Jane Darwell

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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.

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Born

Oct 15, 1879

Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Died

Aug 13, 1967

Known For

Acting

Movies

171 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.9

movie

Known For

Gone with the Wind

1939

as Mrs. Merriwether

Mary Poppins

1964

as Bird Woman

3 Godfathers

1948

as Miss Florie

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Ma Joad

My Darling Clementine

1946

as Kate Nelson

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943

as Ma Grier

Wagon Master

1950

as Sister Ledyard

Jesse James

1939

as Mrs. Samuels

The Scarlet Empress

1934

as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

Design for Living

1933

as Curtis' Housekeeper

Gone with the Wind

1939 • as Mrs. Merriwether

★ 7.9

Mary Poppins

1964 • as Bird Woman

★ 7.6

3 Godfathers

1948 • as Miss Florie

★ 6.8

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 • as Ma Joad

★ 7.8

My Darling Clementine

1946 • as Kate Nelson

★ 7.5

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 • as Ma Grier

★ 7.7

Wagon Master

1950 • as Sister Ledyard

★ 6.7

Jesse James

1939 • as Mrs. Samuels

★ 6.6

We're Not Married!

1952 • as Mrs. Bush

★ 5.9

The Scarlet Empress

1934 • as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)

★ 6.9

Design for Living

1933 • as Curtis' Housekeeper

★ 7.1

The Bigamist

1953 • as Mrs. Connelley

★ 6.4

Curly Top

1935 • as Mrs. Denham

★ 6.5

Wonder Bar

1934 • as Baroness (uncredited)

★ 6.0

The Rains Came

1939 • as Aunt Phoebe Smiley

★ 6.1

Tender Comrade

1944 • as Mrs. Henderson

★ 5.7

Government Girl

1943 • as Miss Trask (uncredited)

★ 5.7

There's Always Tomorrow

1956 • as Mme Rogers

★ 7.2

All That Money Can Buy

1941 • as Ma Stone

★ 7.0

Brigham Young

1940 • as Eliza Kent

★ 4.6

Hit the Deck

1955 • as Jenny

★ 5.0

All Through the Night

1942 • as Mrs. Donahue

★ 6.7

Roman Scandals

1933 • as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Before Dawn

1933 • as Mrs. Marble

★ 5.7

Caged

1950 • as Isolation Matron

★ 7.1

The Gilded Lily

1935 • as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Love Is News

1937 • as Mrs. Flaherty

★ 6.3

Murders in the Zoo

1933 • as Banquet Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.9

Wig-Wag

1935 • as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother

★ 7.0

Bright Eyes

1934 • as Mrs. Higgins

★ 6.7

The Last Hurrah

1958 • as Delia

★ 7.2

Bondage

1933 • as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton

★ 7.0

The Sun Shines Bright

1953 • as Aurora Ratchitt

★ 6.6

Air Hostess

1933 • as Ma Kearny

★ 6.3

Red Canyon

1949 • as Aunt Jane

★ 5.8

The Battle of Midway

1942 • as Narrator (voice)

★ 5.9

Finishing School

1934 • as Maude (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Three Wise Fools

1946 • as Sister Mary Brigid

★ 5.7

Prima Donna

1956 • as Lena

Stage Door Canteen

1943 • as Jane Darwell

★ 6.3

Little Miss Broadway

1938 • as Miss Hutchins

★ 6.5

Captain January

1936 • as Eliza Croft

★ 6.8

Huckleberry Finn

1931 • as Widow Douglas

★ 7.0

Dangerously Yours

1937 • as Aunt Cynthia Barton

★ 5.8

One Night of Love

1934 • as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother

★ 5.5

Highways by Night

1942 • as Grandma Fogarty

★ 7.3

Little Miss Nobody

1936 • as Eva Bradley

★ 7.5

The Lemon Drop Kid

1951 • as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan

★ 6.5

Slave Ship

1937 • as Mrs. Marlowe

★ 5.1

Girls in Prison

1956 • as Matron Jamieson

★ 4.5

Fashions of 1934

1934 • as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Chad Hanna

1940 • as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine

★ 7.0

movie

Family Feud

1943 • as The Mother

★ 10.0

Untamed

1940 • as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty

★ 5.0

Blind Date

1934 • as Ma Taylor

★ 8.0

Only Yesterday

1933 • as Mrs. Lane

★ 7.1

Fifty Roads to Town

1937 • as Mrs. Henry

★ 10.0

Ann Vickers

1933 • as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)

