Clara Blandick

Biography

Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.

Known For

Auntie Em

The Wizard of Oz

Miss Bradshaw

Youth Will Be Served

Mrs. Meade

So Goes My Love

Grandma Wilson

People Are Funny

Nurse

It Started with Eve

Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)

She-Wolf of London

Gaptown Landlady

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

Martha

A Stolen Life

Mrs. Anderson

Straight from the Heart

Susan Balmuss

Mr. Soft Touch

Aunt Cissy

Can't Help Singing

Mrs. Martin

Possessed

Aunt Maggie

The Winning Ticket

Miss Watson

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mrs. Peterson

Broadway Bill

Abigail Armstrong

Romance

Aunt Sophie

Child of Manhattan

Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother

Turn Back the Clock

Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

Riding High

Louisa Abbott

The Gorgeous Hussy

Stella Blendon

Philo Vance Returns

Phoebe Sawyer

Crime Ring

Mrs. West

Life Begins

Anna, the Cook

Ever in My Heart

Mary F. O'Daugherty

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Mrs. Sprig

Bought!

Abigail

Frontier Gal

Mrs. Denton

The Cabaret Singer

Ma Fisher

Men Are Like That

Martha Wagenkampf

The Sins of the Children

Aunt Ellen

Hearts Divided

Aunt Martha

Tomboy

Mrs. Ward

The Girl Said No

Mrs. Barry

Claudia and David

Mrs. Armstrong

Small Town Boy

Miss Esther Jones

The Star Maker

Auntie (uncredited)

The Mind Reader

Aunt Polly

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Liza, Silas' housekeeper

Key to the City

Mrs. Layton

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

Aunt Abbie

The Drums of Jeopardy

Mrs. Minnie Winkle

Burning Up

Salvation Army Woman

Laughing Sinners

Cora

As the Earth Turns

Mrs. Bence

Wise Girls

Mathilda Sherman

Party Wire

Grandmother

Alice in Movieland

Miss Newberry

The Girl from Missouri

Aunt Polly

Huckleberry Finn

Miss Phillips

Private Nurse

Mrs. Duane

The Last of the Duanes

Brida

Rockabye

Mother Randall

Shadow of Suspicion

Mrs. 'Ma'

The Show-Off

Mrs. Mason

Once a Sinner

Townswoman (uncredited)

You Can't Have Everything

Mrs. Delling

The President Vanishes

Ms. Perkins

Going Hollywood

Eva Branham

Transient Lady

Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

The Big Store

Agnes Murdock

The Easiest Way

Aunt Juliet Mitchell

The Nurse's Secret

Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

Her Husband's Secretary

Miss Wiggins

Life with Father

Mrs. Green - Landlady

Professor Beware

Mrs. Borst

Drums Along the Mohawk

Mrs. Griffin

Swanee River

Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy

Murder at Midnight

Evie Curtis

Wings Over Honolulu

Frau Hoffman

Daybreak

Julia 'Granny' Blair

My Old Kentucky Home

Mrs. Helen Livingston

Shopworn

Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)

The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Martha Adams

In His Steps

Aunt Margaret

Fugitive Lady

Mrs. Burns

North West Mounted Police

Belle Kincaid

Pillow of Death

Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)

Three Cornered Moon

Ma Lovewell

Harold Teen

Woman on Train (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim

Aunt Pewtie

The Bride Goes Wild

Jessica Spencer

Dreaming Out Loud

Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

Du Barry Was a Lady

Mrs. Higgins

The Get-Away

Mrs. Tarleton

The Wet Parade

Ma Sisler

Swing, Sister, Swing

Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid

Make Way for a Lady

Ranch Wife

I Take This Woman

Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

Poor Aubrey

Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)

Inspiration

Aunt Mattie (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

Mrs. Stanton

It's a Wise Child

Aunt Polly

Tom Sawyer

Mrs. Jorham

Anthony Adverse

Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)

Three on a Match

Minerva Winterslip

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

Mrs. Douglas

Jealousy

Rings on Her Fingers

Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)

Road to Morocco

Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait

Mrs. Williams

The Wagons Roll at Night

Miss Murfee

Beloved

Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)

The Strange Case of Clara Deane

Sister Watkins (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven

Willy's Mother

The Road Back

Auntie Em (archive footage)

The Dark Side of Oz

Mrs. Rowley

The Stolen Triumph

Tourist (uncredited)

Lady in a Jam

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Female

Birthday

1876-06-04

Place of Birth

Onboard American ship in Hong Kong

Also Known As

Clara Blanchard Dickey