Jane Darwell

Patti Woodard

About the person

Career:

Acting

Date of birth:

1879-10-15

Place of birth:

Palmyra, Missouri, USA

Gender:

Female

Popularity:

Date of death

1967-08-13

Biography

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.

Filmography

Rating by year

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
(archive footage)
1986-01-28
10.02
Mary Poppins
Bird Woman
1964-12-17
7.55,024
Burke's Law
Mrs. Leah Mulligan
1963-09-20
6.312
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Mamie Carnation
1962-09-20
7.880
Hound-Dog Man
Grandma Wilson
1959-11-11
4.79
The Last Hurrah
Delia
1958-12-31
7.262
Maverick
Mrs. Knowles
1957-09-22
6.942
Three Men on a Horse
Lady on Bus
1957-04-18
0.00
The Greer Case
Annie Jackson
1957-01-31
0.00
Girls in Prison
Matron Jamieson
1956-07-01
4.58
Prima Donna
Lena
1956-02-01
0.00
There's Always Tomorrow
Mme Rogers
1956-01-08
7.272
Matinee Theater
1955-10-31
5.37
Screen Director's Playhouse
Lena
1955-10-05
7.05
A Life at Stake
Landlady
1955-03-01
5.329
Hit the Deck
Jenny
1955-02-24
5.017
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954-10-15
7.021
Climax!
B. Cool
1954-10-07
3.812
Climax!
Mrs. Koestler
1954-10-07
3.812
Studio 57
1954-09-21
8.01
Lassie
1954-09-12
6.270
The Bigamist
Mrs. Connelley
1953-12-03
6.5119
Letter to Loretta
Irene Townsend
1953-09-20
6.67
Affair with a Stranger
Ma Stanton
1953-06-20
4.813
The Sun Shines Bright
Aurora Ratchitt
1953-05-02
6.547
It Happens Every Thursday
Mrs. Spatch
1953-04-22
6.37
The Ford Television Theatre
Mama Mumby
1952-10-02
7.84
Cavalcade of America
Minna
1952-10-01
4.65
We're Not Married!
Mrs. Bush
1952-07-11
5.928
Journey Into Light
Mack
1951-09-28
6.54
Excuse My Dust
Mrs. Belden
1951-06-27
7.85
The Lemon Drop Kid
'Nellie Thursday' Regan
1951-04-02
6.532
Father's Wild Game
Minerva Bobbin
1950-12-03
8.01
The Second Face
Mrs. Lockridge
1950-12-01
7.05
Three Husbands
Mrs. Wurdeman
1950-11-10
5.414
Redwood Forest Trail
Hattie Hickory
1950-09-18
7.01
Surrender
Molly Hale
1950-09-15
4.86
Caged
Isolation Matron
1950-05-19
7.188
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Mrs. Murphy
1950-04-29
7.02
Wagon Master
Sister Ledyard
1950-04-22
6.7156
Red Canyon
Aunt Jane
1949-04-27
5.85
3 Godfathers
Miss Florie
1948-12-31
6.7207
Studio One
Anna - Maid
1948-11-07
5.413
Train to Alcatraz
Aunt Ella
1948-06-28
7.52
The Red Stallion
Aggie Curtis
1947-08-16
10.01
Keeper of the Bees
Mrs. Ferris
1947-07-10
10.01
My Darling Clementine
Kate Nelson
1946-10-17
7.5485
Three Wise Fools
Sister Mary Brigid
1946-09-26
5.73
The Dark Horse
Aunt Hattie
1946-07-19
7.01
Captain Tugboat Annie
Tugboat Annie
1945-11-17
8.01
I Live in Grosvenor Square
Mrs. Patterson
1945-07-20
7.39
She's a Sweetheart
Mom
1944-12-07
9.01
Music in Manhattan
Mrs. Pearson
1944-10-06
6.03
The Impatient Years
Minister's wife
1944-09-10
6.78
Reckless Age
Mrs. Connors
1944-08-01
9.01
Tender Comrade
Mrs. Henderson
1944-05-30
5.717
Government Girl
Miss Trask (uncredited)
1943-11-05
5.79
Family Feud
The Mother
1943-11-04
10.01
Stage Door Canteen
Jane Darwell
1943-06-24
6.319
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Aunt Emma Forrester
1943-05-10
6.66
The Ox-Bow Incident
Ma Grier
1943-03-11
7.7430
The Great Gildersleeve
Aunt Emma Forrester
1942-12-17
6.36
Highways by Night
Grandma Fogarty
1942-10-02
7.33
The Battle of Midway
Narrator (voice)
1942-09-14
5.981
