Jane Darwell

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Bird Woman

Mary Poppins

Ma Grier

The Ox-Bow Incident

Ma Joad

The Grapes of Wrath

Mrs. Merriwether

Gone with the Wind

Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

One Night of Love

Kate Nelson

My Darling Clementine

Supervisor Stormer

Youth Will Be Served

Mrs. Van Buren

The Rug Maker's Daughter

Mrs. Bush

We're Not Married!

'Nellie Thursday' Regan

The Lemon Drop Kid

Miss Florie

3 Godfathers

Isolation Matron

Caged

Ma Stone

All That Money Can Buy

Mrs. Denham

Curly Top

Mrs. Higgins

Bright Eyes

Mrs. Donahue

All Through the Night

Sister Ledyard

Wagon Master

Mme Rogers

There's Always Tomorrow

Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

Ann Vickers

Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

Jesse James

The Mother

Family Feud

Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

Fashions of 1934

Housekeeper (uncredited)

The Restless Sex

Ma Kearny

Air Hostess

Landlady

A Life at Stake

Miss Trask (uncredited)

Government Girl

Mrs. Connelley

The Bigamist

Narrator (voice)

The Battle of Midway

Eliza Kent

Brigham Young

Delia

The Last Hurrah

Sailor

The White Parade

Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

Bed of Roses

Mrs. Eliza Croft

Captain January

Curtis' Housekeeper

Design for Living

Mrs. Henderson

Tender Comrade

Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

Men of Texas

Mrs. McGonagle

Child of Manhattan

Mary Sweeney

One More Spring

Ma Stanton

Affair with a Stranger

Grandma Fogarty

Highways by Night

Matron Jamieson

Girls in Prison

Mrs. Harold

Craig's Wife

Mrs. Lockridge

The Second Face

Aunt Ella

Train to Alcatraz

Aunt Emma Forrester

The Great Gildersleeve

Mrs. Thompson

Change of Heart

Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

Chad Hanna

Jenny

Hit the Deck

Mariah Clemm

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

Baroness (uncredited)

Wonder Bar

Dora

Paddy O'Day

Mrs. Murphy

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

Polly, Helen's supervisor

Time Out for Murder

Mrs. Marble

Before Dawn

Mrs. Lind

One Sunday Afternoon

Aunt Jane

Red Canyon

Aunt Emma Forrester

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

Minister's wife

The Impatient Years

Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

Bondage

Mrs. Marlowe

Slave Ship

Nurse Waldron

Five of a Kind

Ida Harris

Life Begins at Forty

Mrs. Pearson

Music in Manhattan

Grandma Allen

Thieves Fall Out

Mrs. Walsh

We're Only Human

Irma

The Goose Girl

Sister Mary Brigid

Three Wise Fools

Grandma

Metropolitan

Eva Bradley

Little Miss Nobody

Mrs. Ferris

Keeper of the Bees

Mrs. Rogers

Battle of Broadway

Mrs. Kilian

Three Blind Mice

Miss Hutchins

Little Miss Broadway

Mrs. Walter Robinson

Women Won't Tell

Mrs. Frisby

Private Number

Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

David Harum

Mrs. Lane

Only Yesterday

Aggie Curtis

The Red Stallion

Ma Taylor

Blind Date

Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

The Scarlet Empress

Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)

Cross Country Cruise

Mrs. Graham

The Country Doctor

Hattie Hickory

Redwood Forest Trail

Mrs. Turner

Ladies of the Big House

Tugboat Annie

Captain Tugboat Annie

Aunt Mary Perkins

Inside Story

Mrs. O'Day

Most Precious Thing in Life

Ma Marine

The Singing Marine

Woodward

Poor Little Rich Girl

Maud Mahoney

White Fang

Sophie

The Zero Hour

Mrs. Mary Flaherty

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

Mrs. Krueger

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

Widow Douglas

Huckleberry Finn

Aunt Phoebe Smiley

The Rains Came

Miss Adams

Private Nurse

Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

Happiness Ahead

Mrs. Herman

Miracle on Main Street

Mrs. McGowan

Change of Heart

Gladys - the Wife

Heat Lightning

Maude (uncredited)

Finishing School

Alice's Aunt

Washington Merry-Go-Round

Nora McFadden

McFadden´s Flats

Frederick's Mother

Desirable

Glory Bradford

Laughing at Trouble

Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

Jennie Gerhardt

Mack

Journey Into Light

Annie Jackson

The Greer Case

Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Journal of a Crime

Landlady

Gentlemen Are Born

Nurse Sarah Keats

The Great Hospital Mystery

Mary O'Brien

Tomorrow's Youth

Mrs. Williams

King for a Night

Katie

Small Town Deb

Mrs. Keefe

Grand Jury Secrets

Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

Untamed

Mrs. Allen

20,000 Men a Year

Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

Aurora Ratchitt

The Sun Shines Bright

Aunt Cynthia Barton

Dangerously Yours

Madam (uncredited)

Hypocrites

Mrs. Maguire

It Happened in Flatbush

Jane Darwell

Stage Door Canteen

Mom

She's a Sweetheart

Mrs. Case

He Couldn't Take It

Mrs. Louise Keats

Navy Wife

Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

Once to Every Woman

Mrs. Graham

Up the River

Aunt Hattie

The Dark Horse

Mrs. Flaherty

Love Is News

Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

Roman Scandals

Mrs. Belden

Excuse My Dust

Nurse Brown (uncredited)

Emergency Call

Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

Back Street

Mrs. Callahan

Unexpected Father

Nurse Esmond

The Girl in 419

Molly Hale

Surrender

Mrs. Spatch

It Happens Every Thursday

Banquet Guest (uncredited)

Murders in the Zoo

Mrs. Martha Lind

Star for a Night

Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

The Rose of the Rancho

Mrs. Brock

Hot Saturday

Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

Little Church Around the Corner

Widow Douglas

Tom Sawyer

Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

Wig-Wag

The Past of Mary Holmes

Annie

On the Sunny Side

Grandma Wilson

Hound-Dog Man

Mrs. Henry

Fifty Roads to Town

Grandmother Nora Campbell

Young America

Minerva Bobbin

Father's Wild Game

Mrs. Patterson

I Live in Grosvenor Square

Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

The Jury's Secret

Mrs. O'Keefe

Let's Talk It Over

Mrs. Connors

Reckless Age

Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Million Dollar Ransom

Mrs. Wurdeman

Three Husbands

Mrs. Tyler

Ready Money

Mrs. Ellis

The First Baby

(archive footage)

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

Mrs. Stuckelberger

Embarrassing Moments

School Teacher (Uncredited)

Young America

Mrs. Brainerd

The Only Son

Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

After Five

Archive Footage

Lest We Forget

Lena

Prima Donna

Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

The Gilded Lily

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

167

Gender

Female

Birthday

1879-10-13

Place of Birth

Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Patti Woodard