Jane Darwell

Actor

Born: October 15, 1879
Died: August 13, 1967 (age 87)
From: Palmyra, Missouri, USA

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…

Filmography (171)

Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2 (1986)
(archive footage)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Bird Woman
Hound-Dog Man (1959)
Grandma Wilson
The Last Hurrah (1958)
Delia
Three Men on a Horse (1957)
Lady on Bus
The Greer Case (1957)
Annie Jackson
Sincerely, Willis Wade (1956)
Mrs. Jacoby
Girls in Prison (1956)
Matron Jamieson
Prima Donna (1956)
Lena
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Mme Rogers
A Life at Stake (1955)
Landlady
Hit the Deck (1955)
Jenny
The Bigamist (1953)
Mrs. Connelley
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
Ma Stanton
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
Aurora Ratchitt
It Happens Every Thursday (1953)
Mrs. Spatch
We're Not Married! (1952)
Mrs. Bush
Journey Into Light (1951)
Mack
Excuse My Dust (1951)
Mrs. Belden
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
'Nellie Thursday' Regan
Father's Wild Game (1950)
Minerva Bobbin
The Second Face (1950)
Mrs. Lockridge
Three Husbands (1950)
Mrs. Wurdeman
Redwood Forest Trail (1950)
Hattie Hickory
Surrender (1950)
Molly Hale
Caged (1950)
Isolation Matron
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1950)
Mrs. Murphy
Wagon Master (1950)
Sister Ledyard
Red Canyon (1949)
Aunt Jane
3 Godfathers (1948)
Miss Florie