★ 5.8

The Rose of the Rancho

1914 • as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

★ 4.0

Heat Lightning

1934 • as Gladys

★ 7.2

Affair with a Stranger

1953 • as Ma Stanton

★ 4.8

Back Street

1932 • as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt

★ 6.4

Million Dollar Ransom

1934 • as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)

★ 5.0

Five of a Kind

1938 • as Nurse Waldron

★ 4.8

The Red Stallion

1947 • as Aggie Curtis

★ 10.0

Private Number

1936 • as Mrs. Frisby

★ 6.7

Young America

1932 • as School Teacher (Uncredited)

★ 5.5

Jennie Gerhardt

1933 • as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)

★ 5.7

Bed of Roses

1933 • as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)

★ 6.1

Redwood Forest Trail

1950 • as Hattie Hickory

★ 7.0

Tom Sawyer

1930 • as Widow Douglas

★ 6.3

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1950 • as Mrs. Murphy

★ 7.0

Captain Tugboat Annie

1945 • as Tugboat Annie

★ 8.0

The Great Gildersleeve

1942 • as Aunt Emma Forrester

★ 6.3

Nancy Steele Is Missing!

1937 • as Mrs. Mary Flaherty

★ 6.7

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936 • as Woodward

★ 6.6

Happiness Ahead

1934 • as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady

★ 6.6

Up the River

1938 • as Mrs. Graham

★ 10.0

I Live in Grosvenor Square

1945 • as Mrs. Patterson

★ 7.3

He Couldn't Take It

1933 • as Mrs. Case

★ 10.0

Hound-Dog Man

1959 • as Grandma Wilson

★ 4.7

Gentlemen Are Born

1934 • as Landlady

★ 7.3

Small Town Deb

1941 • as Katie

★ 6.5

McFadden´s Flats

1935 • as Nora McFadden

★ 8.0

Journal of a Crime

1934 • as Dinner Guest (uncredited)

★ 5.9

She's a Sweetheart

1944 • as Mom

★ 9.0

Inside Story

1939 • as Aunt Mary Perkins

★ 9.0

The Girl in 419

1933 • as Nurse Esmond

★ 4.2

The Singing Marine

1937 • as Ma Marine

★ 5.3

White Fang

1936 • as Maud Mahoney

★ 7.0

One Sunday Afternoon

1933 • as Mrs. Lind

★ 6.6

A Life at Stake

1955 • as Landlady

★ 5.3

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942 • as Mariah Clemm

★ 6.1

Music in Manhattan

1944 • as Mrs. Pearson

★ 6.0

Embarrassing Moments

1934 • as Mrs. Stuckelberger

★ 9.0

The Only Son

1914 • as Mrs. Brainerd

★ 1.0

Craig's Wife

1936 • as Mrs. Harold

★ 6.5

It Happens Every Thursday

1953 • as Mrs. Spatch

★ 6.3

Life Begins at Forty

1935 • as Ida Harris

★ 10.0

The Second Face

1950 • as Mrs. Lockridge

★ 7.0

Emergency Call

1933 • as Nurse Brown (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Excuse My Dust

1951 • as Mrs. Belden

★ 7.8

Journey Into Light

1951 • as Mack

★ 6.5

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men

1933 • as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)

★ 7.8

Battle of Broadway

1938 • as Mrs. Rogers

★ 5.0

Sincerely, Willis Wade

1956 • as Mrs. Jacoby

★ 8.0

It Happened in Flatbush

1942 • as Mrs. Maguire

★ 5.4

On the Sunny Side

1942 • as Annie

★ 7.0

Laughing at Trouble

1936 • as Glory Bradford

★ 8.0

Three Husbands

1950 • as Mrs. Wurdeman

★ 5.4

The Jury's Secret

1938 • as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

★ 5.0

20,000 Men a Year

1939 • as Mrs. Allen

★ 6.2

Once to Every Woman

1934 • as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)

