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