Jane Darwell
Known for
Acting
Life
1879 – 1967 (aged 87)
Born in
Palmyra, Missouri, USA
Credits
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Biography
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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.
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Known For
Mary Poppins
17 Dec 1964
Gone with the Wind
15 Dec 1939
The Grapes of Wrath
15 Mar 1940
My Darling Clementine
17 Oct 1946
The Ox-Bow Incident
11 Mar 1943
Design for Living
29 Dec 1933
3 Godfathers
31 Dec 1948
Wagon Master
22 Apr 1950
Photos
Filmography
1986
- Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2as (archive footage)
1964
- Mary Poppinsas Bird Woman
1963
- Burke's Lawas Mrs. Leah Mulligan1 episode
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Houras Mamie Carnation1 episode
1959
- Hound-Dog Manas Grandma Wilson
1958
- The Last Hurrahas Delia
1957
- Maverickas Mrs. Knowles1 episode
- Three Men on a Horseas Lady on Bus
- The Greer Caseas Annie Jackson
1956
- Sincerely, Willis Wadeas Mrs. Jacoby
- Girls in Prisonas Matron Jamieson
- Prima Donnaas Lena
- There's Always Tomorrowas Mme Rogers
1955
- Matinee Theater1 episode
- Screen Director's Playhouseas Lena1 episode
- A Life at Stakeas Landlady
- Hit the Deckas Jenny
1954
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin1 episode
- Climax!as Mrs. Koestler1 episode
- Studio 571 episode
- Lassie1 episode
1953
- The Bigamistas Mrs. Connelley
- Letter to Lorettaas Irene Townsend1 episode
- Affair with a Strangeras Ma Stanton
- The Sun Shines Brightas Aurora Ratchitt
- It Happens Every Thursdayas Mrs. Spatch
1952
- The Ford Television Theatreas Mama Mumby1 episode
- Cavalcade of Americaas Minna1 episode
- We're Not Married!as Mrs. Bush
1951
- Journey Into Lightas Mack
- Excuse My Dustas Mrs. Belden
- The Lemon Drop Kidas 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
1950
- Father's Wild Gameas Minerva Bobbin
- The Second Faceas Mrs. Lockridge
- Three Husbandsas Mrs. Wurdeman
- Redwood Forest Trailas Hattie Hickory
- Surrenderas Molly Hale
- Cagedas Isolation Matron
- The Daughter of Rosie O'Gradyas Mrs. Murphy
- Wagon Masteras Sister Ledyard
1949
- Red Canyonas Aunt Jane
1948
- 3 Godfathersas Miss Florie
- Studio Oneas Anna - Maid1 episode
- Train to Alcatrazas Aunt Ella
1947
- The Red Stallionas Aggie Curtis
- Keeper of the Beesas Mrs. Ferris
1946
- My Darling Clementineas Kate Nelson
- Three Wise Foolsas Sister Mary Brigid
- The Dark Horseas Aunt Hattie
1945
- Captain Tugboat Annieas Tugboat Annie
- I Live in Grosvenor Squareas Mrs. Patterson
1944
- She's a Sweetheartas Mom
- Music in Manhattanas Mrs. Pearson
- The Impatient Yearsas Minister's wife
- Reckless Ageas Mrs. Connors
- Tender Comradeas Mrs. Henderson
1943
- Government Girlas Miss Trask (uncredited)
- Family Feudas The Mother
- Stage Door Canteenas Jane Darwell
- Gildersleeve's Bad Dayas Aunt Emma Forrester
- The Ox-Bow Incidentas Ma Grier
1942
- The Great Gildersleeveas Aunt Emma Forrester
- Highways by Nightas Grandma Fogarty
- The Battle of Midwayas Narrator (voice)
- The Loves of Edgar Allan Poeas Mariah Clemm
- Men of Texasas Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
- It Happened in Flatbushas Mrs. Maguire
- On the Sunny Sideas Annie
- Young Americaas Grandmother Nora Campbell
- All Through the Nightas Mrs. Donahue
1941
- Small Town Debas Katie
- All That Money Can Buyas Ma Stone
- Private Nurseas Miss Adams
- Thieves Fall Outas Grandma Allen
1940
- Chad Hannaas Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
- Youth Will Be Servedas Supervisor Stormer
- Brigham Youngas Eliza Kent
- Untamedas Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
- The Grapes of Wrathas Ma Joad
1939
- Miracle on Main Streetas Mrs. Herman
- Gone with the Windas Mrs. Merriwether
- 20,000 Men a Yearas Mrs. Allen
- The Rains Cameas Aunt Phoebe Smiley
- Grand Jury Secretsas Mrs. Keefe
- Unexpected Fatheras Mrs. Callahan
- The Zero Houras Sophie
- Inside Storyas Aunt Mary Perkins
- Jesse Jamesas Mrs. Samuels
1938
- Up the Riveras Mrs. Graham
- Five of a Kindas Nurse Waldron
- Time Out for Murderas Polly, Helen's supervisor
