Janet Beecher
Biography
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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Movies (50)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise Lowry
1943
Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Olcott
1942
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
1942
Hi, Neighbor
as Hattie Greenfield
1942
Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sam Houston
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
1942
The Parson of Panamint
as Mrs. Tweedy
1941
A Very Young Lady
as Miss Steele
1941
West Point Widow
as Mrs. Graves
1941
For Beauty's Sake
as Miss Merton
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. Milford
1941
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike
1941
Bitter Sweet
as Lady Daventry
1940
The Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella Vega
1940
The Gay Caballero
as Kate Brewster
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
as Miss Haines
1940
Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing
1939
Laugh It Off
as Mary Carter
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
1939
Career
as Amy Cruthers
1939
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
Man of Conquest
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Mrs. Foote
1939
I Was a Convict
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
1939
Say It in French
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
1938
Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Holland
1938
Yellow Jack
as Miss Macdade
1938
Judge Hardy's Children
as Miss Budge
1938
Rosalie
as Miss Baker
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
1937
Give Till It Hurts
as Cathy Gaffney
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Mrs. Sinclair
1937
Big City
as Sophie Sloane
1937
Between Two Women
as Miss Pringle
1937
The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alicia Crosby
1937
The Good Old Soak
as Matilda Hawley
1937
The Longest Night
as Mrs. Briggs
1936
I'd Give My Life
as Stella Bancroft
1936
Love Before Breakfast
as Mrs. Colby
1936
So Red the Rose
as Sally Bedford
1935
The Dark Angel
as Mrs. Shannon
1935
Village Tale
as Amy Somerville
1935
Let's Live Tonight
as Mrs. Routledge
1935
The Mighty Barnum
as Nancy Barnum
1934
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Craig
1934
The Last Gentleman
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
1934
Gallant Lady
as Maria Sherwood
1933