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Jane Darwell

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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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Born

Oct 15, 1879

Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Died

Aug 13, 1967

Known For

Acting

Movies

171 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.6

movie

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939

as Mrs. Merriwether
Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

1964

as Bird Woman
My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

1946

as Kate Nelson
Design for Living

Design for Living

1933

as Curtis' Housekeeper
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Ma Joad
The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

as Ma Grier
Wagon Master

Wagon Master

1950

as Sister Ledyard
The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress

1934

as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
The Bigamist

The Bigamist

1953

as Mrs. Connelley
Jesse James

Jesse James

1939

as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
1939 • as Mrs. Merriwether
★ 7.9
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
1964 • as Bird Woman
★ 7.5
Curly Top
Curly Top
1935 • as Mrs. Denham
★ 6.4
Caged
Caged
1950 • as Isolation Matron
★ 7.1
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine
1946 • as Kate Nelson
★ 7.5
Design for Living
Design for Living
1933 • as Curtis' Housekeeper
★ 7.1
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 • as Ma Joad
★ 7.8
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 • as Ma Grier
★ 7.7
Wagon Master
Wagon Master
1950 • as Sister Ledyard
★ 6.7
All That Money Can Buy
All That Money Can Buy
1941 • as Ma Stone
★ 7.0
The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress
1934 • as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
★ 6.9
The Bigamist
The Bigamist
1953 • as Mrs. Connelley
★ 6.5
Jesse James
Jesse James
1939 • as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
★ 6.5
The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah
1958 • as Delia
★ 7.2
All Through the Night
All Through the Night
1942 • as Mrs. Donahue
★ 6.7
3 Godfathers
3 Godfathers
1948 • as Miss Florie
★ 6.7
There's Always Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow
1956 • as Mme Rogers
★ 7.2
Poor Little Rich Girl
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 • as Woodward
★ 6.6
The Sun Shines Bright
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 • as Aurora Ratchitt
★ 6.4
Untamed
Untamed
1940 • as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
★ 4.2
Captain January
Captain January
1936 • as Mrs. Eliza Croft
★ 6.7
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway
1942 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 5.8
We're Not Married!
We're Not Married!
1952 • as Mrs. Bush
★ 5.9
The Gilded Lily
The Gilded Lily
1935 • as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Fashions of 1934
Fashions of 1934
1934 • as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Desirable
Desirable
1934 • as Frederick's Mother
★ 7.0
Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen
1943 • as Jane Darwell
★ 6.1
Government Girl
Government Girl
1943 • as Miss Trask (uncredited)
★ 5.2
Craig's Wife
Craig's Wife
1936 • as Mrs. Harold
★ 6.3
Love Is News
Love Is News
1937 • as Mrs. Flaherty
★ 6.0
Hot Saturday
Hot Saturday
1932 • as Mrs. Brock
★ 6.5
Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday
1933 • as Mrs. Lane
★ 6.8
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Train to Alcatraz
1948 • as Aunt Ella
★ 6.0
Chad Hanna
Chad Hanna
1940 • as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
★ 6.0
On the Sunny Side
On the Sunny Side
1942 • as Annie
★ 6.0
Brigham Young
Brigham Young
1940 • as Eliza Kent
★ 4.4
Heat Lightning
Heat Lightning
1934 • as Gladys
★ 7.0
Private Number
Private Number
1936 • as Mrs. Frisby
★ 6.5
Slave Ship
Slave Ship
1937 • as Mrs. Marlowe
★ 4.5
Dangerously Yours
Dangerously Yours
1937 • as Aunt Cynthia Barton
★ 4.3
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
1934 • as Mrs. Higgins
★ 6.7
Cross Country Cruise
Cross Country Cruise
1934 • as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
★ 6.0
Murders in the Zoo
Murders in the Zoo
1933 • as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Roman Scandals
Roman Scandals
1933 • as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
★ 5.7
The Great Gildersleeve
The Great Gildersleeve
1942 • as Aunt Emma Forrester
★ 6.1
