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.
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
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