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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

0.8

movie

Known For

Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

1939

as Mrs. Merriwether
Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

1964

as Bird Woman
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Ma Joad
My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

1946

as Kate Nelson
The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

as Ma Grier
3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers

1948

as Miss Florie
Jesse James

Jesse James

1939

as Mrs. Samuels
The Bigamist

The Bigamist

1953

as Mrs. Connelley
All That Money Can Buy

All That Money Can Buy

1941

as Ma Stone
Wagon Master

Wagon Master

1950

as Sister Ledyard
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
1939 • as Mrs. Merriwether
★ 7.9
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins
1964 • as Bird Woman
★ 7.5
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
1940 • as Ma Joad
★ 7.8
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine
1946 • as Kate Nelson
★ 7.5
There's Always Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow
1956 • as Mme Rogers
★ 7.2
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 • as Ma Grier
★ 7.7
3 Godfathers
3 Godfathers
1948 • as Miss Florie
★ 6.8
We're Not Married!
We're Not Married!
1952 • as Mrs. Bush
★ 6.0
Jesse James
Jesse James
1939 • as Mrs. Samuels
★ 6.6
Captain January
Captain January
1936 • as Eliza Croft
★ 6.8
Murders in the Zoo
Murders in the Zoo
1933 • as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
★ 5.9
The Gilded Lily
The Gilded Lily
1935 • as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
★ 6.7
The Bigamist
The Bigamist
1953 • as Mrs. Connelley
★ 6.4
All Through the Night
All Through the Night
1942 • as Mrs. Donahue
★ 6.7
Affair with a Stranger
Affair with a Stranger
1953 • as Ma Stanton
★ 4.8
Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway
1938 • as Miss Hutchins
★ 6.5
The Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway
1942 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 5.9
The Last Hurrah
The Last Hurrah
1958 • as Delia
★ 7.2
Finishing School
Finishing School
1934 • as Maude (uncredited)
★ 6.2
A Life at Stake
A Life at Stake
1955 • as Landlady
★ 5.3
Gentlemen Are Born
Gentlemen Are Born
1934 • as Landlady
★ 7.3
Love Is News
Love Is News
1937 • as Mrs. Flaherty
★ 6.3
All That Money Can Buy
All That Money Can Buy
1941 • as Ma Stone
★ 7.0
The Lemon Drop Kid
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951 • as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
★ 6.6
Roman Scandals
Roman Scandals
1933 • as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Hit the Deck
Hit the Deck
1955 • as Jenny
★ 5.0
One More Spring
One More Spring
1935 • as Mary Sweeney
★ 6.2
Stage Door Canteen
Stage Door Canteen
1943 • as Jane Darwell
★ 6.3
Reckless Age
Reckless Age
1944 • as Mrs. Connors
★ 9.0
I Live in Grosvenor Square
I Live in Grosvenor Square
1945 • as Mrs. Patterson
★ 6.8
On the Sunny Side
On the Sunny Side
1942 • as Annie
★ 7.0
Ann Vickers
Ann Vickers
1933 • as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
★ 5.8
Caged
Caged
1950 • as Isolation Matron
★ 7.1
Chad Hanna
Chad Hanna
1940 • as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
★ 7.0
Wonder Bar
Wonder Bar
1934 • as Baroness (uncredited)
★ 6.0
Craig's Wife
Craig's Wife
1936 • as Mrs. Harold
★ 6.5
King for a Night
King for a Night
1933 • as Mrs. Williams
★ 7.2
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 • as Mrs. Krueger
★ 7.0
Wagon Master
Wagon Master
1950 • as Sister Ledyard
★ 6.7
20,000 Men a Year
20,000 Men a Year
1939 • as Mrs. Allen
★ 6.2
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
1934 • as Mrs. Higgins
★ 6.7
Journey Into Light
Journey Into Light
1951 • as Mack
★ 6.5
The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress
1934 • as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
★ 6.9
Heat Lightning
Heat Lightning
1934 • as Gladys
★ 7.2
Red Canyon
Red Canyon
1949 • as Aunt Jane
★ 5.8
Three Blind Mice
Three Blind Mice
1938 • as Mrs. Kilian
★ 6.1
Design for Living
Design for Living
1933 • as Curtis' Housekeeper
★ 7.1
Poor Little Rich Girl
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 • as Woodward
★ 6.6
Brigham Young
Brigham Young
1940 • as Eliza Kent
★ 4.6
One Night of Love
One Night of Love
