Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

Date of Birth:

Oct 20, 1884

Place of Birth:

Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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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.

filmography:

The Gay Caballero The Gay Caballero

1940

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

1997

All This, and Heaven Too All This, and Heaven Too

1940

The Good Old Soak The Good Old Soak

1937

Hi, Neighbor Hi, Neighbor

1942

A Letter From Bataan A Letter From Bataan

1942

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

1943

Career Career

1939

The Mark of Zorro The Mark of Zorro

1940

Woman Against Woman Woman Against Woman

1938

The President Vanishes The President Vanishes

1934

The Parson of Panamint The Parson of Panamint

1941

Man of Conquest Man of Conquest

1939

Let's Live Tonight Let's Live Tonight

1935

West Point Widow West Point Widow

1941

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

1939

A Very Young Lady A Very Young Lady

1941

For Beauty's Sake For Beauty's Sake

1941

Yellow Jack Yellow Jack

1938

The Man Who Lost Himself The Man Who Lost Himself

1941

I Was a Convict I Was a Convict

1939

Laugh It Off Laugh It Off

1939

Men of Texas Men of Texas

1942

Silver Queen Silver Queen

1942

Land of Liberty Land of Liberty

1939

Say It in French Say It in French

1938

Village Tale Village Tale

1935

Slightly Honorable Slightly Honorable

1939

Love Before Breakfast Love Before Breakfast

1936

Give Till It Hurts Give Till It Hurts

1937

Gallant Lady Gallant Lady

1933

The Mighty Barnum The Mighty Barnum

1934

A Tragedy at Midnight A Tragedy at Midnight

1942

Rosalie Rosalie

1937

Reap the Wild Wind Reap the Wild Wind

1942

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939

Big City Big City

1937

My Dear Miss Aldrich My Dear Miss Aldrich

1937

The Last Gentleman The Last Gentleman

1934

Judge Hardy's Children Judge Hardy's Children

1938

Bitter Sweet Bitter Sweet

1940

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942

The Dark Angel The Dark Angel

1935

So Red the Rose So Red the Rose

1935

Beg, Borrow or Steal Beg, Borrow or Steal

1937

The Thirteenth Chair The Thirteenth Chair

1937

I'd Give My Life I'd Give My Life

1936

The Longest Night The Longest Night

1936

Between Two Women Between Two Women

1937

The Lady Eve The Lady Eve

1941

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