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.
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Girl with an Itch | Cookie | 1958-11-12 |
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Screaming Mimi | Landlady | 1958-06-25 |
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The Kettles in the Ozarks | Mrs. Tinware | 1956-04-01 |
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Prince of Players | Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited) | 1955-01-11 |
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Big Jim McLain | Mrs. Lexiter | 1952-08-30 |
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Utah Wagon Train | Sarah Wendover | 1951-10-14 |
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Gunslingers | Rawhide Rosie Rawlins | 1950-04-09 |
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Again Pioneers | Ma Ashby | 1950-11-01 |
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The Missourians | Mother Kovacs | 1950-11-25 |
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A Life of Her Own | Betsy Ross Hotel Overseer (uncredited) | 1950-09-01 |
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House by the River | Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook | 1950-03-25 |
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Homicide | Mrs. Webb | 1949-04-02 |
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Range Justice | Ma Curtis | 1949-07-16 |
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Frontier Revenge | Widow Owens | 1948-12-26 |
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The Dude Goes West | Mrs. Hallihan | 1948-05-30 |
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The Return of the Whistler | Mrs. Hulskamp | 1948-03-18 |
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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad | Mom Palooka | 1948-02-07 |
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Love and Learn | Mrs. Grant (uncredited) | 1947-05-02 |
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Joe Palooka in the Knockout | Mom Palooka | 1947-09-20 |
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Ramrod | Mrs. Parks | 1947-05-02 |
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My Dog Shep | Carrie Hodgkins | 1946-11-01 |
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Gentleman Joe Palooka | Mom Palooka | 1946-10-05 |
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Angel on My Shoulder | Agatha (uncredited) | 1946-09-20 |
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Joe Palooka, Champ | Mom Palooka | 1946-05-26 |
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That Brennan Girl | Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady | 1946-12-23 |
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Wild West | Carrie Bannister | 1946-12-01 |
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Idea Girl | Old Lady | 1946-02-08 |
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So Goes My Love | Bridget | 1946-05-01 |
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Identity Unknown | Mrs. Anderson | 1945-04-02 |
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Marshal of Laredo | Mrs. Randall | 1945-10-06 |
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Apology for Murder | Maggie | 1945-09-27 |
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Song of Old Wyoming | Ma Conway | 1945-10-11 |
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Wildfire | Aunt Agatha | 1945-07-18 |
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The Master Key | Aggie | 1945-04-24 |
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Dakota | Mrs. Plummer | 1945-12-15 |
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Riders of the Dawn | Melinda Pringle | 1945-11-03 |
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Range Law | Boots Annie | 1944-06-24 |
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Trail to Gunsight | Grandma Wagner | 1944-08-18 |
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Casanova Brown | Mrs. Smith | 1944-08-23 |
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The Navy Way | Mrs. Margaret Gimble | 1944-02-26 |
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Ghost Guns | Aunt Sally | 1944-11-17 |
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San Diego I Love You | Mrs. Gulliver (uncredited) | 1944-09-29 |
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Summer Storm | Beggar Woman (uncredited) | 1944-07-14 |
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Girl Rush | Mrs. Emma Mason | 1944-10-21 |
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The Navy Way | Mrs. Margaret Gimble (uncredited) | 1944-02-26 |
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So This Is Washington | Aunt Charity Speers | 1943-08-01 |
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Family Troubles | Mrs. Jones | 1943-04-03 |
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Assignment in Brittany | Albertine | 1943-03-11 |
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Hangmen Also Die! | Mrs. Georgia Dvorak | 1943-04-15 |
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The Pride of the Yankees | Mrs. Roberts (uncredited) | 1942-07-14 |
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Law and Order | Mary Todd | 1942-08-21 |
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Lady in a Jam | Miner’s Wife (uncredited) | 1942-06-19 |
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This Gun for Hire | Mrs. Mason (uncredited) | 1942-04-24 |
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Heart of the Rio Grande | 'Skipper' Forbes | 1942-03-11 |
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Riders of the West | Ma Turner | 1942-08-21 |
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Mrs. Kimball | 1942-01-31 |
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The Mad Monster | Grandmother | 1942-05-15 |
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The Power of God | Esther Worne | 1942-01-15 |
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Private Snuffy Smith | Lowizie Smith | 1942-01-16 |
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Murder by Invitation | Cassandra Hildegard Denham | 1941-06-30 |
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The Man Who Lost Himself | Maid | 1941-03-21 |
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The Corsican Brothers | Nurse | 1941-11-28 |
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In Old Colorado | Ma Harriet Woods | 1941-03-14 |
