Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

Acting
Born Oct 15, 1879
From Palmyra, Missouri, USA
Died Aug 13, 1967

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Filmography — Acting

Gone with the Wind
7.9
1939

Gone with the Wind

Mrs. Merriwether

Mary Poppins
7.5
1964

Mary Poppins

Bird Woman

The Grapes of Wrath
7.8
1940

The Grapes of Wrath

Ma Joad

3 Godfathers
6.7
1948

3 Godfathers

Miss Florie

My Darling Clementine
7.5
1946

My Darling Clementine

Kate Nelson

Jesse James
6.5
1939

Jesse James

Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

Wagon Master
6.7
1950

Wagon Master

Sister Ledyard

The Ox-Bow Incident
7.7
1943

The Ox-Bow Incident

Ma Grier

Caged
7.1
1950

Caged

Isolation Matron

Poor Little Rich Girl
6.6
1936

Poor Little Rich Girl

Woodward

The Scarlet Empress
6.9
1934

The Scarlet Empress

Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Fashions of 1934
6.5
1934

Fashions of 1934

Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

Curly Top
6.4
1935

Curly Top

Mrs. Denham

Design for Living
7.1
1933

Design for Living

Curtis' Housekeeper

All Through the Night
6.7
1942

All Through the Night

Mrs. Donahue

A Life at Stake
5.2
1955

A Life at Stake

Landlady

The Last Hurrah
7.2
1958

The Last Hurrah

Delia

The Gilded Lily
6.6
1935

The Gilded Lily

Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

Love Is News
6.0
1937

Love Is News

Mrs. Flaherty

The Bigamist
6.5
1953

The Bigamist

Mrs. Connelley

Private Number
6.5
1936

Private Number

Mrs. Frisby

We're Not Married!
5.9
1952

We're Not Married!

Mrs. Bush

The Rains Came
5.9
1939

The Rains Came

Aunt Phoebe Smiley

Murders in the Zoo
5.8
1933

Murders in the Zoo

Banquet Guest (uncredited)

There's Always Tomorrow
7.2
1956

There's Always Tomorrow

Mme Rogers

Untamed
4.2
1940

Untamed

Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

Hot Saturday
6.5
1932

Hot Saturday

Mrs. Brock

The Lemon Drop Kid
6.5
1951

The Lemon Drop Kid

'Nellie Thursday' Regan

Stage Door Canteen
6.1
1943

Stage Door Canteen

Jane Darwell

The Sun Shines Bright
6.4
1953

The Sun Shines Bright

Aurora Ratchitt

The Battle of Midway
5.8
1942

The Battle of Midway

Narrator (voice)

Chad Hanna
6.0
1940

Chad Hanna

Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

All That Money Can Buy
7.0
1941

All That Money Can Buy

Ma Stone

Craig's Wife
6.3
1936

Craig's Wife

Mrs. Harold

Ann Vickers
5.5
1933

Ann Vickers

Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

Wonder Bar
5.9
1934

Wonder Bar

Baroness (uncredited)

Bright Eyes
6.7
1934

Bright Eyes

Mrs. Higgins

Blind Date
7.0
1934

Blind Date

Ma Taylor

Roman Scandals
5.7
1933

Roman Scandals

Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

Hit the Deck
4.6
1955

Hit the Deck

Jenny

Three Husbands
5.1
1950

Three Husbands

Mrs. Wurdeman

Dangerously Yours
4.3
1937

Dangerously Yours

Aunt Cynthia Barton

Finishing School
6.0
1934

Finishing School

Maude (uncredited)

Surrender
4.4
1950

Surrender

Molly Hale

David Harum
7.0
1934

David Harum

Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

Tom Sawyer
5.5
1930

Tom Sawyer

Widow Douglas

One Night of Love
5.2
1934

One Night of Love

Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

Paddy O'Day
7.0
1936

Paddy O'Day

Dora

Desirable
7.0
1934

Desirable

Frederick's Mother

Gentlemen Are Born
6.5
1934

Gentlemen Are Born

Landlady

Heat Lightning
7.0
1934

Heat Lightning

Gladys

Three Blind Mice
6.0
1938

Three Blind Mice

Mrs. Kilian

Child of Manhattan
7.2
1933

Child of Manhattan

Mrs. McGonagle

Red Canyon
5.0
1949

Red Canyon

Aunt Jane

Slave Ship
4.5
1937

Slave Ship

Mrs. Marlowe

Government Girl
5.2
1943

Government Girl

Miss Trask (uncredited)

