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Jane Darwell (1879–1967)

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Missouri-born Jane Darwell was the daughter of a railroad president and grew up on a ranch in Missouri. She nursed ambitions to be an opera singer, but put it off because of her father's disapproval (she eventually changed her name to Darwell from the family name of Woodward so as not to "sully" the family name)... See full bio »

Born:

Patti Mary Woodward
in Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Died:

(age 87) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1964 Mary Poppins
The Bird Woman
 
1964 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
Granny Carnation
– The Jar (1964) … Granny Carnation
 
1963 Burke's Law (TV series)
Mrs. Leah Mulligan
– Who Killed Eleanora Davis? (1963) … Mrs. Leah Mulligan
 
1961 Follow the Sun (TV series)
Charlotte Randolph
– The Far Side of Nowhere (1961) … Charlotte Randolph
 
1961 Lassie (TV series)
Mrs. Brenner
– Lassie's Wild Baby (1961) … Mrs. Brenner
 
1959-1961 Wagon Train (TV series)
Mrs. Anderson / Angie Matthewson
– The Artie Matthewson Story (1961) … Angie Matthewson
– The Andrew Hale Story (1959) … Mrs. Anderson
– The Vivian Carter Story (1959) … Mrs. Anderson
 
1961 The Real McCoys (TV series)
Grandma McCoy
– Back to West Virginny (1961) … Grandma McCoy
 
1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
Grandma
– The Fawn (1961) … Grandma
 
1960 New Comedy Showcase (TV series)
Olga
– You're Only Young Twice (1960) … Olga
 
1959 Hound-Dog Man
Grandma Wilson
 
1959 Buckskin (TV series)
Mrs. Hale
– Mr. Rush's Secretary (1959) … Mrs. Hale
 
1958 The Last Hurrah
Delia Boylan
 
1956-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– A Boy Grows Up (1958)
– Singer in the Valley (1956)
 
1958 Maverick (TV series)
Mrs. Knowles
– Black Fire (1958) … Mrs. Knowles
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Anna
– A Dead Ringer (1958) … Anna
 
1956-1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Annie Jackson / Lady on Bus / Mrs. Jacoby
– Three Men on a Horse (1957) … Lady on Bus
– The Greer Case (1957) … Annie Jackson
– Sincerely, Willis Wade (1956) … Mrs. Jacoby
 
1957 Circus Boy (TV series)
Mamie LaRue
– Big Top Angel (1957) … Mamie LaRue
 
1956 Sheriff of Cochise (TV series)
Mrs. Harvey
– The Shadow (1956) … Mrs. Harvey
 
1956 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
Minna
– Woman's Work (1956) … Minna
 
1956 Girls in Prison
Matron Jamieson
 
1956 My Friend Flicka (TV series)
– Mister Goblin (1956)
 
1956 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (TV series)
O'Hara's Mother
– Rin Tin Tin Meets O'Hara's Mother (1956) … O'Hara's Mother
 
1956 Screen Directors Playhouse (TV series)
Lena
– Prima Donna (1956) … Lena
 
1956 There's Always Tomorrow
Mrs. Rogers
 
1955 Studio 57 (TV series)
Carrie Harper / Mom Riker
– Santa's Old Suit (1955) … Carrie Harper
– Center Ring (1955) … Mom Riker
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
B. Cool / Mrs. Koestler
– House of Shadows (1955) … Mrs. Koestler
– The Bigger They Come (1955) … B. Cool
 
1954-1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Christabel / Mama Mumby / Mrs. O'Connor / …
– The Mumbys (1955) … Mama Mumby
– Second Sight (1955) … Mrs. Riggs
– Slide, Darling, Slide (1954) … Christabel
– The Good of His Soul (1954) … Mrs. O'Connor
 
1955 Willy (TV series)
Katherine
– Willy and Hansel and Gretel (1955) … Katherine
 
1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Mrs. Riggs
– Eddie's Place (1955) … Mrs. Riggs
 
