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