Jane Darwell

Acting

October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967 (died at 87)

Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Female

171 Movies

14 TV Shows

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 7.8

as Ma Joad

Age 60 (now 87)

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 7.7

as Ma Grier

Age 63 (now 87)

Mary Poppins

1964 7.5

as Bird Woman

Age 85 (now 87)

All That Money Can Buy

1941 7.0

as Ma Stone

Age 62 (now 87)

The Battle of Midway

1942 5.9

as Narrator (voice)

Age 62 (now 87)

Design for Living

1933 7.1

as Curtis' Housekeeper

Age 54 (now 87)

3 Godfathers

1948 6.8

as Miss Florie

Age 69 (now 87)

All Through the Night

1942 6.7

as Mrs. Donahue

Age 62 (now 87)

My Darling Clementine

1946 7.5

as Kate Nelson

Age 67 (now 87)

Wagon Master

1950 6.7

as Sister Ledyard

Age 70 (now 87)

The Bigamist

1953 6.5

as Mrs. Connelley

Age 74 (now 87)

Curly Top

1935 6.5

as Mrs. Denham

Age 55 (now 87)

Bright Eyes

1934 6.7

as Mrs. Higgins

Age 55 (now 87)

There's Always Tomorrow

1956 7.2

as Mme Rogers

Age 76 (now 87)

Gone with the Wind

1939 7.9

as Mrs. Merriwether

Age 60 (now 87)

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951 6.5

as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan

Age 71 (now 87)

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

1986 10.0

as (archive footage)

Age 106 (now 87)

Mary Poppins

1964 7.5

as Bird Woman

Age 85 (now 87)

Hound-Dog Man

1959 4.7

as Grandma Wilson

Age 80 (now 87)

The Last Hurrah

1958 7.2

as Delia

Age 79 (now 87)

Three Men on a Horse

1957

as Lady on Bus

Age 77 (now 87)

The Greer Case

1957

as Annie Jackson

Age 77 (now 87)

Sincerely, Willis Wade

1956 8.0

as Mrs. Jacoby

Age 77 (now 87)

Girls in Prison

1956 4.5

as Matron Jamieson

Age 76 (now 87)

Prima Donna

1956

as Lena

Age 76 (now 87)

There's Always Tomorrow

1956 7.2

as Mme Rogers

Age 76 (now 87)

A Life at Stake

1955 5.3

as Landlady

Age 75 (now 87)

Hit the Deck

1955 5.0

as Jenny

Age 75 (now 87)

The Bigamist

1953 6.5

as Mrs. Connelley

Age 74 (now 87)

Affair with a Stranger

1953 4.8

as Ma Stanton

Age 73 (now 87)

The Sun Shines Bright

1953 6.5

as Aurora Ratchitt

Age 73 (now 87)

It Happens Every Thursday

1953 6.3

as Mrs. Spatch

Age 73 (now 87)

We're Not Married!

1952 5.9

as Mrs. Bush

Age 72 (now 87)

Journey Into Light

1951 6.5

as Mack

Age 71 (now 87)

Excuse My Dust

1951 7.8

as Mrs. Belden

Age 71 (now 87)

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951 6.5

as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan

Age 71 (now 87)

Father's Wild Game

1950 8.0

as Minerva Bobbin

Age 71 (now 87)

The Second Face

1950 7.0

as Mrs. Lockridge

Age 71 (now 87)

Three Husbands

1950 5.4

as Mrs. Wurdeman

Age 71 (now 87)

Redwood Forest Trail

1950 7.0

as Hattie Hickory

Age 70 (now 87)

Surrender

1950 4.8

as Molly Hale

Age 70 (now 87)

Caged

1950 7.1

as Isolation Matron

Age 70 (now 87)

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950 7.0

as Mrs. Murphy

Age 70 (now 87)

Wagon Master

1950 6.7

as Sister Ledyard

Age 70 (now 87)

Red Canyon

1949 5.8

as Aunt Jane

Age 69 (now 87)

