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
Janet Pike
The Lady Eve
Miss Baker
Rosalie
Mrs. Mottram
Reap the Wild Wind
Mrs. Foote
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Sophie Sloane
Big City
Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight
Nancy Barnum
The Mighty Barnum
Mrs. Cushing
Slightly Honorable
Amy Somerville
Village Tale
Mrs. Colby
Love Before Breakfast
Cathy Gaffney
Give Till It Hurts
Maria Sherwood
Gallant Lady
Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
The Last Gentleman
Mrs. Sinclair
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Lady Alissia Crosby
The Thirteenth Chair
Stella Bancroft
I'd Give My Life
Mrs. Briggs
The Longest Night
Miss Pringle
Between Two Women
Mrs. Agatha Steward
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Sally Bedford
So Red the Rose
Miss Budge
Judge Hardy's Children
Lady Daventry
Bitter Sweet
Mrs. Olcott
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Shannon
The Dark Angel
Mrs. Laura Carrington
Say It in French
(archive footage)
Land of Liberty
Amy Cruthers
Career
Senora Isabella Vega
The Mark of Zorro
Mrs. Holland
Woman Against Woman
Mrs. Craig
The President Vanishes
Eloise Lowry
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
A Letter From Bataan
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Kate Brewster
The Gay Caballero
Miss Haines
All This, and Heaven Too
Matilda Hawley
The Good Old Soak
Hattie Greenfield
Hi, Neighbor
Mrs. Tweedy
The Parson of Panamint
Mrs. Sarah Lea
Man of Conquest
Mrs. Martha Harrison
I Was a Convict
Mary Carter
Laugh It Off
Mrs. Sam Houston
Men of Texas
Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Silver Queen
Mrs. Milford
The Man Who Lost Himself
Miss Macdade
Yellow Jack
Mrs. Graves
West Point Widow
Mrs. Routledge
Let's Live Tonight
Self
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Miss Steele
A Very Young Lady
Miss Merton
For Beauty's Sake
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
50
Gender
Female
Birthday
1884-10-20
Place of Birth
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
Janet Meysenberg