One More Spring
5.8
1935

One More Spring

Mary Sweeney

Only Yesterday
6.8
1933

Only Yesterday

Mrs. Lane

Huckleberry Finn
6.7
1931

Huckleberry Finn

Widow Douglas

The Great Hospital Mystery
4.0
1937

The Great Hospital Mystery

Nurse Sarah Keats

On the Sunny Side
6.0
1942

On the Sunny Side

Annie

The Singing Marine
4.0
1937

The Singing Marine

Ma Marine

Before Dawn
5.6
1933

Before Dawn

Mrs. Marble

The Great Gildersleeve
6.1
1942

The Great Gildersleeve

Aunt Emma Forrester

Little Miss Broadway
6.3
1938

Little Miss Broadway

Miss Hutchins

It Happens Every Thursday
6.2
1953

It Happens Every Thursday

Mrs. Spatch

Thieves Fall Out
5.5
1941

Thieves Fall Out

Grandma Allen

Most Precious Thing in Life
5.2
1934

Most Precious Thing in Life

Mrs. O'Day

Million Dollar Ransom
5.0
1934

Million Dollar Ransom

Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Tender Comrade
5.6
1944

Tender Comrade

Mrs. Henderson

Brigham Young
4.4
1940

Brigham Young

Eliza Kent

Navy Wife
5.0
1935

Navy Wife

Mrs. Louise Keats

6.0
1948

Train to Alcatraz

Aunt Ella

She's a Sweetheart
1944

She's a Sweetheart

Mom

Back Street
6.2
1932

Back Street

Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

The Second Face
6.8
1950

The Second Face

Mrs. Lockridge

King for a Night
6.2
1933

King for a Night

Mrs. Williams

Emergency Call
5.8
1933

Emergency Call

Nurse Brown (uncredited)

Reckless Age
1944

Reckless Age

Mrs. Connors

I Live in Grosvenor Square
7.1
1945

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Mrs. Patterson

Cross Country Cruise
6.0
1934

Cross Country Cruise

Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)

Journal of a Crime
5.7
1934

Journal of a Crime

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

We're Only Human
6.5
1935

We're Only Human

Mrs. Walsh

Hound-Dog Man
4.4
1959

Hound-Dog Man

Grandma Wilson

The Impatient Years
6.6
1944

The Impatient Years

Minister's wife

The White Parade
6.0
1934

The White Parade

Sailor

Captain January
6.7
1936

Captain January

Mrs. Eliza Croft

It Happened in Flatbush
4.8
1942

It Happened in Flatbush

Mrs. Maguire

Music in Manhattan
5.5
1944

Music in Manhattan

Mrs. Pearson

Journey Into Light
6.0
1951

Journey Into Light

Mack

The Greer Case
1957

The Greer Case

Annie Jackson

Excuse My Dust
7.2
1951

Excuse My Dust

Mrs. Belden

20,000 Men a Year
5.5
1939

20,000 Men a Year

Mrs. Allen

Gildersleeve's Bad Day
6.4
1943

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Aunt Emma Forrester

Laughing at Trouble
6.0
1936

Laughing at Trouble

Glory Bradford

Three Men on a Horse
1957

Three Men on a Horse

Lady on Bus

The Country Doctor
6.0
1936

The Country Doctor

Mrs. Graham

Bed of Roses
6.1
1933

Bed of Roses

Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

Three Wise Fools
5.0
1946

Three Wise Fools

Sister Mary Brigid

Unexpected Father
5.0
1939

Unexpected Father

Mrs. Callahan

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
7.2
1933

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
5.0
1950

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

Mrs. Murphy

The First Baby
1936

The First Baby

Mrs. Ellis

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
5.7
1942

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Mariah Clemm

Embarrassing Moments
1934

Embarrassing Moments

Mrs. Stuckelberger

Washington Merry-Go-Round
6.7
1932

Washington Merry-Go-Round

Alice's Aunt

Young America
5.0
1932

Young America

School Teacher (Uncredited)

