1940) — Miss Haines
  5. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) — Mrs. Foote
  6. The Dark Angel (1935) — Mrs. Shannon
  7. Love Before Breakfast (1936) — Mrs. Colby
  8. Slightly Honorable (1939) — Mrs. Cushing
  9. The Thirteenth Chair (1937) — Lady Alicia Crosby
  10. Yellow Jack (1938) — Miss Macdade
  11. Judge Hardy's Children (1938) — Miss Budge
  12. Bitter Sweet (1940) — Lady Daventry
  13. Silver Queen (1942) — Mrs. Laura Forsythe
  14. Rosalie (1937) — Miss Baker
  15. Man of Conquest (1939) — Mrs. Sarah Lea
  16. Big City (1937) — Sophie Sloane
  17. My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937) — Mrs. Sinclair
  18. The Gay Caballero (1940) — Kate Brewster
  19. A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) — Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
  20. Give Till It Hurts (1937) — Cathy Gaffney
  21. Between Two Women (1937) — Miss Pringle
  22. The President Vanishes (1934) — Mrs. Craig
  23. A Letter From Bataan (1942) — Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
  24. The Man Who Lost Himself (1941) — Mrs. Milford
  25. The Longest Night (1936) — Mrs. Briggs
  26. Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) — Mrs. Agatha Steward
  27. The Parson of Panamint (1941) — Mrs. Tweedy
  28. Gallant Lady (1933) — Maria Sherwood
  29. So Red the Rose (1935) — Sally Bedford
  30. Woman Against Woman (1938) — Mrs. Holland
  31. Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) — Self (archive footage)
  32. The Mighty Barnum (1934) — Nancy Barnum
  33. Village Tale (1935) — Amy Somerville
  34. The Last Gentleman (1934) — Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
  35. I'd Give My Life (1936) — Stella Bancroft
  36. Say It in French (1938) — Mrs. Laura Carrington
  37. Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943) — Eloise Lowry
  38. I Was a Convict (1939) — Mrs. Martha Harrison
  39. Laugh It Off (1939) — Mary Carter
  40. West Point Widow (1941) — Mrs. Graves