1881-10-15 Sunderland, England, UK
Sarah Padden was a character actress in theater and vaudeville from Chicago, Illinois. She performed on stage in the early 20th century. She is noted for her expressive voice and for her psychological studies of the characters she portrayed. Her finest single-act performance was in The Clod, a stage production in which she played an uneducated woman who lived on a farm during the American Civil War. Padden was a featured player on the Orpheum Circuit, Inc.. She had a role in His Grace de Grammont, a romantic comedy by Clyde Fitch which came to the Park Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts in September 1905. The production starred Skinner and was based on the life of a chevalier in the court of Charles II. Padden appeared again with Skinner in a four-act play produced by Charles Frohman, The Honor of the Family, by Emile Fabre, which was presented in New Rochelle, New York in September 1907. Another of her theatrical parts was in Hell-Bent Fer Heaven, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Hatcher Hughes. It was performed at the Wilkes Orange Grove Theater (Majestic Theater), 845 South Broadway (Los Angeles), in November 1925. She was also an active screen actress from 1926 to 1958, appearing in 178 films and TV shows. In 1938, she played Ma Thayer in MGM's Rich Man Poor Girl, directed by Reinhold Schunzel and starring Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, and Lana Turner. Bill Harrison (Robert Young) a wealthy young businessman moves in with secretary girlfriend Joan Thayer's (Ruth Hussey) eccentric family to convince her they can make their marriage work. In 1941, she played wealthy spinster Aunt Cassandra ("Cassie") Hildegarde Denham in Murder by Invitation, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Wallace Ford and Marian Marsh. In this "closed room" murder comedy, after they unsuccessfully attempt to have her declared legally insane to gain control of her fortune, her nephews and nieces are invited to a week's visit at her mansion where they are murdered one by one.
 |
Screaming Mimi | Landlady | 1958-06-25 |
 |
Girl with an Itch | Cookie | 1958-11-12 |
 |
The Kettles in the Ozarks | Mrs. Tinware | 1956-04-01 |
 |
Prince of Players | Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited) | 1955-01-11 |
 |
Big Jim McLain | Mrs. Lexiter | 1952-08-30 |
 |
Utah Wagon Train | Sarah Wendover | 1951-10-14 |
 |
The Missourians | Mother Kovacs | 1950-11-25 |
 |
Gunslingers | Rawhide Rosie Rawlins | 1950-04-09 |
 |
A Life of Her Own | Betsy Ross Hotel Overseer (uncredited) | 1950-09-01 |
 |
Again Pioneers | Ma Ashby | 1950-11-01 |
 |
House by the River | Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook | 1950-03-23 |
 |
Homicide | Mrs. Webb | 1949-04-02 |
 |
Range Justice | Ma Curtis | 1949-07-16 |
 |
The Dude Goes West | Mrs. Hallihan | 1948-05-30 |
 |
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad | Mom Palooka | 1948-02-07 |
 |
Frontier Revenge | Widow Owens | 1948-12-26 |
 |
The Return of the Whistler | Mrs. Hulskamp | 1948-03-18 |
 |
Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Mom Palooka | 1947-09-20 |