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943 • as Aunt Emma Forrester
★ 6.4
We're Only Human
We're Only Human
1935 • as Mrs. Walsh
★ 6.5
Paddy O'Day
Paddy O'Day
1936 • as Dora
★ 7.0
Before Dawn
Before Dawn
1933 • as Mrs. Marble
★ 5.6
Tender Comrade
Tender Comrade
1944 • as Mrs. Henderson
★ 5.6
Unexpected Father
Unexpected Father
1939 • as Mrs. Callahan
★ 5.0
Ann Vickers
Ann Vickers
1933 • as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
★ 5.5
The Rains Came
The Rains Came
1939 • as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
★ 5.9
It Happens Every Thursday
It Happens Every Thursday
1953 • as Mrs. Spatch
★ 6.2
The Second Face
The Second Face
1950 • as Mrs. Lockridge
★ 6.8
The Jury's Secret
The Jury's Secret
1938 • as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
★ 4.0
One Night of Love
One Night of Love
1934 • as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
★ 5.2
David Harum
David Harum
1934 • as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
★ 7.0
A Life at Stake
A Life at Stake
1955 • as Landlady
★ 5.2
Young America
Young America
1942 • as Grandmother Nora Campbell
Let's Talk It Over
Let's Talk It Over
1934 • as Mrs. O'Keefe
She's a Sweetheart
She's a Sweetheart
1944 • as Mom
Three Husbands
Three Husbands
1950 • as Mrs. Wurdeman
★ 5.1
Hit the Deck
Hit the Deck
1955 • as Jenny
★ 4.6
Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway
1938 • as Miss Hutchins
★ 6.3
Thieves Fall Out
Thieves Fall Out
1941 • as Grandma Allen
★ 5.5
Child of Manhattan
Child of Manhattan
1933 • as Mrs. McGonagle
★ 7.2
Journey Into Light
Journey Into Light
1951 • as Mack
★ 6.0
He Couldn't Take It
He Couldn't Take It
1933 • as Mrs. Case
After Five
After Five
1915 • as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
White Fang
White Fang
1936 • as Maud Mahoney
★ 6.0
20,000 Men a Year
20,000 Men a Year
1939 • as Mrs. Allen
★ 5.5
Journal of a Crime
Journal of a Crime
1934 • as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Back Street
Back Street
1932 • as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
★ 6.2
Metropolitan
Metropolitan
1935 • as Grandma
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
1933 • as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
★ 5.0
The Singing Marine
The Singing Marine
1937 • as Ma Marine
★ 4.0
Million Dollar Ransom
Million Dollar Ransom
1934 • as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
★ 5.0
Reckless Age
Reckless Age
1944 • as Mrs. Connors
The Goose Girl
The Goose Girl
1915 • as Irma
Life Begins at Forty
Life Begins at Forty
1935 • as Ida Harris
Music in Manhattan
Music in Manhattan
1944 • as Mrs. Pearson
★ 5.5
One More Spring
One More Spring
1935 • as Mary Sweeney
★ 5.8
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor
1936 • as Mrs. Graham
★ 6.0
Wonder Bar
Wonder Bar
1934 • as Baroness (uncredited)
★ 5.9
King for a Night
King for a Night
1933 • as Mrs. Williams
★ 6.2
The First Baby
The First Baby
1936 • as Mrs. Ellis
Hypocrites
Hypocrites
1915 • as Madam (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Highways by Night
Highways by Night
1942 • as Grandma Fogarty
★ 6.0
The Greer Case
The Greer Case
1957 • as Annie Jackson
The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951 • as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
★ 6.5
Inside Story
Inside Story
1939 • as Aunt Mary Perkins
The White Parade
The White Parade
1934 • as Sailor
★ 6.0
Five of a Kind
Five of a Kind
1938 • as Nurse Waldron
★ 4.2
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 • as Mrs. Krueger
★ 6.0
Gentlemen Are Born
Gentlemen Are Born
1934 • as Landlady
★ 6.5
Affair with a Stranger
Affair with a Stranger
1953 • as Ma Stanton
★ 4.4
Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools
1946 • as Sister Mary Brigid
★ 5.0
Women Won't Tell
Women Won't Tell
1932 • as Mrs. Walter Robinson
★ 4.0
Private Nurse
Private Nurse
1941 • as Miss Adams
Hound-Dog Man
Hound-Dog Man
1959 • as Grandma Wilson
★ 4.4
Miracle on Main Street
Miracle on Main Street
1939 • as Mrs. Herman
★ 5.3
Happiness Ahead
Happiness Ahead
1934 • as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
★ 6.0
Men of Texas
Men of Texas
1942 • as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
Once to Every Woman
Once to Every Woman
1934 • as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Young America
Young America
1932 • as School Teacher (Uncredited)
★ 5.0
I Live in Grosvenor Square
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945 • as Mrs. Patterson
★ 7.1
Blind Date
Blind Date
1934 • as Ma Taylor
★ 7.0