3 Godfathers

1948 6.8

as Miss Florie

Age 69 (now 87)

Train to Alcatraz

1948 7.5

as Aunt Ella

Age 68 (now 87)

The Red Stallion

1947 10.0

as Aggie Curtis

Age 67 (now 87)

Keeper of the Bees

1947 10.0

as Mrs. Ferris

Age 67 (now 87)

My Darling Clementine

1946 7.5

as Kate Nelson

Age 67 (now 87)

Three Wise Fools

1946 5.7

as Sister Mary Brigid

Age 66 (now 87)

The Dark Horse

1946 7.0

as Aunt Hattie

Age 66 (now 87)

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945 8.0

as Tugboat Annie

Age 66 (now 87)

I Live in Grosvenor Square

1945 7.3

as Mrs. Patterson

Age 65 (now 87)

She's a Sweetheart

1944 9.0

as Mom

Age 65 (now 87)

Music in Manhattan

1944 6.0

as Mrs. Pearson

Age 64 (now 87)

The Impatient Years

1944 6.7

as Minister's wife

Age 64 (now 87)

Reckless Age

1944 9.0

as Mrs. Connors

Age 64 (now 87)

Tender Comrade

1944 5.7

as Mrs. Henderson

Age 64 (now 87)

Government Girl

1943 5.7

as Miss Trask (uncredited)

Age 64 (now 87)

Family Feud

1943 10.0

as The Mother

Age 64 (now 87)

Stage Door Canteen

1943 6.3

as Jane Darwell

Age 63 (now 87)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

1943 6.6

as Aunt Emma Forrester

Age 63 (now 87)

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 7.7

as Ma Grier

Age 63 (now 87)

The Great Gildersleeve

1942 6.3

as Aunt Emma Forrester

Age 63 (now 87)

Highways by Night

1942 7.3

as Grandma Fogarty

Age 62 (now 87)

The Battle of Midway

1942 5.9

as Narrator (voice)

Age 62 (now 87)

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942 6.1

as Mariah Clemm

Age 62 (now 87)

Men of Texas

1942 9.0

as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

Age 62 (now 87)

It Happened in Flatbush

1942 5.4

as Mrs. Maguire

Age 62 (now 87)

On the Sunny Side

1942 7.0

as Annie

Age 62 (now 87)

Young America

1942 9.0

as Grandmother Nora Campbell

Age 62 (now 87)

All Through the Night

1942 6.7

as Mrs. Donahue

Age 62 (now 87)

Small Town Deb

1941 6.5

as Katie

Age 62 (now 87)

All That Money Can Buy

1941 7.0

as Ma Stone

Age 62 (now 87)

Private Nurse

1941 7.0

as Miss Adams

Age 61 (now 87)

Thieves Fall Out

1941 6.0

as Grandma Allen

Age 61 (now 87)

Chad Hanna

1940 7.3

as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

Age 61 (now 87)

Youth Will Be Served

1940 4.0

as Supervisor Stormer

Age 61 (now 87)

Brigham Young

1940 4.6

as Eliza Kent

Age 60 (now 87)

Untamed

1940 5.0

as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

Age 60 (now 87)

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 7.8

as Ma Joad

Age 60 (now 87)

Miracle on Main Street

1939 5.4

as Mrs. Herman

Age 60 (now 87)

Gone with the Wind

1939 7.9

as Mrs. Merriwether

Age 60 (now 87)

20,000 Men a Year

1939 6.2

as Mrs. Allen

Age 60 (now 87)

The Rains Came

1939 6.0

as Aunt Phoebe Smiley

Age 59 (now 87)

Grand Jury Secrets

1939 7.0

as Mrs. Keefe

Age 59 (now 87)

Unexpected Father

1939 6.3

as Mrs. Callahan

Age 59 (now 87)

The Zero Hour

1939 5.3

as Sophie

Age 59 (now 87)

Inside Story

1939 9.0

as Aunt Mary Perkins

Age 59 (now 87)

Jesse James

1939 6.5

as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother

Age 59 (now 87)