 |
Ramrod | Mrs. Parks | 1947-05-02 |
 |
Love and Learn | Mrs. Grant (uncredited) | 1947-05-02 |
 |
Trail Street | Mrs. Ferguson (uncredited) | 1947-02-19 |
 |
Possessed | Mrs. Norris, the Caretaker’s Wife (uncredited) | 1947-05-29 |
 |
My Dog Shep | Carrie Hodgkins | 1946-11-01 |
 |
Joe Palooka, Champ | Mom Palooka | 1946-05-26 |
 |
Wild West | Carrie Bannister | 1946-12-01 |
 |
Idea Girl | Old Lady | 1946-02-08 |
 |
That Brennan Girl | Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady | 1946-12-23 |
 |
So Goes My Love | Bridget | 1946-05-01 |
 |
Angel on My Shoulder | Agatha (uncredited) | 1946-09-20 |
 |
Gentleman Joe Palooka | Mom Palooka | 1946-10-05 |
 |
Wildfire | Aunt Agatha | 1945-07-18 |
 |
Apology for Murder | Maggie | 1945-09-27 |
 |
Dakota | Mrs. Plummer | 1945-12-15 |
 |
Song of Old Wyoming | Ma Conway | 1945-10-11 |
 |
The Master Key | Aggie | 1945-04-24 |
 |
Marshal of Laredo | Mrs. Randall | 1945-10-06 |
 |
Identity Unknown | Mrs. Anderson | 1945-04-02 |
 |
Riders of the Dawn | Melinda Pringle | 1945-11-03 |
 |
San Diego I Love You | Mrs. Gulliver (uncredited) | 1944-09-29 |
 |
The Navy Way | Mrs. Margaret Gimble | 1944-02-26 |
|
The Navy Way | Mrs. Margaret Gimble (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
 |
Summer Storm | Beggar Woman (uncredited) | 1944-07-14 |
 |
Ghost Guns | Aunt Sally | 1944-11-17 |
 |
Casanova Brown | Mrs. Smith | 1944-08-23 |
 |
Girl Rush | Mrs. Emma Mason | 1944-10-21 |
 |
Range Law | Boots Annie | 1944-06-24 |
 |
Trail to Gunsight | Grandma Wagner | 1944-08-18 |
 |
Hangmen Also Die! | Mrs. Georgia Dvorak | 1943-04-01 |
 |
So This Is Washington | Aunt Charity Speers | 1943-08-01 |
 |
Assignment in Brittany | Albertine | 1943-03-11 |
 |
Family Troubles | Mrs. Jones | 1943-04-03 |
 |
Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Mrs. Kimball | 1942-01-31 |
 |
The Power of God | Esther Worne | 1942-01-15 |
 |
This Gun for Hire | Mrs. Mason (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
 |
Lady in a Jam | Miner’s Wife (uncredited) | 1942-06-19 |
 |
Law and Order | Mary Todd | 1942-08-21 |
 |
Heart of the Rio Grande | 'Skipper' Forbes | 1942-03-11 |
 |
Private Snuffy Smith | Lowizie Smith | 1942-01-16 |
 |
The Pride of the Yankees | Mrs. Roberts (uncredited) | 1942-07-14 |
 |
The Mad Monster | Grandmother | 1942-05-15 |
 |
Riders of the West | Ma Turner | 1942-08-21 |
 |
Murder by Invitation | Cassandra Hildegard Denham | 1941-06-30 |
 |
In Old Colorado | Ma Harriet Woods | 1941-03-14 |
 |
The Man Who Lost Himself | Maid | 1941-03-21 |
 |
A Woman's Face | Police Matron | 1941-05-09 |
 |
Reg'lar Fellers | Hetty Carter | 1941-09-05 |
 |
The Corsican Brothers | Nurse | 1941-11-28 |
 |
City of Missing Girls | Mrs. Randolph | 1941-03-27 |
 |
Lone Star Raiders | Lydia 'Granny' Phelps | 1940-12-23 |
 |
Son of the Navy | Mrs. Baker - Landlady | 1940-03-30 |
 |
Chad Hanna | Mrs. Todd | 1940-12-25 |
 |
Forgotten Girls | Miss Donaldson | 1940-03-15 |
 |
Let Freedom Ring | 'Ma' Logan | 1939-02-24 |
 |
I Stole a Million | Lady in Post Office (uncredited) | 1939-08-01 |