★ 6.1

The Impatient Years

1944 • as Minister's wife

★ 6.5

The Zero Hour

1939 • as Sophie

★ 5.3

movie

Train to Alcatraz

1948 • as Aunt Ella

★ 7.7

Ladies of the Big House

1931 • as Mrs. Turner

★ 6.0

Washington Merry-Go-Round

1932 • as Alice's Aunt

★ 7.5

Men of Texas

1942 • as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie

★ 9.0

Cross Country Cruise

1934 • as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)

★ 6.7

Child of Manhattan

1933 • as Mrs. McGonagle

★ 7.2

Ready Money

1914 • as Mrs. Tyler

The Dark Horse

1946 • as Aunt Hattie

★ 7.0

The Great Hospital Mystery

1937 • as Nurse Sarah Keats

★ 5.5

Hypocrites

1915 • as Madam (uncredited)

★ 5.6

Hot Saturday

1932 • as Mrs. Brock

★ 6.5

Tomorrow's Youth

1934 • as Mary O'Brien

★ 10.0

Thieves Fall Out

1941 • as Grandma Allen

★ 6.0

Let's Talk It Over

1934 • as Mrs. O'Keefe

★ 10.0

Change of Heart

1934 • as Mrs. McGowan

★ 6.3

Three Blind Mice

1938 • as Mrs. Kilian

★ 6.1

Miracle on Main Street

1939 • as Mrs. Herman

★ 5.4

Brewster's Millions

1914 • as Mrs. Dan De Mille

★ 6.0

Unexpected Father

1939 • as Mrs. Callahan

★ 6.3

King for a Night

1933 • as Mrs. Williams

★ 7.2

One More Spring

1935 • as Mary Sweeney

★ 6.2

The Greer Case

1957 • as Annie Jackson

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2

1986 • as (archive footage)

★ 10.0

Grand Jury Secrets

1939 • as Mrs. Keefe

★ 7.0

Navy Wife

1935 • as Mrs. Louise Keats

★ 6.0

Star for a Night

1936 • as Mrs. Martha Lind

★ 7.0

Lest We Forget

1937 • as Archive Footage

★ 7.0

We're Only Human

1935 • as Mrs. Walsh

★ 6.5

Keeper of the Bees

1947 • as Mrs. Ferris

★ 10.0

Youth Will Be Served

1940 • as Supervisor Stormer

★ 4.0

The Country Doctor

1936 • as Mrs. Graham

★ 6.5

Reckless Age

1944 • as Mrs. Connors

★ 9.0

Change of Heart

1938 • as Mrs. Thompson

★ 7.0

David Harum

1934 • as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)

★ 7.5

The Restless Sex

1920 • as Housekeeper (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Father's Wild Game

1950 • as Minerva Bobbin

★ 8.0

Desirable

1934 • as Frederick's Mother

★ 7.2

Young America

1942 • as Grandmother Nora Campbell

★ 9.0

Metropolitan

1935 • as Grandma

★ 8.0

Wife, Doctor and Nurse

1937 • as Mrs. Krueger

★ 7.0

Paddy O'Day

1936 • as Dora

★ 7.0

Most Precious Thing in Life

1934 • as Mrs. O'Day

★ 5.8

Surrender

1950 • as Molly Hale

★ 4.8

After Five

1915 • as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

The First Baby

1936 • as Mrs. Ellis

★ 8.0

Three Men on a Horse

1957 • as Lady on Bus

Little Church Around the Corner

1923 • as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

★ 6.1

The Goose Girl

1915 • as Irma

Gildersleeve's Bad Day

1943 • as Aunt Emma Forrester

★ 6.6

The Rug Maker's Daughter

1915 • as Mrs. Van Buren

Time Out for Murder

1938 • as Polly, Helen's supervisor

★ 6.2

The White Parade

1934 • as Sailor

★ 6.8

Private Nurse

1941 • as Miss Adams

★ 7.0

The Past of Mary Holmes

1933

★ 10.0

The Master Mind

1914 • as Milwaukee Sadie

Women Won't Tell

1932 • as Mrs. Walter Robinson

★ 7.0