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Mariah Clemm
1942-08-28
6.17
Men of Texas
Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
1942-07-03
9.01
It Happened in Flatbush
Mrs. Maguire
1942-05-28
5.45
On the Sunny Side
Annie
1942-02-13
7.02
Young America
Grandmother Nora Campbell
1942-02-06
9.01
All Through the Night
Mrs. Donahue
1942-01-10
6.772
Small Town Deb
Katie
1941-11-07
6.52
All That Money Can Buy
Ma Stone
1941-10-17
7.097
Thieves Fall Out
Grandma Allen
1941-05-03
6.04
Chad Hanna
Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
1940-12-25
7.33
Youth Will Be Served
Supervisor Stormer
1940-11-22
4.02
Brigham Young
Eliza Kent
1940-09-27
4.616
Untamed
Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
1940-07-24
5.06
The Grapes of Wrath
Ma Joad
1940-03-15
7.81,110
Miracle on Main Street
Mrs. Herman
1939-12-19
5.419
Gone with the Wind
Mrs. Merriwether
1939-12-15
7.94,400
20,000 Men a Year
Mrs. Allen
1939-10-26
6.25
The Rains Came
Aunt Phoebe Smiley
1939-09-15
6.128
Grand Jury Secrets
Mrs. Keefe
1939-06-23
7.01
Unexpected Father
Mrs. Callahan
1939-06-14
6.34
The Zero Hour
Sophie
1939-05-26
5.33
Inside Story
Aunt Mary Perkins
1939-03-10
9.01
Jesse James
Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
1939-01-14
6.5113
Up the River
Mrs. Graham
1938-12-09
10.01
Five of a Kind
Nurse Waldron
1938-10-14
4.85
Time Out for Murder
Polly, Helen's supervisor
1938-09-25
6.34
Little Miss Broadway
Miss Hutchins
1938-07-29
6.516
Three Blind Mice
Mrs. Kilian
1938-06-18
6.17
Battle of Broadway
Mrs. Rogers
1938-04-22
5.06
The Jury's Secret
Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
1938-01-16
5.04
Change of Heart
Mrs. Thompson
1938-01-14
7.02
Dangerously Yours
Aunt Cynthia Barton
1937-09-21
5.86
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Mrs. Krueger
1937-09-17
7.03
The Singing Marine
Ma Marine
1937-07-03
5.34
Slave Ship
Mrs. Marlowe
1937-06-16
5.18
Fifty Roads to Town
Mrs. Henry
1937-06-03
10.01
The Great Hospital Mystery
Nurse Sarah Keats
1937-05-14
5.54
Lest We Forget
Archive Footage
1937-05-01
7.02
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
Mrs. Mary Flaherty
1937-03-12
7.02
Love Is News
Mrs. Flaherty
1937-02-26
6.311
Laughing at Trouble
Glory Bradford
1936-12-11
8.02
Craig's Wife
Mrs. Harold
1936-09-25
6.517
Star for a Night
Mrs. Martha Lind
1936-08-28
7.02
Poor Little Rich Girl
Woodward
1936-07-18
6.621
White Fang
Maud Mahoney
1936-07-17
7.03
Little Miss Nobody
Eva Bradley
1936-06-05
7.52
Private Number
Mrs. Frisby
1936-06-05
6.76
Captain January
Mrs. Eliza Croft
1936-04-17
6.822
The First Baby
Mrs. Ellis
1936-04-02
8.01
The Country Doctor
Mrs. Graham
1936-03-12
6.54
Paddy O'Day
Dora
1936-01-17
7.02
We're Only Human
Mrs. Walsh
1935-12-27
6.54
Metropolitan
Grandma
1935-10-17
8.01
Navy Wife
Mrs. Louise Keats
1935-09-17
6.02
Curly Top
Mrs. Denham
1935-07-26
6.545
Wig-Wag
Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
1935-04-11
7.01
Life Begins at Forty
Ida Harris
1935-03-22
10.01
McFadden´s Flats
Nora McFadden
1935-03-12
8.01
One More Spring
Mary Sweeney
1935-02-15
6.25
The Gilded Lily
Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
1935-01-25
6.715
Bright Eyes
Mrs. Higgins
1934-12-28
6.730
Gentlemen Are Born
Landlady
1934-11-17
7.33
The White Parade
Sailor
1934-11-16
6.84
Happiness Ahead
Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
1934-10-27
6.65
Tomorrow's Youth