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
1930 • as Widow Douglas
★ 5.5
Battle of Broadway
Battle of Broadway
1938 • as Mrs. Rogers
★ 4.0
Navy Wife
Navy Wife
1935 • as Mrs. Louise Keats
★ 5.0
One Sunday Afternoon
One Sunday Afternoon
1933 • as Mrs. Lind
★ 6.3
It Happened in Flatbush
It Happened in Flatbush
1942 • as Mrs. Maguire
★ 4.8
Finishing School
Finishing School
1934 • as Maude (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Change of Heart
Change of Heart
1934 • as Mrs. McGowan
★ 6.2
The Great Hospital Mystery
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937 • as Nurse Sarah Keats
★ 4.0
Embarrassing Moments
Embarrassing Moments
1934 • as Mrs. Stuckelberger
The Rose of the Rancho
The Rose of the Rancho
1914 • as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
★ 4.0
Surrender
Surrender
1950 • as Molly Hale
★ 4.4
The Girl in 419
The Girl in 419
1933 • as Nurse Esmond
★ 3.5
Little Church Around the Corner
Little Church Around the Corner
1923 • as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
1914 • as Mrs. Dan De Mille
★ 6.0
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
1931 • as Widow Douglas
★ 6.7
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932 • as Alice's Aunt
★ 6.7
Red Canyon
Red Canyon
1949 • as Aunt Jane
★ 5.0
Air Hostess
Air Hostess
1933 • as Ma Kearny
★ 5.7
Three Men on a Horse
Three Men on a Horse
1957 • as Lady on Bus
Star for a Night
Star for a Night
1936 • as Mrs. Martha Lind
★ 6.0
The Impatient Years
The Impatient Years
1944 • as Minister's wife
★ 6.6
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 • as Mrs. Brainerd
★ 1.0
Captain Tugboat Annie
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945 • as Tugboat Annie
Ladies of the Big House
Ladies of the Big House
1931 • as Mrs. Turner
★ 6.0
Excuse My Dust
Excuse My Dust
1951 • as Mrs. Belden
★ 7.2
The Past of Mary Holmes
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
The Restless Sex
The Restless Sex
1920 • as Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942 • as Mariah Clemm
★ 5.7
Grand Jury Secrets
Grand Jury Secrets
1939 • as Mrs. Keefe
Prima Donna
Prima Donna
1956 • as Lena
Most Precious Thing in Life
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934 • as Mrs. O'Day
★ 5.2
Up the River
Up the River
1938 • as Mrs. Graham
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937 • as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
★ 5.0
Time Out for Murder
Time Out for Murder
1938 • as Polly, Helen's supervisor
★ 5.7
The Red Stallion
The Red Stallion
1947 • as Aggie Curtis
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice
1938 • as Mrs. Kilian
★ 6.0
Keeper of the Bees
Keeper of the Bees
1947 • as Mrs. Ferris
Ready Money
Ready Money
1914 • as Mrs. Tyler
Small Town Deb
Small Town Deb
1941 • as Katie
★ 6.0
The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse
1946 • as Aunt Hattie
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933 • as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
★ 7.2
Bed of Roses
Bed of Roses
1933 • as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986 • as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
McFadden´s Flats
McFadden´s Flats
1935 • as Nora McFadden
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
1937 • as Archive Footage
Father's Wild Game
Father's Wild Game
1950 • as Minerva Bobbin
Bondage
Bondage
1933 • as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
The Master Mind
The Master Mind
1914 • as Milwaukee Sadie
Youth Will Be Served
Youth Will Be Served
1940 • as Supervisor Stormer
★ 1.0
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950 • as Mrs. Murphy
★ 5.0
Laughing at Trouble
Laughing at Trouble
1936 • as Glory Bradford
★ 6.0
Emergency Call
Emergency Call
1933 • as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Fifty Roads to Town
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 • as Mrs. Henry
Redwood Forest Trail
Redwood Forest Trail
1950 • as Hattie Hickory
Change of Heart
Change of Heart
1938 • as Mrs. Thompson
★ 5.0
The Zero Hour
The Zero Hour
1939 • as Sophie
★ 4.5
Little Miss Nobody
Little Miss Nobody
1936 • as Eva Bradley
★ 6.0
The Rug Maker's Daughter
The Rug Maker's Daughter
1915 • as Mrs. Van Buren
Girls in Prison
Girls in Prison
1956 • as Matron Jamieson
★ 3.9
Tomorrow's Youth
Tomorrow's Youth
1934 • as Mary O'Brien
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956 • as Mrs. Jacoby
Wig-Wag
Wig-Wag
1935 • as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
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Family Feud
1943 • as The Mother