- Little Miss Broadwayas Miss Hutchins
- Three Blind Miceas Mrs. Kilian
- Battle of Broadwayas Mrs. Rogers
- The Jury's Secretas Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
- Change of Heartas Mrs. Thompson
1937
- Dangerously Yoursas Aunt Cynthia Barton
- Wife, Doctor and Nurseas Mrs. Krueger
- The Singing Marineas Ma Marine
- Slave Shipas Mrs. Marlowe
- Fifty Roads to Townas Mrs. Henry
- The Great Hospital Mysteryas Nurse Sarah Keats
- Lest We Forgetas Archive Footage
- Nancy Steele Is Missing!as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
- Love Is Newsas Mrs. Flaherty
1936
- Laughing at Troubleas Glory Bradford
- Craig's Wifeas Mrs. Harold
- Star for a Nightas Mrs. Martha Lind
- Poor Little Rich Girlas Woodward
- White Fangas Maud Mahoney
- Little Miss Nobodyas Eva Bradley
- Private Numberas Mrs. Frisby
- Captain Januaryas Eliza Croft
- The First Babyas Mrs. Ellis
- The Country Doctoras Mrs. Graham
- Paddy O'Dayas Dora
1935
- We're Only Humanas Mrs. Walsh
- Metropolitanas Grandma
- Navy Wifeas Mrs. Louise Keats
- Curly Topas Mrs. Denham
- Wig-Wagas Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
- Life Begins at Fortyas Ida Harris
- McFadden´s Flatsas Nora McFadden
- One More Springas Mary Sweeney
- The Gilded Lilyas Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
1934
- Bright Eyesas Mrs. Higgins
- Gentlemen Are Bornas Landlady
- The White Paradeas Sailor
- Happiness Aheadas Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
- Tomorrow's Youthas Mary O'Brien
- Desirableas Frederick's Mother
- Million Dollar Ransomas Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
- Embarrassing Momentsas Mrs. Stuckelberger
- Blind Dateas Ma Taylor
- One Night of Loveas Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
- Most Precious Thing in Lifeas Mrs. O'Day
- Let's Talk It Overas Mrs. O'Keefe
- Change of Heartas Mrs. McGowan
- The Scarlet Empressas Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
- Finishing Schoolas Maude (uncredited)
- Wonder Baras Baroness (uncredited)
- Once to Every Womanas Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
- Journal of a Crimeas Dinner Guest (uncredited)
- David Harumas Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
- Heat Lightningas Gladys
- Fashions of 1934as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
- Cross Country Cruiseas Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
1933
- Design for Livingas Curtis' Housekeeper
- He Couldn't Take Itas Mrs. Case
- King for a Nightas Mrs. Williams
- Roman Scandalsas Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
- Only Yesterdayas Mrs. Lane
- Aggie Appleby, Maker of Menas Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
- Ann Vickersas Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
- One Sunday Afternoonas Mrs. Lind
- Before Dawnas Mrs. Marble
- Bed of Rosesas Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
- Emergency Callas Nurse Brown (uncredited)
- Jennie Gerhardtas Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
- The Girl in 419as Nurse Esmond
- Bondageas Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
- Murders in the Zooas Banquet Guest (uncredited)
- Child of Manhattanas Mrs. McGonagle
- The Past of Mary Holmes
- Air Hostessas Ma Kearny
1932
- Women Won't Tellas Mrs. Walter Robinson
- Hot Saturdayas Mrs. Brock
- Washington Merry-Go-Roundas Alice's Aunt
- Back Streetas Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
- Young Americaas School Teacher (Uncredited)
1931
- Ladies of the Big Houseas Mrs. Turner
- Huckleberry Finnas Widow Douglas
1930
- Tom Sawyeras Widow Douglas
1923
- Little Church Around the Corneras Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
1920
- The Restless Sexas Housekeeper (uncredited)
1915
- The Rug Maker's Daughteras Mrs. Van Buren
- After Fiveas Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
- The Goose Girlas Irma
- Hypocritesas Madam (uncredited)
1914
- The Rose of the Ranchoas Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
- Ready Moneyas Mrs. Tyler
- The Only Sonas Mrs. Brainerd
- The Master Mindas Milwaukee Sadie
- Brewster's Millionsas Mrs. Dan De Mille