Janet Beecher
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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
Credits
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
as Senora Isabella Vega
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
as Mrs. Mottram
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
as Miss Haines
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
as Mrs. Foote
The Lady Eve (1941)
as Janet Pike
Rosalie (1937)
as Miss Baker
So Red the Rose (1935)
as Sally Bedford
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
The Parson of Panamint (1941)
as Mrs. Tweedy
Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
as Miss Budge
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)
as Eloise Lowry
Gallant Lady (1933)
as Maria Sherwood
My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)
as Mrs. Sinclair
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)
as Mrs. Olcott
A Very Young Lady (1941)
as Miss Steele
Say It in French (1938)
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
as Mrs. Milford
A Letter From Bataan (1942)
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
I Was a Convict (1939)
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
Bitter Sweet (1940)
as Lady Daventry
The Dark Angel (1935)
as Mrs. Shannon
Let's Live Tonight (1935)
as Mrs. Routledge
Fine Feathers (1915)
Actor
Between Two Women (1937)
as Miss Pringle
I'd Give My Life (1936)
as Stella Bancroft
For Beauty's Sake (1941)
as Miss Merton
The Good Old Soak (1937)
as Matilda Hawley
The President Vanishes (1934)
as Mrs. Craig
Land of Liberty (1939)
as (archive footage)
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (1939)
as Self
Man of Conquest (1939)
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
Village Tale (1935)
as Amy Somerville
West Point Widow (1941)
as Mrs. Graves
The Gay Caballero (1940)
as Kate Brewster
Laugh It Off (1939)
as Mary Carter
Big City (1937)
as Sophie Sloane
Silver Queen (1942)
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Woman Against Woman (1938)
as Mrs. Holland
Career (1939)
as Amy Cruthers
Give Till It Hurts (1937)
as Cathy Gaffney
The Last Gentleman (1934)
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
The Mighty Barnum (1934)
as Nancy Barnum
Slightly Honorable (1939)
as Mrs. Cushing
The Thirteenth Chair (1937)
as Lady Alicia Crosby
Men of Texas (1942)
as Mrs. Sam Houston
The Longest Night (1936)
as Mrs. Briggs
Love Before Breakfast (1936)
as Mrs. Colby
Yellow Jack (1938)
as Miss Macdade
Hi, Neighbor (1942)
as Hattie Greenfield