Up the River

1938 10.0

as Mrs. Graham

Age 59 (now 87)

Five of a Kind

1938 4.8

as Nurse Waldron

Age 58 (now 87)

Time Out for Murder

1938 6.3

as Polly, Helen's supervisor

Age 58 (now 87)

Little Miss Broadway

1938 6.5

as Miss Hutchins

Age 58 (now 87)

Three Blind Mice

1938 6.1

as Mrs. Kilian

Age 58 (now 87)

Battle of Broadway

1938 5.0

as Mrs. Rogers

Age 58 (now 87)

The Jury's Secret

1938 5.0

as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

Age 58 (now 87)

Change of Heart

1938 7.0

as Mrs. Thompson

Age 58 (now 87)

Dangerously Yours

1937 5.6

as Aunt Cynthia Barton

Age 57 (now 87)

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937 7.0

as Mrs. Krueger

Age 57 (now 87)

The Singing Marine

1937 5.3

as Ma Marine

Age 57 (now 87)

Slave Ship

1937 5.1

as Mrs. Marlowe

Age 57 (now 87)

Fifty Roads to Town

1937 10.0

as Mrs. Henry

Age 57 (now 87)

The Great Hospital Mystery

1937 5.5

as Nurse Sarah Keats

Age 57 (now 87)

Lest We Forget

1937 8.0

as Archive Footage

Age 57 (now 87)

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

1937 7.0

as Mrs. Mary Flaherty

Age 57 (now 87)

Love Is News

1937 6.3

as Mrs. Flaherty

Age 57 (now 87)

Laughing at Trouble

1936 8.0

as Glory Bradford

Age 57 (now 87)

Craig's Wife

1936 6.5

as Mrs. Harold

Age 56 (now 87)

Star for a Night

1936 7.0

as Mrs. Martha Lind

Age 56 (now 87)

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936 6.6

as Woodward

Age 56 (now 87)

White Fang

1936 7.0

as Maud Mahoney

Age 56 (now 87)

Private Number

1936 6.7

as Mrs. Frisby

Age 56 (now 87)

Little Miss Nobody

1936 7.5

as Eva Bradley

Age 56 (now 87)

Captain January

1936 6.8

as Mrs. Eliza Croft

Age 56 (now 87)

The First Baby

1936 8.0

as Mrs. Ellis

Age 56 (now 87)

The Country Doctor

1936 6.5

as Mrs. Graham

Age 56 (now 87)

Paddy O'Day

1936 7.0

as Dora

Age 56 (now 87)

We're Only Human

1935 7.3

as Mrs. Walsh

Age 56 (now 87)

Metropolitan

1935 8.0

as Grandma

Age 56 (now 87)

Navy Wife

1935 6.0

as Mrs. Louise Keats

Age 55 (now 87)

Curly Top

1935 6.5

as Mrs. Denham

Age 55 (now 87)

Wig-Wag

1935 7.0

as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

Age 55 (now 87)

Life Begins at Forty

1935 10.0

as Ida Harris

Age 55 (now 87)

McFadden´s Flats

1935 8.0

as Nora McFadden

Age 55 (now 87)

One More Spring

1935 6.2

as Mary Sweeney

Age 55 (now 87)

The Gilded Lily

1935 6.7

as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

Age 55 (now 87)

Bright Eyes

1934 6.7

as Mrs. Higgins

Age 55 (now 87)

Gentlemen Are Born

1934 7.3

as Landlady

Age 55 (now 87)

The White Parade

1934 6.8

as Sailor

Age 55 (now 87)

Happiness Ahead

1934 6.6

as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

Age 55 (now 87)

Tomorrow's Youth

1934 10.0

as Mary O'Brien

Age 54 (now 87)

Desirable

1934 7.2

as Frederick's Mother

Age 54 (now 87)

Embarrassing Moments

1934 9.0

as Mrs. Stuckelberger

Age 54 (now 87)

Million Dollar Ransom

1934 5.0

as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Blind Date

1934 8.0

as Ma Taylor

Age 54 (now 87)

