Jane Darwell
American actress (1879-1967) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 87
Jane Darwell was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, for...
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Mary PoppinsFilm, Bird Woman1963
Burke's LawSeries, Mrs. Leah Mulligan1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourSeries, Mamie Carnation1957
MaverickSeries, Mrs. Knowles1956
There's Always TomorrowFilm, Mme Rogers1955
Matinee TheaterSeries
Screen Director's PlayhouseSeries, 1955Lena
A Life at StakeFilm, 1955Landlady1954
Climax!Series, B. Cool1953
Letter to LorettaSeries, Irene Townsend1952
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries, Minna
The Ford Television TheatreSeries, 1952Mama Mumby
We're Not Married!Film, 1952Mrs. Bush1950
CagedFilm, Isolation Matron1948
Studio OneSeries, Anna - Maid
3 GodfathersFilm, 1948Miss Florie1944
Tender ComradeFilm, Mrs. Henderson1942
All Through the NightFilm, Mrs. Donahue1941Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAward1940
Brigham YoungFilm, Eliza Kent1939
Gone with the WindFilm, Mrs. Merriwether1936
Captain JanuaryFilm, Eliza Croft1934
Bright EyesFilm, Mrs. Higgins1933
Design for LivingFilm, Curtis' Housekeeper1915
HypocritesFilm, Madam (uncredited)1879Born15 October 1879Known for
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Gone with the Wind 1939
The Grapes of Wrath 1940
The Ox-Bow Incident 1943
Mary Poppins 1964
My Darling Clementine 1946
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John Ford Directed The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Cecil B. DeMille Directed Rose of the Rancho (1914)
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The Grapes of Wrath and Jesse James
Henry King Directed Jesse James, Chad Hanna and Ramona
Irving Cummings Directed Jesse James and The White Parade
Carl Laemmle Jr. Produced Back Street and Only Yesterday
Oscar Apfel Directed Rose of the Rancho (1914)
Sol M. Wurtzel Produced Bright Eyes, Ramona and Navy Wife
Nunnally Johnson Produced The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Merian C. Cooper Produced 3 Godfathers and Wagon Master
John Cromwell Directed Caged, Tom Sawyer and Ann Vickers
David Butler Directed Bright Eyes and Captain January
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced The White Parade and Huckleberry Finn
Kurt Neumann Directed King for a Night and Let's Talk It Over
Jerry Wald Produced Caged and All Through the Night
Winfield Sheehan Produced Curly Top and One More Spring
Francis Ford Also in The Ox-Bow Incident and Wagon Master
William Dieterle Directed The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)
Lloyd Bacon Directed Wonder Bar (1934)
Mae Marsh Also in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Ward Bond Also in Gone with the Wind (1939)
Russell Simpson Also in The Grapes of Wrath and Brigham Young
Raymond Griffith Produced Private Number and Three Blind Mice
Henry Fonda Also in The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
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Television 13
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With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
