1884-10-20 Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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 | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
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Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour | Eloise Lowry | 1943-04-30 |
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Mrs. Olcott | 1942-10-01 |
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A Letter From Bataan | Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis | 1942-09-15 |
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A Tragedy at Midnight | Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) | 1942-02-02 |
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Silver Queen | Mrs. Laura Forsythe | 1942-11-14 |
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Reap the Wild Wind | Mrs. Mottram | 1942-03-26 |
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Hi, Neighbor | Hattie Greenfield | 1942-07-27 |
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Men of Texas | Mrs. Sam Houston | 1942-07-03 |
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The Parson of Panamint | Mrs. Tweedy | 1941-07-25 |
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The Man Who Lost Himself | Mrs. Milford | 1941-03-21 |
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A Very Young Lady | Miss Steele | 1941-06-27 |
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West Point Widow | Mrs. Graves | 1941-06-20 |
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For Beauty's Sake | Miss Merton | 1941-06-06 |
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The Lady Eve | Janet Pike | 1941-02-25 |
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All This, and Heaven Too | Miss Haines | 1940-07-05 |
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The Mark of Zorro | Senora Isabella Vega | 1940-11-08 |
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The Gay Caballero | Kate Brewster | 1940-10-04 |
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Bitter Sweet | Lady Daventry | 1940-11-08 |
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Career | Amy Cruthers | 1939-07-07 |
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Land of Liberty | (archive footage) | 1939-06-15 |
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Laugh It Off | Mary Carter | 1939-12-01 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self | 1939-09-22 |
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Slightly Honorable | Mrs. Cushing | 1939-12-22 |
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Man of Conquest | Mrs. Sarah Lea | 1939-05-15 |
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I Was a Convict | Mrs. Martha Harrison | 1939-03-06 |
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Mrs. Foote | 1939-03-29 |
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Yellow Jack | Miss Macdade | 1938-05-19 |
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Say It in French | Mrs. Laura Carrington | 1938-11-25 |
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Woman Against Woman | Mrs. Holland | 1938-06-24 |
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Judge Hardy's Children | Miss Budge | 1938-03-26 |
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My Dear Miss Aldrich | Mrs. Sinclair | 1937-09-17 |
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Give Till It Hurts | Cathy Gaffney | 1937-09-18 |
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Big City | Sophie Sloane | 1937-09-03 |
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Between Two Women | Miss Pringle | 1937-07-09 |
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Rosalie | Miss Baker | 1937-12-24 |
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The Thirteenth Chair | Lady Alissia Crosby | 1937-05-07 |
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The Good Old Soak | Matilda Hawley | 1937-04-23 |
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Beg, Borrow or Steal | Mrs. Agatha Steward | 1937-12-03 |
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The Longest Night | Mrs. Briggs | 1936-10-02 |
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I'd Give My Life | Stella Bancroft | 1936-08-13 |
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Love Before Breakfast | Mrs. Colby | 1936-03-09 |
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So Red the Rose | Sally Bedford | 1935-12-20 |
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The Dark Angel | Mrs. Shannon | 1935-09-08 |
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Let's Live Tonight | Mrs. Routledge | 1935-03-16 |
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Village Tale | Amy Somerville | 1935-06-15 |
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The Last Gentleman | Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter | 1934-04-27 |
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The President Vanishes | Mrs. Craig | 1934-11-17 |
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The Mighty Barnum | Nancy Barnum | 1934-12-23 |
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Gallant Lady | Maria Sherwood | 1933-12-07 |
