About

Known credits:
50
Birthday:
1884-10-20
Place of birth:
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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Janet Beecher

Overview

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

Acting
1997 Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line Actor Self (archive footage) 58
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1943 Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour Actor Eloise Lowry 59
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1942 Silver Queen Actor Mrs. Laura Forsythe 58
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1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Actor Mrs. Olcott N/A
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1942 A Letter From Bataan Actor Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis 58
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1942 Hi, Neighbor Actor Hattie Greenfield N/A
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1942 Men of Texas Actor Mrs. Sam Houston N/A
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1942 Reap the Wild Wind Actor Mrs. Mottram 59
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1942 A Tragedy at Midnight Actor Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) 58
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1941 The Parson of Panamint Actor Mrs. Tweedy 58
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1941 A Very Young Lady Actor Miss Steele 58
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1941 West Point Widow Actor Mrs. Graves 59
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1941 For Beauty's Sake Actor Miss Merton N/A
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1941 The Man Who Lost Himself Actor Mrs. Milford 58
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1941 The Lady Eve Actor Janet Pike 64
Fair
1940 Bitter Sweet Actor Lady Daventry 59
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1940 The Mark of Zorro Actor Senora Isabella Vega 62
Fair
1940 The Gay Caballero Actor Kate Brewster 58
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1940 All This, and Heaven Too Actor Miss Haines 60
Fair
1939 Slightly Honorable Actor Mrs. Cushing 59
Average
1939 Laugh It Off Actor Mary Carter 58
Average
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 Actor Self N/A
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1939 Career Actor Amy Cruthers N/A
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1939 Land of Liberty Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1939 Man of Conquest Actor Mrs. Sarah Lea 58
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1939 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle Actor Mrs. Foote 59
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1939 I Was a Convict Actor Mrs. Martha Harrison 58
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1938 Say It in French Actor Mrs. Laura Carrington N/A
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1938 Woman Against Woman Actor Mrs. Holland 58
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1938 Yellow Jack Actor Miss Macdade 59
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1938 Judge Hardy's Children Actor Miss Budge 58
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1937 Rosalie Actor Miss Baker 58
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1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal Actor Mrs. Agatha Steward 58
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1937 Give Till It Hurts Actor Cathy Gaffney 59
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1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich Actor Mrs. Sinclair 59
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1937 Big City Actor Sophie Sloane 59
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1937 Between Two Women Actor Miss Pringle 59
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1937 The Thirteenth Chair Actor Lady Alissia Crosby 59
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1937 The Good Old Soak Actor Matilda Hawley N/A
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1936 The Longest Night Actor Mrs. Briggs 59
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1936 I'd Give My Life Actor Stella Bancroft N/A
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1936 Love Before Breakfast Actor Mrs. Colby 59
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1935 So Red the Rose Actor Sally Bedford 58
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1935 The Dark Angel Actor Mrs. Shannon 59
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1935 Village Tale Actor Amy Somerville 58
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1935 Let's Live Tonight Actor Mrs. Routledge 58
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1934 The Mighty Barnum Actor Nancy Barnum 58
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1934 The President Vanishes Actor Mrs. Craig 59
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1934 The Last Gentleman Actor Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter 58
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1933 Gallant Lady Actor Maria Sherwood 59
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