1955 Hit the Deck
Jenny
 
1954 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV series)
– Santa's Old Suit (1954)
 
1954 The Loretta Young Show (TV series)
Irene Townsend
– Evil for Evil (1954) … Irene Townsend
 
1954 Fireside Theatre (TV series)
– Nine Quarts of Water (1954)
 
1954 A Life at Stake
Landlady
 
1953 The Bigamist
Mrs. Connelley
 
1953 Affair with a Stranger
Ma Stanton
 
1953 The Sun Shines Bright
Mrs. Aurora Ratchitt
 
1953 It Happens Every Thursday
Mrs. Eva Spatch
 
1952 Hollywood Opening Night (TV series)
– Josie (1952)
 
1952 We're Not Married!
Mrs. Bush
 
1951 Journey Into Light
Mack
 
1951 Excuse My Dust
Mrs. Belden
 
1951 The Lemon Drop Kid
Nellie Thursday
 
1951 Three Husbands
Mrs. Wurdeman
 
1950 Father's Wild Game
Minverva Bobbin
 
1950 The Second Face
Mrs. Lockridge
 
1950 Redwood Forest Trail
Hattie Hickory
 
1950 Surrender
Molly Hale
 
1950 Caged
Isolation Matron
 
1950 Wagon Master
Sister Ledyard
 
1950 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Mrs. Murphy
 
1949 Red Canyon
Aunt Jane
 
1948 3 Godfathers
Miss Florie
 
1948 Train to Alcatraz
Aunt Ella
 
1947 The Red Stallion
Mrs. Aggie Curtis
 
1947 Keeper of the Bees
Mrs. Ferris
 
1946 My Darling Clementine
Kate Nelson
 
1946 Three Wise Fools
Sister Mary Brigid
 
1946 The Dark Horse
Aunt Hattie
 
1945 Captain Tugboat Annie
Tugboat Annie
 
1945 A Yank in London
Mrs. Patterson
 
1944 Sunday Dinner for a Soldier
Mrs. Helen Dobson
 
1944 She's a Sweetheart
Mom
 
1944 Music in Manhattan
Mrs. Pearson
 
1944 The Impatient Years
Minister's Wife
 
1944 Reckless Age
Mrs. Connors
 
1943 Tender Comrade
Mrs. Henderson
 
1943 Government Girl
Miss Trask (uncredited)
 
1943 Family Feud (short)
The Mother
 
1943 The Ox-Bow Incident
Jenny Grier
 
1943 Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Aunt Emma Forrester
 
1942 The Great Gildersleeve
Aunt Emma Forrester
 
1942 Highways by Night
Grandma Fogarty
 
1942 The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Mrs. Mariah Clemm
 
1942 Men of Texas
Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
 
1942 It Happened in Flatbush
Mrs. Maguire
 
1942 On the Sunny Side
Annie
 
1942 Young America
Grandmother Nora Campbell
 
1941 All Through the Night
Mrs. Donahue
 
1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster
Ma Stone
 
1941 Private Nurse
Miss Adams
 
1941 Thieves Fall Out
Grandma Allen
 
1941 Small Town Deb
Katie
 
1940 Chad Hanna
Mrs. Huguenine
 
1940 Youth Will Be Served
Supervisor Stormer
 
1940 Brigham Young
Eliza Kent
 
1940 Untamed
Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
 
1940 The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
 
1939 Miracle on Main Street
Mrs. Herman
 
1939 Gone with the Wind
Mrs. Merriwether
 
1939 20,000 Men a Year
Mrs. Allen
 
1939 The Rains Came
Aunt Phoebe - Mrs. Smiley
 
1939 Grand Jury Secrets
Mrs. Keefe
 
1939 Unexpected Father
Mrs. Callahan
 
1939 The Zero Hour
Sophie
 
1939 Inside Story
Aunt Mary Perkins
 
1939 Jesse James
Mrs. Samuels
 
1938 Up the River
Mrs. Graham
 
1938 Five of a Kind
Mrs. Waldron - Nurse
 
1938 Time Out for Murder
Polly, Helen's supervisor
 
1938 Little Miss Broadway
Miss Hutchins
 
1938 Three Blind Mice
Mrs. Kilian
 
1938 Battle of Broadway
Mrs. Rogers
 
1938 The Jury's Secret
Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
 