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City of Missing Girls | Mrs. Randolph | 1941-03-27 |
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A Woman's Face | Police Matron | 1941-05-09 |
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Reg'lar Fellers | Hetty Carter | 1941-09-05 |
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Lone Star Raiders | Lydia 'Granny' Phelps | 1940-12-23 |
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Forgotten Girls | Miss Donaldson | 1940-03-15 |
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Son of the Navy | Mrs. Baker - Landlady | 1940-03-30 |
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Chad Hanna | Mrs. Todd | 1940-12-25 |
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Woman Wanting Needle Threaded (uncredited) | 1939-02-10 |
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Let Freedom Ring | 'Ma' Logan | 1939-02-24 |
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I Stole a Million | Lady in Post Office (uncredited) | 1939-08-01 |
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Off the Record | Mrs. Fallon (uncredited) | 1939-01-21 |
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Should a Girl Marry? | Mrs. Wilson | 1939-06-07 |
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The Zero Hour | Sister Theodosia | 1939-05-26 |
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Little Orphan Annie | Mrs. Nora Moriarty | 1938-12-02 |
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Rich Man, Poor Girl | Ma | 1938-08-12 |
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Woman Against Woman | Dora | 1938-06-24 |
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Women in Prison | Martha Wilson | 1938-03-02 |
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Romance of the Limberlost | Sarah | 1938-06-16 |
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Little Tough Guys in Society | Victim | 1938-11-01 |
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Youth on Parole | Mrs. Blair | 1937-10-04 |
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Exiled to Shanghai | Aunt Jane | 1937-12-20 |
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Anna Karenina | Governess | 1935-08-30 |
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Stranded | Workman's Wife (uncredited) | 1935-06-29 |
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Mad Love | Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited) | 1935-07-12 |
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The Hoosier Schoolmaster | Sarah | 1935-05-14 |
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A Dog of Flanders | Frau Keller | 1935-03-22 |
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Man of Two Worlds | Olago | 1934-01-13 |
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David Harum | Widow | 1934-03-02 |
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As the Earth Turns | Mrs. Janowski | 1934-02-14 |
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The Defense Rests | Mrs. Evans | 1934-07-15 |
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He Was Her Man | Mrs. Gardella | 1934-06-16 |
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The Important Witness | Deaf Woman | 1933-07-15 |
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Doctor Bull | Mary the Canning Cook | 1933-09-22 |
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Pilgrimage | 1933-07-12 | |
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The Sin of Nora Moran | Mrs. Watts | 1933-12-13 |
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Face in the Sky | Ma Brown | 1933-01-15 |
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The Power and the Glory | Henry's Wife | 1933-10-06 |
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Ann Vickers | Lil | 1933-09-26 |
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Women Won't Tell | Aggie Specks | 1932-11-16 |
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The Midnight Lady | Nita St. George | 1932-05-15 |
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Wild Girl | Lize | 1932-11-09 |
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Blondie of the Follies | Ma McClune | 1932-09-01 |
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Tess of the Storm Country | Old Martha | 1932-11-20 |
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Rasputin and the Empress | Duna the Landlady (uncredited) | 1932-12-23 |
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Red-Headed Woman | Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited) | 1932-06-25 |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Mrs Cobb | 1932-07-03 |
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Young America | Mrs. Mary Taylor | 1932-04-17 |
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Kongo | Nun (uncredited) | 1932-10-01 |
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Cross-Examination | Mary Stevens | 1932-02-13 |
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Grand Hotel | Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited) | 1932-05-25 |
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The Yellow Ticket | Mother Kalish | 1931-10-30 |
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Mata Hari | Sister Teresa (uncredited) | 1931-12-26 |
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Bad Girl | Mrs. Gardner | 1931-08-13 |
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Sob Sister | Ma Stevens | 1931-10-25 |
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The Great Meadow | Mistress Molly Hall | 1931-01-24 |
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Trifles | Mrs. Wright | 1930-01-30 |
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Today | Emma Warner | 1930-11-01 |
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Hide-Out | Mrs. Dorgan | 1930-03-30 |
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Billy the Kid | Homesteader Mrs. Foster (uncredited) | 1930-10-16 |
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The Sophomore | Mrs. Collins | 1929-08-24 |
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Wonder of Women | Anna | 1929-07-13 |
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Companionate Marriage | Mrs. Williams | 1928-10-21 |
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The Bugle Call | Luke's Wife | 1927-08-06 |
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The Woman Who Did Not Care | Mrs. Carroll | 1927-07-05 |
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Obey the Law | The Mother | 1926-11-05 |