1934 • as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
★ 5.5
The Singing Marine
The Singing Marine
1937 • as Ma Marine
★ 5.2
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1950 • as Mrs. Murphy
★ 7.0
Father's Wild Game
Father's Wild Game
1950 • as Minerva Bobbin
★ 8.0
Fifty Roads to Town
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 • as Mrs. Henry
★ 10.0
Star for a Night
Star for a Night
1936 • as Mrs. Martha Lind
★ 7.0
The Sun Shines Bright
The Sun Shines Bright
1953 • as Aurora Ratchitt
★ 6.6
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932 • as Alice's Aunt
★ 7.5
Curly Top
Curly Top
1935 • as Mrs. Denham
★ 6.5
Ladies of the Big House
Ladies of the Big House
1931 • as Mrs. Turner
★ 6.0
Back Street
Back Street
1932 • as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
★ 6.4
The Rains Came
The Rains Came
1939 • as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
★ 6.1
Wig-Wag
Wig-Wag
1935 • as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
★ 7.0
Tender Comrade
Tender Comrade
1944 • as Mrs. Henderson
★ 5.7
Prima Donna
Prima Donna
1956 • as Lena
Dangerously Yours
Dangerously Yours
1937 • as Aunt Cynthia Barton
★ 5.8
Bondage
Bondage
1933 • as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
★ 7.0
He Couldn't Take It
He Couldn't Take It
1933 • as Mrs. Case
★ 10.0
Music in Manhattan
Music in Manhattan
1944 • as Mrs. Pearson
★ 6.0
Miracle on Main Street
Miracle on Main Street
1939 • as Mrs. Herman
★ 5.4
Air Hostess
Air Hostess
1933 • as Ma Kearny
★ 6.3
Highways by Night
Highways by Night
1942 • as Grandma Fogarty
★ 7.3
Hypocrites
Hypocrites
1915 • as Madam (uncredited)
★ 5.6
The Past of Mary Holmes
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
★ 10.0
Fashions of 1934
Fashions of 1934
1934 • as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Thieves Fall Out
Thieves Fall Out
1941 • as Grandma Allen
★ 6.0
Embarrassing Moments
Embarrassing Moments
1934 • as Mrs. Stuckelberger
★ 9.0
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
1937 • as Archive Footage
★ 7.0
Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools
1946 • as Sister Mary Brigid
★ 5.7
Life Begins at Forty
Life Begins at Forty
1935 • as Ida Harris
★ 10.0
Three Men on a Horse
Three Men on a Horse
1957 • as Lady on Bus
White Fang
White Fang
1936 • as Maud Mahoney
★ 7.0
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
1931 • as Widow Douglas
★ 7.0
Hot Saturday
Hot Saturday
1932 • as Mrs. Brock
★ 6.5
Before Dawn
Before Dawn
1933 • as Mrs. Marble
★ 5.7
It Happens Every Thursday
It Happens Every Thursday
1953 • as Mrs. Spatch
★ 6.3
Excuse My Dust
Excuse My Dust
1951 • as Mrs. Belden
★ 7.8
It Happened in Flatbush
It Happened in Flatbush
1942 • as Mrs. Maguire
★ 5.4
The Greer Case
The Greer Case
1957 • as Annie Jackson
Young America
Young America
1932 • as School Teacher (Uncredited)
★ 5.5
Redwood Forest Trail
Redwood Forest Trail
1950 • as Hattie Hickory
★ 7.0
The Jury's Secret
The Jury's Secret
1938 • as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
★ 5.0
Unexpected Father
Unexpected Father
1939 • as Mrs. Callahan
★ 6.2
The Girl in 419
The Girl in 419
1933 • as Nurse Esmond
★ 4.2
Desirable
Desirable
1934 • as Frederick's Mother
★ 7.2
The Restless Sex
The Restless Sex
1920 • as Housekeeper (uncredited)
★ 7.0
The Rose of the Rancho
The Rose of the Rancho
1914 • as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
★ 4.0
Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday
1933 • as Mrs. Lane
★ 7.1
Private Number
Private Number
1936 • as Mrs. Frisby
★ 6.7
Men of Texas
Men of Texas
1942 • as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
★ 9.0
Once to Every Woman
Once to Every Woman
1934 • as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Government Girl
Government Girl
1943 • as Miss Trask (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Hound-Dog Man
Hound-Dog Man
1959 • as Grandma Wilson
★ 4.7
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
1937 • as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
★ 6.7
She's a Sweetheart
She's a Sweetheart
1944 • as Mom
★ 9.0
Emergency Call
Emergency Call
1933 • as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Million Dollar Ransom
Million Dollar Ransom
1934 • as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
★ 5.0
Little Miss Nobody
Little Miss Nobody
1936 • as Eva Bradley
★ 7.5
Let's Talk It Over
Let's Talk It Over
1934 • as Mrs. O'Keefe
★ 10.0