1938 Change of Heart
Mrs. Thompson
 
1937 Dangerously Yours
Aunt Cynthia Barton
 
1937 Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Mrs. Krueger
 
1937 The Singing Marine
Ma Marine
 
1937 Slave Ship
Mrs. Marlowe
 
1937 Fifty Roads to Town
Mrs. Henry
 
1937 The Great Hospital Mystery
Miss Sarah Keats, Head Nurse
 
1937 Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Mrs. Mary Flaherty
 
1937 Love Is News
Mrs. Flaherty
 
1936 Laughing at Trouble
Glory Bradford
 
1936 Ramona
Aunt Ri Hyar
 
1936 Craig's Wife
Mrs. Harold
 
1936 Star for a Night
Mrs. Martha Lind
 
1936 White Fang
Maud Mahoney
 
1936 Poor Little Rich Girl
Woodward
 
1936 Private Number
Mrs. Meecham
 
1936 Little Miss Nobody
Martha Bradley
 
1936 Captain January
Eliza Croft
 
1936 The First Baby
Mrs. Ellis
 
1936 The Country Doctor
Mrs. Graham
 
1935 We're Only Human
Mrs. Walsh
 
1935 Paddy O'Day
Dora
 
1935 Metropolitan
Grandma (uncredited)
 
1935 Navy Wife
Mrs. Louise Keats
 
1935 Curly Top
Mrs. Denham
 
1935 Wig-Wag (short)
Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
 
1935 Life Begins at Forty
Ida Harris
 
1935 McFadden's Flats
Nora McFadden
 
1935 One More Spring
Mrs. Sweeney
 
1934 Bright Eyes
Mrs. Higgins
 
1934 Gentlemen Are Born
Landlady (uncredited)
 
1934 The White Parade
Miss 'Sailor' Robets
 
1934 The Firebird
Mrs. Miller, Apartment House Tenant (uncredited)
 
1934 Tomorrow's Youth
Mary O'Brien
 
1934 Happiness Ahead
Mrs. Davis - the Landlady
 
1934 Wake Up and Dream
Landlady
 
1934 Desirable
Frederick's Mother (uncredited)
 
1934 One Night of Love
Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother (uncredited)
 
1934 Million Dollar Ransom
Ma
 
1934 Embarrassing Moments
Mrs. Stuckelberger
 
1934 Blind Date
Ma Taylor
 
1934 The Most Precious Thing in Life
Mrs. O'Day
 
1934 Let's Talk It Over
Mrs. O'Keefe
 
1934 Change of Heart
Mrs. Mc Gowan
 
1934 The Scarlet Empress
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
 
1934 Finishing School
Maude - interns' receptionist (uncredited)
 
1934 Once to Every Woman
Mrs. Wood
 
1934 Journal of a Crime
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
 
1934 Heat Lightning
Gladys - the Wife
 
1934 David Harum
Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
 
1934 Wonder Bar
Baroness (uncredited)
 
1934 Fashions of 1934
Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
 
1934 Cross Country Cruise
Mrs. O'Hara (uncredited)
 
1933 Design for Living
Curtis' Housekeeper
 
1933 He Couldn't Take It
Mrs. Case
 
1933 King for a Night
Mrs. Williams (uncredited)
 
1933 Roman Scandals
Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
 
1933 Only Yesterday
Mrs. Lane
 
1933 Aggie Appleby Maker of Men
Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
 
1933 Ann Vickers
Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
 
1933 One Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Lind
 
1933 Before Dawn
Mrs. Marble
 
1933 Bed of Roses
Mrs. Webster, Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
 
1933 Good Housewrecking (short)
Homeowner's Wife
 
1933 Jennie Gerhardt
Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
 
1933 Emergency Call
Head Nurse Brown (uncredited)
 
1933 The Girl in 419
Nurse Esmond (uncredited)
 
1933 Bondage
Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
 