 |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Woman Wanting Needle Threaded (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
 |
Should a Girl Marry? | Mrs. Wilson | 1939-06-07 |
 |
Off the Record | Mrs. Fallon (uncredited) | 1939-01-21 |
 |
The Zero Hour | Sister Theodosia | 1939-05-26 |
 |
Rich Man, Poor Girl | Ma | 1938-08-12 |
|
Little Orphan Annie | Mrs. Nora Moriarty | 1938-12-02 |
 |
Woman Against Woman | Dora | 1938-06-24 |
 |
Romance of the Limberlost | Sarah | 1938-06-16 |
 |
Women in Prison | Martha Wilson | 1938-03-02 |
 |
Little Tough Guys in Society | Victim | 1938-11-01 |
 |
Exiled to Shanghai | Aunt Jane | 1937-12-20 |
 |
Youth on Parole | Mrs. Blair | 1937-10-04 |
 |
Mad Love | Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
 |
A Dog of Flanders | Frau Keller | 1935-03-22 |
 |
Anna Karenina | Governess | 1935-08-30 |
 |
Stranded | Workman's Wife (uncredited) | 1935-06-29 |
 |
The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Sarah | 1935-05-14 |
 |
As the Earth Turns | Mrs. Janowski | 1934-02-14 |
 |
David Harum | Widow | 1934-03-02 |
 |
The Defense Rests | Mrs. Evans | 1934-07-15 |
 |
When Strangers Meet | Lucy Tarman | 1934-07-20 |
 |
Tomorrow's Children | 1934-07-02 | |
 |
Man of Two Worlds | Olago | 1934-01-13 |
 |
He Was Her Man | Mrs. Gardella | 1934-06-16 |
 |
The Sin of Nora Moran | Mrs. Watts | 1933-12-13 |
 |
Ann Vickers | Lil | 1933-09-26 |
 |
Doctor Bull | Mary the Canning Cook | 1933-09-22 |
 |
Pilgrimage | 1933-07-12 | |
 |
The Power and the Glory | Henry's Wife | 1933-10-06 |
 |
The Important Witness | Deaf Woman | 1933-07-15 |
 |
Face in the Sky | Ma Brown | 1933-01-15 |
 |
Cross-Examination | Mary Stevens | 1932-02-13 |
 |
Wild Girl | Lize | 1932-11-09 |
 |
The Midnight Lady | Nita St. George | 1932-05-15 |
 |
Women Won't Tell | Aggie Specks | 1932-11-16 |
 |
Rasputin and the Empress | Duna the Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-12-23 |
 |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Mrs Cobb | 1932-07-03 |
 |
Red-Headed Woman | Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited) | 1932-06-25 |
 |
Blondie of the Follies | Ma McClune | 1932-09-01 |
 |
Kongo | Nun (uncredited) | 1932-10-01 |
 |
Tess of the Storm Country | Old Martha | 1932-11-20 |
 |
Young America | Mrs. Mary Taylor | 1932-04-17 |
 |
Grand Hotel | Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited) | 1932-09-11 |
 |
The Yellow Ticket | Mother Kalish | 1931-10-30 |
 |
Sob Sister | Ma Stevens | 1931-10-25 |
 |
Mata Hari | Sister Teresa (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
 |
Bad Girl | Mrs. Gardner | 1931-08-13 |
 |
The Great Meadow | Mistress Molly Hall | 1931-01-24 |
 |
Billy the Kid | Homesteader Mrs. Foster (uncredited) | 1930-10-16 |
 |
Hide-Out | Mrs. Dorgan | 1930-03-30 |
 |
Today | Emma Warner | 1930-11-01 |
 |
Trifles | Mrs. Wright | 1930-01-30 |
 |
Wonder of Women | Anna | 1929-07-20 |
 |
The Sophomore | Mrs. Collins | 1929-08-24 |
 |
Companionate Marriage | Mrs. Williams | 1928-10-21 |
 |
The Woman Who Did Not Care | Mrs. Carroll | 1927-07-05 |
 |
The Bugle Call | Luke's Wife | 1927-08-06 |
 |
Obey the Law | The Mother | 1926-11-05 |
