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20 Oct 1884
6 Aug 1955 (70)
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Janet Beecher
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.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | 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 | Silver Queen | Mrs. Laura Forsythe |
| 1942 | A Letter From Bataan | Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis |
| 1942 | A Tragedy at Midnight | Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mrs. Olcott |
| 1942 | Hi, Neighbor | Hattie Greenfield |
| 1942 | Men of Texas | Mrs. Sam Houston |
| 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 | The Mark of Zorro | Senora Isabella Vega |
| 1940 | All This, and Heaven Too | Miss Haines |
| 1940 | Bitter Sweet | Lady Daventry |
| 1940 | The Gay Caballero | Kate Brewster |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Mrs. Foote |
| 1939 | Slightly Honorable | Mrs. Cushing |
| 1939 | Man of Conquest | Mrs. Sarah Lea |
| 1939 | I Was a Convict | Mrs. Martha Harrison |
| 1939 | Laugh It Off | Mary Carter |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | (archive footage) |
| 1939 | Career | Amy Cruthers |
| 1939 | Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self |
| 1938 | Yellow Jack | Miss Macdade |
| 1938 | Judge Hardy's Children | Miss Budge |
| 1938 | Woman Against Woman | Mrs. Holland |
| 1938 | Say It in French | Mrs. Laura Carrington |
| 1937 | Rosalie | Miss Baker |
| 1937 | The Thirteenth Chair | Lady Alissia Crosby |
| 1937 | Big City | Sophie Sloane |
| 1937 | My Dear Miss Aldrich | Mrs. Sinclair |
| 1937 | Between Two Women | Miss Pringle |
| 1937 | Beg, Borrow or Steal | Mrs. Agatha Steward |
| 1937 | Give Till It Hurts | Cathy Gaffney |
| 1937 | The Good Old Soak | Matilda Hawley |
| 1936 | Love Before Breakfast | Mrs. Colby |
| 1936 | The Longest Night | Mrs. Briggs |
| 1936 | I'd Give My Life | Stella Bancroft |
| 1935 | The Dark Angel | Mrs. Shannon |
| 1935 | Village Tale | Amy Somerville |
| 1935 | So Red the Rose | Sally Bedford |
| 1935 | Let's Live Tonight | |
| 1934 | The President Vanishes | Mrs. Craig |
| 1934 | The Mighty Barnum | Nancy Barnum |
| 1934 | The Last Gentleman | Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter |
| 1933 | Gallant Lady | Maria Sherwood |