1933 Murders in the Zoo
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
 
1933 Child of Manhattan
Mrs. McGonagle
 
1933 The Past of Mary Holmes
 
1933 Air Hostess
Ma Kearny
 
1932 Women Won't Tell
Mrs. Walter Robinson
 
1932 Hot Saturday
Mrs. Ida Brock
 
1932 Washington Merry-Go-Round
Alice's Aunt (uncredited)
 
1932 Back Street
Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
 
1932 The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Mortimer's Wife (uncredited)
 
1932 Young America
Schoolteacher (uncredited)
 
1932 No One Man
Patient (uncredited)
 
1931 Ladies of the Big House
Mrs. Turner
 
1931 Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglas
 
1931 Fighting Caravans
Pioneer Woman (uncredited)
 
1930 Tom Sawyer
Widow Douglas
 
1923 Little Church Around the Corner
Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
 
1915 The Reform Candidate
Mrs. Haggerty
 
1915 The Rug Maker's Daughter
Mrs. Van Buren
 
1915 After Five
Mrs. Russell, 'Aunt Diddy'
 
1915 The Goose Girl
Irma
 
1915 Hypocrites
Madam (uncredited)
 
1914 Rose of the Rancho
Senora Castro Kenton/Juanita's Mother
 
1914 Ready Money
Mrs. Tyler
 
1914 The Man on the Box
Mrs. Chadwick
 
1914 The Only Son
Mrs. Brainerd
 
1914 The Master Mind
Milwaukee Sadie
 
1914 Brewster's Millions
Mrs. Dan De Mille
 
1913 The White Squaw (short)
Watahnah
 
1913 War of the Cattle Range (short)
 
1913 The Cowboy Magnate (short)
Mrs. Graham - Phyllis's Mother
 
1913 When Sherman Marched to the Sea (short)
 
1913 The Head Hunters (short)
Matesa
 
1913 At Shiloh (short)
Mrs. Carlton
 
1913 The Capture of Aguinaldo (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (5 titles)
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.17 (1964) … Herself
 
1953 The 25th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1951 Wonderful Town, U.S.A. (TV series)
Herself
– Episode #1.4 (1951) … Herself
 
1943 Stage Door Canteen
Herself
 
1942 The Battle of Midway (documentary short)
Narrator (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (5 titles)
2008 Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence (TV series)
 
2004 Roma
Ma Joad
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Ma Joad
 
1976 America at the Movies (documentary)
Ma Joad
 
1937 Lest We Forget (short)
Clip from: Life Begins at Forty (uncredited)
 

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(1909). Stage Play: The Wedding Day. Written by Jessie Trimble. Hackett Theatre: 10 Dec 1909 (1 performance). Cast: Jessie Bonstelle, Jane Darwell [Broadway debut], Walter D. Greene, Sheldon Lewis, Owen Meech, Forrest Winant. See more »

Height:

5' 6" (1.68 m)
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Personal Quote:

I've played Henry Fonda's mother so often that, whenever we run into each other, I call him "Son" and he calls me "Ma", just to save time. See more »

Trivia:

She had retired in 1959 and was living at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, California, when she was approached by Walt Disney Pictures to play the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. She at first refused, but Walt Disney was so set on having her in his film that he personally visited her at the MPCH and eventually persuaded her to take the part. See more »

Trademark:

Mothery women See more »

Star Sign:

Libra