Clara Blandick

Known For

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Life with Father (1947)

The Maid's Double (1911)

A Stolen Life (1946)

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Actress (124 titles)

1951 The Bigelow Theatre (TV series)

– Always a Bridesmaid (1951)

1950 Love That Brute
Landlady (uncredited)

1950 Key to the City
Liza, Silas' housekeeper

1949 The Silver Theatre (TV series)
Mrs. Jackson

– The Guiding Star (1949) … Mrs. Jackson

1949 Roots in the Soil

1949 Mr. Soft Touch
Susan Balmuss

1948 The Bride Goes Wild
Aunt Pewtie

1947 Life with Father
Miss Wiggins

1947 Philo Vance Returns
Stella Blendon

1946 A Stolen Life
Martha

1946 She-Wolf of London
Mrs. McBroom (scenes deleted)

1946 So Goes My Love
Mrs. Meade

1946 Claudia and David
Mrs. Barry (uncredited)

1946 People Are Funny
Grandma

1945 Pillow of Death
Belle Kincaid

1945 Frontier Gal
Abigail

1944 Can't Help Singing
Aunt Cissy Frost

1944 Shadow of Suspicion
Mrs. Randall

1943 Heaven Can Wait
Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

1943 Dixie
Mrs. Mason

1943 Du Barry Was a Lady
Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

1942 Gentleman Jim
Woman on Train (uncredited)

1942 Lady in a Jam
Tourist (uncredited)

1942 Rings on Her Fingers
Mrs. Beasley

1941 One Foot in Heaven
Mrs. 'Sister' Watkins (uncredited)

1941 It Started with Eve
Nurse

1941 Private Nurse
Miss Phillips

1941 The Big Store
Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

1941 The Getaway
Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)

1941 The Nurse's Secret
Miss Juliet Mitchell

1941 The Wagons Roll at Night
Mrs. Williams

1940 Alice in Movieland (short)
Grandmother

1940 Youth Will Be Served
Miss Bradshaw

1940 North West Mounted Police
Mrs. Burns

1940 Dreaming Out Loud
Jessica Spencer

1940 Anne of Windy Poplars
Mrs. Morton Pringle

1940 Tomboy
Aunt Martha

1939 Swanee River
Mrs. Griffin

1939 Drums Along the Mohawk
Mrs. Borst

1939 Main Street Lawyer
Matron (uncredited)

1939 The Star Maker
Miss Esther Jones

1939 The Wizard of Oz
Auntie Em

1939 I Was a Convict
Aunt Sarah Scarlett

1939 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Miss Watson

1938 Tom Sawyer, Detective
Aunt Polly

1938 Swing, Sister, Swing
Ma Sisler

1938 Professor Beware
Mrs. Green - Landlady (uncredited)

1938 Crime Ring
Phoebe Sawyer

1938 My Old Kentucky Home
Julia 'Granny' Blair

1937 Small Town Boy
Mrs. Armstrong

1937 You Can't Have Everything
Townswoman (uncredited)

1937 The Road Back
Willy's Mother

1937 The League of Frightened Men (uncredited)

1937 Wings Over Honolulu
Evie Curtis

1937 A Star Is Born
Aunt Mattie (uncredited)

1937 Her Husband's Secretary
Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

1936 Make Way for a Lady
Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

1936 In His Steps
Martha Adams

1936 The Gorgeous Hussy
Louisa Abbott

1936 The Case of the Velvet Claws
Judge Mary F. O'Daugherty

1936 Anthony Adverse
Mrs. Jorham

1936 Hearts Divided
Aunt Ellen Patterson

1936 The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Landlady

1935 Party Wire
Mathilda Sherman

1935 Princess O'Hara
Miss Van Cortland

1935 Straight from the Heart
Mrs. Anderson

1935 Transient Lady
Eva Branham

1935 The Winning Ticket
Aunt Maggie

1934 Fugitive Lady
Aunt Margaret

1934 Broadway Bill
Mrs. Peterson

1934 Jealousy
Mrs. Douglas

1934 The President Vanishes
Mrs. Delling

1934 The Girl from Missouri
Miss Newberry

1934 Sisters Under the Skin
Miss Gower

1934 Harold Teen
Ma Lovewell

1934 The Show-Off
Mrs. 'Ma'/'Mumsie-Wumsie' Fisher

1934 As the Earth Turns
Cora Shaw

1934/I Beloved
Miss Murfee

1933 Going Hollywood
Miss Perkins, Divinity Teacher (uncredited)

1933 Ever in My Heart
Anna, the Cook

1933 Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Minerva Winterslip

1933 One Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Brush, Virginia's Mother (scenes deleted)

1933 Turn Back the Clock
Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

1933 Three-Cornered Moon
Ronald's Landlady (uncredited)