Three Husbands
Three Husbands
1950 • as Mrs. Wurdeman
★ 5.4
Blind Date
Blind Date
1934 • as Ma Taylor
★ 8.0
Grand Jury Secrets
Grand Jury Secrets
1939 • as Mrs. Keefe
★ 7.0
The Impatient Years
The Impatient Years
1944 • as Minister's wife
★ 6.5
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer
1930 • as Widow Douglas
★ 6.3
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933 • as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
★ 7.8
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943 • as Aunt Emma Forrester
★ 6.6
Laughing at Trouble
Laughing at Trouble
1936 • as Glory Bradford
★ 8.0
The Zero Hour
The Zero Hour
1939 • as Sophie
★ 5.3
David Harum
David Harum
1934 • as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
★ 7.5
Five of a Kind
Five of a Kind
1938 • as Nurse Waldron
★ 4.8
Ready Money
Ready Money
1914 • as Mrs. Tyler
The Dark Horse
The Dark Horse
1946 • as Aunt Hattie
★ 7.0
Most Precious Thing in Life
Most Precious Thing in Life
1934 • as Mrs. O'Day
★ 5.8
Journal of a Crime
Journal of a Crime
1934 • as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
★ 5.9
Change of Heart
Change of Heart
1934 • as Mrs. McGowan
★ 6.3
Young America
Young America
1942 • as Grandmother Nora Campbell
★ 9.0
Bed of Roses
Bed of Roses
1933 • as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
★ 6.1
The Country Doctor
The Country Doctor
1936 • as Mrs. Graham
★ 6.5
Jennie Gerhardt
Jennie Gerhardt
1933 • as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
★ 5.7
Untamed
Untamed
1940 • as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
★ 5.0
Change of Heart
Change of Heart
1938 • as Mrs. Thompson
★ 7.0
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956 • as Mrs. Jacoby
★ 8.0
The Great Hospital Mystery
The Great Hospital Mystery
1937 • as Nurse Sarah Keats
★ 5.5
Slave Ship
Slave Ship
1937 • as Mrs. Marlowe
★ 5.1
Time Out for Murder
Time Out for Murder
1938 • as Polly, Helen's supervisor
★ 6.2
Tomorrow's Youth
Tomorrow's Youth
1934 • as Mary O'Brien
★ 10.0
Happiness Ahead
Happiness Ahead
1934 • as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
★ 6.6
One Sunday Afternoon
One Sunday Afternoon
1933 • as Mrs. Lind
★ 6.6
We're Only Human
We're Only Human
1935 • as Mrs. Walsh
★ 6.5
Surrender
Surrender
1950 • as Molly Hale
★ 4.8
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
1942 • as Mariah Clemm
★ 6.1
Little Church Around the Corner
Little Church Around the Corner
1923 • as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Up the River
Up the River
1938 • as Mrs. Graham
★ 10.0
The Great Gildersleeve
The Great Gildersleeve
1942 • as Aunt Emma Forrester
★ 6.2
Girls in Prison
Girls in Prison
1956 • as Matron Jamieson
★ 4.5
Paddy O'Day
Paddy O'Day
1936 • as Dora
★ 7.0
Youth Will Be Served
Youth Will Be Served
1940 • as Supervisor Stormer
★ 4.0
Child of Manhattan
Child of Manhattan
1933 • as Mrs. McGonagle
★ 7.2
Inside Story
Inside Story
1939 • as Aunt Mary Perkins
★ 9.0
The Rug Maker's Daughter
The Rug Maker's Daughter
1915 • as Mrs. Van Buren
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986 • as (archive footage)
★ 10.0
Navy Wife
Navy Wife
1935 • as Mrs. Louise Keats
★ 6.0
Keeper of the Bees
Keeper of the Bees
1947 • as Mrs. Ferris
★ 10.0
The First Baby
The First Baby
1936 • as Mrs. Ellis
★ 8.0
The Red Stallion
The Red Stallion
1947 • as Aggie Curtis
★ 10.0
Battle of Broadway
Battle of Broadway
1938 • as Mrs. Rogers
★ 5.0
The Only Son
The Only Son
1914 • as Mrs. Brainerd
★ 1.0
movie
Train to Alcatraz
1948 • as Aunt Ella
★ 7.7
Private Nurse
Private Nurse
1941 • as Miss Adams
★ 7.0
Captain Tugboat Annie
Captain Tugboat Annie
1945 • as Tugboat Annie
★ 8.0
Women Won't Tell
Women Won't Tell
1932 • as Mrs. Walter Robinson
★ 7.0
The Second Face
The Second Face
1950 • as Mrs. Lockridge
★ 7.0
movie
Family Feud
1943 • as The Mother
★ 10.0
The White Parade
The White Parade
1934 • as Sailor
★ 6.8
Small Town Deb
Small Town Deb
1941 • as Katie
★ 6.5
McFadden´s Flats
McFadden´s Flats
1935 • as Nora McFadden
★ 8.0
After Five
After Five
1915 • as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
Cross Country Cruise
Cross Country Cruise
1934 • as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
★ 6.7
Metropolitan
Metropolitan
1935 • as Grandma
★ 8.0
The Goose Girl
The Goose Girl
1915 • as Irma
Brewster's Millions
Brewster's Millions
1914 • as Mrs. Dan De Mille
★ 6.0
The Master Mind
The Master Mind
1914 • as Milwaukee Sadie