10/20/1884
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA:
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.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) as Self (archive footage) |
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Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943) as Eloise Lowry |
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Silver Queen (1942) as Mrs. Laura Forsythe |
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942) as Mrs. Olcott |
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A Letter From Bataan (1942) as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis |
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Hi, Neighbor (1942) as Hattie Greenfield |
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Men of Texas (1942) as Mrs. Sam Houston |
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942) as Mrs. Mottram |
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A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) |
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The Parson of Panamint (1941) as Mrs. Tweedy |
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A Very Young Lady (1941) as Miss Steele |
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West Point Widow (1941) as Mrs. Graves |
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For Beauty's Sake (1941) as Miss Merton |
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The Man Who Lost Himself (1941) as Mrs. Milford |
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The Lady Eve (1941) as Janet Pike |
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Bitter Sweet (1940) as Lady Daventry |
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The Mark of Zorro (1940) as Senora Isabella Vega |
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The Gay Caballero (1940) as Kate Brewster |
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940) as Miss Haines |
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Slightly Honorable (1939) as Mrs. Cushing |
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Laugh It Off (1939) as Mary Carter |
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Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939) as Self |
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Career (1939) as Amy Cruthers |
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Land of Liberty (1939) as (archive footage) |
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Man of Conquest (1939) as Mrs. Sarah Lea |
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) as Mrs. Foote |
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I Was a Convict (1939) as Mrs. Martha Harrison |
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Say It in French (1938) as Mrs. Laura Carrington |
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Woman Against Woman (1938) as Mrs. Holland |
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Yellow Jack (1938) as Miss Macdade |
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Judge Hardy's Children (1938) as Miss Budge |
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Rosalie (1937) as Miss Baker |
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Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937) as Mrs. Agatha Steward |
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Give Till It Hurts (1937) as Cathy Gaffney |
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My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937) as Mrs. Sinclair |
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Big City (1937) as Sophie Sloane |
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Between Two Women (1937) as Miss Pringle |
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The Thirteenth Chair (1937) as Lady Alicia Crosby |
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The Good Old Soak (1937) as Matilda Hawley |
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The Longest Night (1936) as Mrs. Briggs |
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I'd Give My Life (1936) as Stella Bancroft |
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Love Before Breakfast (1936) as Mrs. Colby |
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So Red the Rose (1935) as Sally Bedford |
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The Dark Angel (1935) as Mrs. Shannon |
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Village Tale (1935) as Amy Somerville |
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Let's Live Tonight (1935) as Mrs. Routledge |
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The Mighty Barnum (1934) as Nancy Barnum |
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The President Vanishes (1934) as Mrs. Craig |
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The Last Gentleman (1934) as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter |
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Gallant Lady (1933) as Maria Sherwood |
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Fine Feathers (1915) as |