After Five
1915

After Five

Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

The Jury's Secret
4.0
1938

The Jury's Secret

Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

The Rose of the Rancho
4.0
1914

The Rose of the Rancho

Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

Redwood Forest Trail
1950

Redwood Forest Trail

Hattie Hickory

One Sunday Afternoon
6.3
1933

One Sunday Afternoon

Mrs. Lind

Jennie Gerhardt
5.0
1933

Jennie Gerhardt

Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

Miracle on Main Street
5.3
1939

Miracle on Main Street

Mrs. Herman

Once to Every Woman
6.0
1934

Once to Every Woman

Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

Inside Story
1939

Inside Story

Aunt Mary Perkins

Happiness Ahead
6.0
1934

Happiness Ahead

Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

Ladies of the Big House
6.0
1931

Ladies of the Big House

Mrs. Turner

Wife, Doctor and Nurse
6.0
1937

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Mrs. Krueger

Life Begins at Forty
1935

Life Begins at Forty

Ida Harris

Change of Heart
5.0
1938

Change of Heart

Mrs. Thompson

He Couldn't Take It
1933

He Couldn't Take It

Mrs. Case

Star for a Night
6.0
1936

Star for a Night

Mrs. Martha Lind

Let's Talk It Over
1934

Let's Talk It Over

Mrs. O'Keefe

Girls in Prison
3.9
1956

Girls in Prison

Matron Jamieson

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
10.0
1986

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

(archive footage)

Keeper of the Bees
1947

Keeper of the Bees

Mrs. Ferris

Women Won't Tell
4.0
1932

Women Won't Tell

Mrs. Walter Robinson

Lest We Forget
1937

Lest We Forget

Archive Footage

Private Nurse
1941

Private Nurse

Miss Adams

White Fang
6.0
1936

White Fang

Maud Mahoney

Young America
1942

Young America

Grandmother Nora Campbell

Prima Donna
1956

Prima Donna

Lena

The Past of Mary Holmes
1933

The Past of Mary Holmes

Affair with a Stranger
4.4
1953

Affair with a Stranger

Ma Stanton

Metropolitan
1935

Metropolitan

Grandma

The Restless Sex
1920

The Restless Sex

Housekeeper (uncredited)

Grand Jury Secrets
1939

Grand Jury Secrets

Mrs. Keefe

Fifty Roads to Town
1937

Fifty Roads to Town

Mrs. Henry

Men of Texas
1942

Men of Texas

Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

Change of Heart
6.2
1934

Change of Heart

Mrs. McGowan

Air Hostess
5.7
1933

Air Hostess

Ma Kearny

Hypocrites
5.6
1915

Hypocrites

Madam (uncredited)

Nancy Steele Is Missing!
5.0
1937

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

Mrs. Mary Flaherty

The Only Son
1.0
1914

The Only Son

Mrs. Brainerd

Little Miss Nobody
6.0
1936

Little Miss Nobody

Eva Bradley

Time Out for Murder
5.7
1938

Time Out for Murder

Polly, Helen's supervisor

Highways by Night
6.0
1942

Highways by Night

Grandma Fogarty

Battle of Broadway
4.0
1938

Battle of Broadway

Mrs. Rogers

Bondage
1933

Bondage

Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

Youth Will Be Served
1.0
1940

Youth Will Be Served

Supervisor Stormer

Up the River
1938

Up the River

Mrs. Graham

Little Church Around the Corner
5.9
1923

Little Church Around the Corner

Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

The Girl in 419
3.5
1933

The Girl in 419

Nurse Esmond

Captain Tugboat Annie
1945

Captain Tugboat Annie

Tugboat Annie

The Red Stallion
1947

The Red Stallion

Aggie Curtis

The Dark Horse
1946

The Dark Horse

Aunt Hattie

Father's Wild Game
1950

Father's Wild Game

Minerva Bobbin

The Zero Hour
4.5
1939

The Zero Hour

Sophie

The Rug Maker's Daughter
1915

The Rug Maker's Daughter

Mrs. Van Buren

McFadden´s Flats
1935

McFadden´s Flats

Nora McFadden

Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956

Sincerely, Willis Wade

Mrs. Jacoby

Five of a Kind
4.2
1938

Five of a Kind

Nurse Waldron

Wig-Wag
1935

Wig-Wag

Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

The Goose Girl
1915

The Goose Girl

Irma

Tomorrow's Youth
1934

Tomorrow's Youth

Mary O'Brien

Brewster's Millions
6.0
1914

Brewster's Millions

Mrs. Dan De Mille

Small Town Deb
6.0
1941

Small Town Deb

Katie

Ready Money
1914

Ready Money

Mrs. Tyler

The Master Mind
1914

The Master Mind

Milwaukee Sadie

1943

Family Feud

The Mother