Mary O'Brien
1934-10-14
10.01
Desirable
Frederick's Mother
1934-09-08
7.25
Million Dollar Ransom
Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
1934-09-01
5.01
Embarrassing Moments
Mrs. Stuckelberger
1934-09-01
9.01
Blind Date
Ma Taylor
1934-07-20
8.02
One Night of Love
Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
1934-07-16
5.519
Most Precious Thing in Life
Mrs. O'Day
1934-06-15
5.85
Let's Talk It Over
Mrs. O'Keefe
1934-06-01
10.01
Change of Heart
Mrs. McGowan
1934-05-18
6.36
The Scarlet Empress
Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
1934-05-09
6.9142
Finishing School
Maude (uncredited)
1934-05-04
6.218
Wonder Bar
Baroness (uncredited)
1934-03-31
6.021
Once to Every Woman
Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
1934-03-24
6.19
Journal of a Crime
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1934-03-10
5.914
David Harum
Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
1934-03-02
7.52
Heat Lightning
Gladys
1934-03-01
7.218
Fashions of 1934
Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
1934-02-14
6.524
Cross Country Cruise
Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
1934-01-16
6.73
Design for Living
Curtis' Housekeeper
1933-12-29
7.1211
He Couldn't Take It
Mrs. Case
1933-12-15
10.01
King for a Night
Mrs. Williams
1933-12-09
7.23
Roman Scandals
Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
1933-11-27
5.923
Only Yesterday
Mrs. Lane
1933-11-01
7.17
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
1933-10-18
7.85
Ann Vickers
Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
1933-09-26
5.812
One Sunday Afternoon
Mrs. Lind
1933-09-01
6.68
Before Dawn
Mrs. Marble
1933-08-04
5.710
Bed of Roses
Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
1933-06-29
6.115
Emergency Call
Nurse Brown (uncredited)
1933-06-24
6.36
Jennie Gerhardt
Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
1933-06-08
5.73
The Girl in 419
Nurse Esmond
1933-05-26
4.25
Bondage
Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
1933-04-22
7.01
Murders in the Zoo
Banquet Guest (uncredited)
1933-03-31
5.849
Child of Manhattan
Mrs. McGonagle
1933-02-11
7.25
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933-01-20
10.01
Air Hostess
Ma Kearny
1933-01-15
6.37
Women Won't Tell
Mrs. Walter Robinson
1932-11-16
7.02
Hot Saturday
Mrs. Brock
1932-10-28
6.621
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Alice's Aunt
1932-10-15
7.54
Back Street
Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
1932-08-04
6.414
Young America
School Teacher (Uncredited)
1932-04-17
5.56
Ladies of the Big House
Mrs. Turner
1931-12-26
6.03
Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglas
1931-08-07
7.04
Tom Sawyer
Widow Douglas
1930-12-19
6.36
Little Church Around the Corner
Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
1923-03-09
6.15
The Restless Sex
Housekeeper (uncredited)
1920-11-12
7.01
The Rug Maker's Daughter
Mrs. Van Buren
1915-07-05
0.00
After Five
Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
1915-01-28
0.00
The Goose Girl
Irma
1915-01-25
0.00
Hypocrites
Madam (uncredited)
1915-01-20
5.628
The Rose of the Rancho
Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
1914-11-15
4.01
Ready Money
Mrs. Tyler
1914-11-05
0.00
The Only Son
Mrs. Brainerd
1914-06-15
1.01
The Master Mind
Milwaukee Sadie
1914-05-11
0.00
Brewster's Millions
Mrs. Dan De Mille
1914-04-14
6.01