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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Hi, Neighbor | Hattie Greenfield | 1942-07-27 |
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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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Silver Queen | Mrs. Laura Forsythe | 1942-11-14 |
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Men of Texas | Mrs. Sam Houston | 1942-07-03 |
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A Tragedy at Midnight | Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) | 1942-02-02 |
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Reap the Wild Wind | Mrs. Mottram | 1942-03-26 |
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A Very Young Lady | Miss Steele | 1941-06-27 |
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For Beauty's Sake | Miss Merton | 1941-06-06 |
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The Man Who Lost Himself | Mrs. Milford | 1941-03-21 |
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The Parson of Panamint | Mrs. Tweedy | 1941-07-25 |
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The Lady Eve | Janet Pike | 1941-02-25 |
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West Point Widow | Mrs. Graves | 1941-06-20 |
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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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All This, and Heaven Too | Miss Haines | 1940-07-05 |
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Career | Amy Cruthers | 1939-07-07 |
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I Was a Convict | Mrs. Martha Harrison | 1939-03-06 |
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Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 | Self | 1939-09-22 |
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Laugh It Off | Mary Carter | 1939-12-01 |
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Man of Conquest | Mrs. Sarah Lea | 1939-05-15 |
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Land of Liberty | (archive footage) | 1939-06-15 |
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Slightly Honorable | Mrs. Cushing | 1939-12-22 |
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Mrs. Foote | 1939-03-29 |
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Say It in French | Mrs. Laura Carrington | 1938-11-25 |
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Yellow Jack | Miss Macdade | 1938-05-19 |
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Judge Hardy's Children | Miss Budge | 1938-03-26 |
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Woman Against Woman | Mrs. Holland | 1938-06-24 |
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My Dear Miss Aldrich | Mrs. Sinclair | 1937-09-17 |
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Big City | Sophie Sloane | 1937-09-03 |
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Give Till It Hurts | Cathy Gaffney | 1937-09-18 |
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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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Rosalie | Miss Baker | 1937-12-24 |
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Between Two Women | Miss Pringle | 1937-07-09 |
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Beg, Borrow or Steal | Mrs. Agatha Steward | 1937-12-03 |
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Love Before Breakfast | Mrs. Colby | 1936-03-09 |
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I'd Give My Life | Stella Bancroft | 1936-08-13 |
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The Longest Night | Mrs. Briggs | 1936-10-02 |
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The Dark Angel | Mrs. Shannon | 1935-09-08 |
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Village Tale | Amy Somerville | 1935-06-15 |
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Let's Live Tonight | Mrs. Routledge | 1935-03-16 |
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So Red the Rose | Sally Bedford | 1935-12-20 |
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The Last Gentleman | Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter | 1934-04-27 |
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The Mighty Barnum | Nancy Barnum | 1934-12-23 |
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The President Vanishes | Mrs. Craig | 1934-11-17 |
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Gallant Lady | Maria Sherwood | 1933-12-07 |
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Fine Feathers | 1915-06-14 |
