About
Spring Byington
Overview
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Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.
Known for
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1997 | Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | Actor | (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
1960 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Actor | Suzie Robinson | 59 Average |
1959 | Laramie | Actor | Daisy Cooper | 68 Fair |
1954 | December Bride | Actor | Lily Ruskin | 69 Fair |
1954 | The Rocket Man | Actor | Justice Amelia Brown | 59 Average |
1952 | Because You're Mine | Actor | Mrs. Edna Montville | 59 Average |
1952 | No Room for the Groom | Actor | Mama Kingshead | 58 Average |
1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Actor | Sister Edwitha | 59 Average |
1951 | Bannerline | Actor | Mrs. Loomis | 59 Average |
1951 | According to Mrs. Hoyle | Actor | Mrs. Harriet Hoyle | 58 Average |
1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Actor | Mrs. Brentman | 58 Average |
1950 | Devil's Doorway | Actor | Mrs. Masters | 59 Average |
1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Actor | Agnes Thorndyke | 58 Average |
1950 | Louisa | Actor | Louisa Norton | 59 Average |
1950 | Please Believe Me | Actor | Mrs. Milwright | 58 Average |
1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Actor | Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited) | 58 Average |
1949 | The Big Wheel | Actor | Mary Coy | 58 Average |
1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Actor | Nellie Burke | 59 Average |
1948 | B.F.'s Daughter | Actor | Gladys Fulton | 59 Average |
1947 | It Had to Be You | Actor | Mr. Martha Stafford | 59 Average |
1947 | Cynthia | Actor | Carrie Bishop Jannings | 59 Average |
1947 | Singapore | Actor | Mrs. Bellows | 58 Average |
1947 | Living in a Big Way | Actor | Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan | 58 Average |
1947 | Little Mister Jim | Actor | Mrs. Starwell | 59 Average |
1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Actor | Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose | 59 Average |
1946 | Faithful in My Fashion | Actor | Miss Mary Swanson | 59 Average |
1946 | Dragonwyck | Actor | Magda | 60 Fair |
1946 | A Letter for Evie | Actor | Mrs. McPherson | 59 Average |
1946 | Meet Me on Broadway | Actor | Sylvia Kane Storm | 59 Average |
1945 | Captain Eddie | Actor | Mrs. Frost | 59 Average |
1945 | Thrill of a Romance | Actor | Nona Glenn | 58 Average |
1945 | The Enchanted Cottage | Actor | Violet Price | 59 Average |
1945 | Salty O'Rourke | Actor | Mrs. Brooks | 58 Average |
1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Actor | Mrs. Marshall | 59 Average |
1944 | Reward Unlimited | Actor | Peggy's mother | N/A N/A |
1944 | The Heavenly Body | Actor | Nancy Potter | 58 Average |
1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Actor | Bertha Van Cleve | 61 Fair |
1943 | Presenting Lily Mars | Actor | Mrs. Mars | 59 Average |
1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Actor | Cecilia Talbot | 58 Average |
1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Actor | Sophia Sommerfield | 58 Average |
1942 | Rings on Her Fingers | Actor | Mrs. Maybelle Worthington | 59 Average |
1942 | Roxie Hart | Actor | Mary Sunshine | 59 Average |
1942 | The Vanishing Virginian | Actor | Rosa Yancey | 59 Average |
1941 | When Ladies Meet | Actor | Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake | 59 Average |
1941 | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Actor | Carlotta Emerson | 59 Average |
1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Actor | Elizabeth Ellis | 60 Fair |
1941 | Meet John Doe | Actor | Mme Mitchell | 63 Fair |
1941 | Arkansas Judge | Actor | Mary Shoemaker | N/A N/A |
1940 | Lucky Partners | Actor | Aunt Lucy | 58 Average |
1940 | My Love Came Back | Actor | Clara Malette | 58 Average |
1940 | On Their Own | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1940 | Young as You Feel | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1940 | Laddie | Actor | Mrs. Stanton | 59 Average |
1940 | The Blue Bird | Actor | Mummy Tyl | 59 Average |
1939 | A Child Is Born | Actor | Mrs. Mamie West | 59 Average |
1939 | Too Busy to Work | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1939 | Quick Millions | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | 59 Average |
1939 | Chicken Wagon Family | Actor | Josephine Fippany | N/A N/A |
1939 | Land of Liberty | Actor | Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer') | N/A N/A |
1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Actor | Mrs. Hubbard | 58 Average |
1939 | Everybody's Baby | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1938 | Down on the Farm | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Actor | Penny Sycamore | 65 Fair |
1938 | Safety in Numbers | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1938 | A Trip to Paris | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | 58 Average |
1938 | Jezebel | Actor | Mrs. Kendrick | 61 Fair |
1938 | Love on a Budget | Actor | Louise Jones | N/A N/A |
1938 | Penrod and His Twin Brother | Actor | Mrs. Laura Schofield | 59 Average |
1938 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Actor | Widow Douglas (uncredited) | 59 Average |
1938 | The Buccaneer | Actor | Dolly Madison | 59 Average |
1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | 59 Average |
1937 | It's Love I'm After | Actor | Aunt Ella | 59 Average |
1937 | Hot Water | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | 58 Average |
1937 | Big Business | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | 59 Average |
1937 | Hotel Haywire | Actor | Mrs. Parkhouse | N/A N/A |
1937 | The Road Back | Actor | Ernst's Mother | 59 Average |
1937 | A Family Affair | Actor | Emily Hardy | 58 Average |
1937 | Penrod and Sam | Actor | Mrs. Schofield | 59 Average |
1937 | Green Light | Actor | Mrs. Dexter | 59 Average |
1937 | Clarence | Actor | Mrs. Wheeler | N/A N/A |
1937 | Off to the Races | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Actor | Rebecca Perry | 59 Average |
1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Actor | Lady Octavia Warrenton | 59 Average |
1936 | The Girl on the Front Page | Actor | Mrs. Langford | N/A N/A |
1936 | Dodsworth | Actor | Matey Pearson | 61 Fair |
1936 | Stage Struck | Actor | Mrs. Randall | 58 Average |
1936 | Back to Nature | Actor | Louise Jones | N/A N/A |
1936 | Palm Springs | Actor | Aunt Letty | N/A N/A |
1936 | Educating Father | Actor | Mrs. John Jones | N/A N/A |
1936 | Every Saturday Night | Actor | Mrs. Evers | N/A N/A |
1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann | Actor | Ma Davis | 59 Average |
1935 | Ah, Wilderness! | Actor | Essie Miller | 59 Average |
1935 | The Great Impersonation | Actor | Duchess Caroline | N/A N/A |
1935 | Broadway Hostess | Actor | Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe | 58 Average |
1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Actor | Mrs. Byam | 64 Fair |
1935 | Way Down East | Actor | Mrs. Louisa Bartlett | 58 Average |
1935 | Orchids to You | Actor | Alice Draper | N/A N/A |
1935 | Love Me Forever | Actor | Clara Fields | 58 Average |
1935 | Werewolf of London | Actor | Ettie Coombes | 59 Average |
1933 | Little Women | Actor | Marmee | 60 Fair |