1933 The Mind Reader
Auntie (uncredited)

1933 Child of Manhattan
Aunt Sophie

1933 The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

1932 Rockabye
Brida

1932 Three on a Match
Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

1932 Life Begins
Mrs. West

1932 Two Against the World
Aunt Agatha (uncredited)

1932 The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)

1932 Shopworn
Mrs. Helen Livingston

1932 The Wet Parade
Mrs. Tarleton

1931 Possessed
Marian's Mother

1931 New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
Mrs. Layton

1931 Murder at Midnight
Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

1931 Bought!
Mrs. Sprigg

1931 Huckleberry Finn
Aunt Polly

1931 I Take This Woman
Sue Barnes

1931 Laughing Sinners
Salvation Army Woman (uncredited)

1931 Daybreak
Frau Hoffman

1931 It's a Wise Child
Mrs. Stanton

1931 The Drums of Jeopardy
Abbie Krantz

1931 The Easiest Way
Agnes 'Aggie' Murdock

1931 Inspiration
Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)

1931 Once a Sinner
Mrs. Mason

1930 Tom Sawyer
Aunt Polly

1930 The Last of the Duanes
Mrs. Duane

1930 Romance
Miss Abigail Armstrong

1930 The Sins of the Children
Martha Wagenkampf

1930 Men Are Like That
Ma Fisher

1930 The Girl Said No
Mrs. Ward

1930 Burning Up
Mrs. Minnie Winkle (uncredited)

1930 Poor Aubrey (short)
Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

1929 Wise Girls
Ma

1917 Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
Mrs. Donnelly

1916 The Stolen Triumph
Mrs. Rowley

1915 The Legacy of Folly (short)
Mrs. Hale - Clement's Aunt

1915 The Seventh Commandment (short)
Anna Craig - Simon's Wife

1915 The Cabaret Singer (short)
Mrs. Denton

1914 Mrs. Black Is Back
Emily Mason

1914 His Inspiration (short)
Anna - Franz's Wife

1911 The Maid's Double (short)
Mistress/Maid

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Personal Details

Other Works:

If I Were King (1901). Drama. Written by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Garden Theatre: 14 Oct 1901- Dec 1901 (closing date unknown/56 performances). Cast: Herbert Ayling (as "Colin De Cayeulx"), B.B. Belcher (as "De Nontoillet"), Clara Blandick (as "Jehanneton") [Broadway debut], Miss Bolck (as "Lady of the Court"), Malcolm Bradley (as "Trois Echelles") [Broadway debut], Rowland Buckstone (as "Guy Tabarie"), Miss Burke (as "Lady of the Court"), Fanny I. Burt (as "Mother Villon"), Henry C. Carvill (as "Noel le Jolys"), Margaret B. Caskie (as "Queen"), Mr. Childs (as "Masquer"), Norman Conniers (as "Thibaut d'Aussigny"), Frederic Courtenay (as "Du Lau"), Rachel Crown (as "Isabeau"), Miss De Silva (as "Lady of the Court"), Charlotte Deane (as "Blanche"), Mr. Du Puy (as "Page"), Mr. Dunning (as "Masquer"), Miss Evans (as "Lady of the Court"), Mr. Ferrara (as "Masquer"), John Findlay (as "Olivier le Dain"), Miss Fursmann (as "Lady of the Court"), Fred B. Hanson (as "Poncet De Riviere"), Mr. Hayes (as "Masquer"), Mr. Hooves (as "Page"), Mr. Horton (as "Masquer"), Annette Huntington (as "Denise"), Miss Lashmutt (as "Lady of the Court"), Arthur Lawrence (as "Tristan l'Hermite"), Cecilia Loftus (as "Katherine de Vaucelles"), Helen Logan (as "Guillemette"), Frederic Lotto (as "Robin Turgis"), Sydney C. Mather (as "René De Montigny"), William Parke (as "Jehan Le Loup"), Mr. Patterson (as "Masquer"), Francis Powell (as "Montjoye"), George C. Rave (as "Petit Jean"), Charles Redmund (as "Captain of the Watch"), Miss Scott (as "Lady of the Court"), Suzanne Sheldon (as "Huguette du Hamel"), Miss Slavin (as "Lady of the Court"), William J. Sorelle (as "Casin Cholet"), E.H. Sothern (as "François Villon"), Mr. Swarz (as "Page"), Mr. Townsend (as "Masquer"), Charles Vane (as "Toison d'Or"), George W. Wilson (as "Louis XI"). Produced by Daniel Frohman. See more »

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)

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Best remembered for her portrayal of Dorothy's Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini

Clara Blandick (1880–1962)

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