Janet Beecher
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 20, 1884
- Died
- August 6, 1955
- Birthplace
- Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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.
Filmography
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line 1997
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour 1943
as Eloise Lowry
Silver Queen 1942
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 1942
as Mrs. Olcott
A Letter From Bataan 1942
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
Hi, Neighbor 1942
as Hattie Greenfield
Men of Texas 1942
as Mrs. Sam Houston
Reap the Wild Wind 1942
as Mrs. Mottram
A Tragedy at Midnight 1942
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
The Parson of Panamint 1941
as Mrs. Tweedy
A Very Young Lady 1941
as Miss Steele
West Point Widow 1941
as Mrs. Graves
For Beauty's Sake 1941
as Miss Merton
The Man Who Lost Himself 1941
as Mrs. Milford
The Lady Eve 1941
as Janet Pike
The Mark of Zorro 1940
as Senora Isabella Vega
Bitter Sweet 1940
as Lady Daventry
The Gay Caballero 1940
as Kate Brewster
All This, and Heaven Too 1940
as Miss Haines
Slightly Honorable 1939
as Mrs. Cushing
- Laugh It Off
Laugh It Off 1939
as Mary Carter
- Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 1939
as Self
Career 1939
as Amy Cruthers
Land of Liberty 1939
as (archive footage)
Man of Conquest 1939
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939
as Mrs. Foote
- I Was a Convict
I Was a Convict 1939
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
Say It in French 1938
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
Woman Against Woman 1938
as Mrs. Holland
Yellow Jack 1938
as Miss Macdade
Judge Hardy's Children 1938
as Miss Budge
Rosalie 1937
as Miss Baker
Beg, Borrow or Steal 1937
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
Give Till It Hurts 1937
as Cathy Gaffney
My Dear Miss Aldrich 1937
as Mrs. Sinclair
Big City 1937
as Sophie Sloane
Between Two Women 1937
as Miss Pringle
The 13th Chair 1937
as Lady Alicia Crosby
The Good Old Soak 1937
as Matilda Hawley
The Longest Night 1936
as Mrs. Briggs
- I'd Give My Life
I'd Give My Life 1936
as Stella Bancroft
Love Before Breakfast 1936
as Mrs. Colby
So Red the Rose 1935
as Sally Bedford
The Dark Angel 1935
as Mrs. Shannon
Village Tale 1935
as Amy Somerville
Let's Live Tonight 1935
as Mrs. Routledge
The Mighty Barnum 1934
as Nancy Barnum
The President Vanishes 1934
as Mrs. Craig
The Last Gentleman 1934
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
Gallant Lady 1933
as Maria Sherwood
Fine Feathers 1915
Actor
Credits from TMDB.