One Night of Love

1934 5.5

as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

Age 54 (now 87)

Most Precious Thing in Life

1934 5.8

as Mrs. O'Day

Age 54 (now 87)

Let's Talk It Over

1934 10.0

as Mrs. O'Keefe

Age 54 (now 87)

Change of Heart

1934 6.3

as Mrs. McGowan

Age 54 (now 87)

The Scarlet Empress

1934 6.9

as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Finishing School

1934 6.2

as Maude (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Wonder Bar

1934 6.0

as Baroness (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Once to Every Woman

1934 6.1

as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Journal of a Crime

1934 5.9

as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

David Harum

1934 7.5

as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Heat Lightning

1934 7.2

as Gladys

Age 54 (now 87)

Fashions of 1934

1934 6.5

as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Cross Country Cruise

1934 6.7

as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Design for Living

1933 7.1

as Curtis' Housekeeper

Age 54 (now 87)

He Couldn't Take It

1933 10.0

as Mrs. Case

Age 54 (now 87)

King for a Night

1933 7.2

as Mrs. Williams

Age 54 (now 87)

Roman Scandals

1933 5.9

as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Only Yesterday

1933 7.3

as Mrs. Lane

Age 54 (now 87)

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933 7.8

as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

Age 54 (now 87)

Ann Vickers

1933 5.8

as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

Age 53 (now 87)

One Sunday Afternoon

1933 6.6

as Mrs. Lind

Age 53 (now 87)

Before Dawn

1933 5.7

as Mrs. Marble

Age 53 (now 87)

Bed of Roses

1933 6.1

as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

Age 53 (now 87)

Emergency Call

1933 6.3

as Nurse Brown (uncredited)

Age 53 (now 87)

Jennie Gerhardt

1933 5.7

as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

Age 53 (now 87)

The Girl in 419

1933 4.2

as Nurse Esmond

Age 53 (now 87)

Bondage

1933 7.0

as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

Age 53 (now 87)

Murders in the Zoo

1933 5.8

as Banquet Guest (uncredited)

Age 53 (now 87)

Child of Manhattan

1933 7.2

as Mrs. McGonagle

Age 53 (now 87)

The Past of Mary Holmes

1933 10.0

Age 53 (now 87)

Air Hostess

1933 6.3

as Ma Kearny

Age 53 (now 87)

Women Won't Tell

1932 7.0

as Mrs. Walter Robinson

Age 53 (now 87)

Hot Saturday

1932 6.6

as Mrs. Brock

Age 53 (now 87)

Washington Merry-Go-Round

1932 7.5

as Alice's Aunt

Age 52 (now 87)

Back Street

1932 6.4

as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

Age 52 (now 87)

Young America

1932 5.5

as School Teacher (Uncredited)

Age 52 (now 87)

Ladies of the Big House

1931 6.0

as Mrs. Turner

Age 52 (now 87)

Huckleberry Finn

1931 7.0

as Widow Douglas

Age 51 (now 87)

Tom Sawyer

1930 6.3

as Widow Douglas

Age 51 (now 87)

Little Church Around the Corner

1923 6.1

as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

Age 43 (now 87)

The Restless Sex

1920 7.0

as Housekeeper (uncredited)

Age 41 (now 87)

The Rug Maker's Daughter

1915

as Mrs. Van Buren

Age 35 (now 87)

After Five

1915

as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

Age 35 (now 87)

The Goose Girl

1915

as Irma

Age 35 (now 87)

Hypocrites

1915 5.6

as Madam (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 87)

The Rose of the Rancho

1914 4.0

as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

Age 35 (now 87)

Ready Money

1914

as Mrs. Tyler

Age 35 (now 87)

The Only Son

1914 1.0

as Mrs. Brainerd

Age 34 (now 87)

The Master Mind

1914

as Milwaukee Sadie

Age 34 (now 87)

Brewster's Millions

1914 6.0

as Mrs. Dan De Mille

Age 34 (now 87)