Clara Blandick

Born: 1876-06-04

Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.


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The Wizard of Oz

as Auntie Em
Released: 1939-08-15

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow...

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A Star Is Born

as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
Released: 1937-04-27

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies....

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Gentleman Jim

as Woman on Train (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-14

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...

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Heaven Can Wait

as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
Released: 1943-08-05

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he...

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Drums Along the Mohawk

as Mrs. Borst
Released: 1939-11-10

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in...

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The Big Store

as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
Released: 1941-06-20

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department...

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The Bitter Tea of General Yen

as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Released: 1933-01-06

An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.

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Road to Morocco

as Aunt Lucy in Photo (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-10

Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the...

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Life with Father

as Miss Wiggins
Released: 1947-09-13

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who...

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She-Wolf of London

as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-17

A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family...

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Three on a Match

as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
Released: 1932-10-29

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she...

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Anthony Adverse

as Mrs. Jorham
Released: 1936-08-26

Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the...

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Possessed

as Mrs. Martin
Released: 1931-11-21

Marion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse...

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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

as Gaptown Landlady
Released: 1936-03-13

A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

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Swanee River

as Mrs. Griffin
Released: 1939-12-29

Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who...

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The Wagons Roll at Night

as Mrs. Williams
Released: 1941-04-25

An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and...

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Rockabye

as Brida
Released: 1932-11-25

A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.

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Romance

as Abigail Armstrong
Released: 1930-08-20

A beautiful opera star kept by a rich older man falls in love with a young clergyman.

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North West Mounted Police

as Mrs. Burns
Released: 1940-10-22

Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him)...

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Shopworn

as Mrs. Livingston
Released: 1932-03-25

A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

as Miss Watson
Released: 1939-02-10

Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes...

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A Stolen Life

as Martha
Released: 1946-05-01

A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.

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Party Wire

as Mathilda Sherman
Released: 1935-04-27

When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her...

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Huckleberry Finn

as Aunt Polly
Released: 1931-08-07

A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home...

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Going Hollywood

as Ms. Perkins
Released: 1933-12-22

The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find...

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Frontier Gal

as Abigail
Released: 1945-12-14

Johnny Hart (Rod Cameron) is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his...

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Broadway Bill

as Mrs. Peterson
Released: 1934-11-30

Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his...

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Inspiration

as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
Released: 1931-01-31

The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars...

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Hearts Divided

as Aunt Ellen
Released: 1936-06-20

Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a...

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Rings on Her Fingers

as uncredited
Released: 1942-03-20

Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the...

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Transient Lady

as Eva Branham
Released: 1935-03-04

A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows...

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Key to the City

as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
Released: 1950-02-02

At a mayors convention in San Francisco, ex-longshoreman Steve Fisk meets Clarissa Standish from...

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Professor Beware

as Mrs. Green - Landlady
Released: 1938-07-29

Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...

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Du Barry was a Lady

as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
Released: 1943-08-13

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...

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Pillow of Death

as Belle Kincaid
Released: 1945-12-14

Attorney Wayne Fletcher and his secretary have an affair. When Wayne's wife is found smothered...

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It Started with Eve

as Nurse
Released: 1941-09-26

A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's...

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The Get-Away

as Mrs. Higgins
Released: 1941-06-13

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.

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Riding High

as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1950-04-12

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win...

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The Gorgeous Hussy

as Louisa Abbott
Released: 1936-08-28

It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that...

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Laughing Sinners

as Salvation Army Woman
Released: 1931-05-30

Ivy Stevens is a cafe entertainer in love with a shifty salesman who deserts her. In attempting...

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Ever in My Heart

as Anna, the Cook
Released: 1933-10-28

World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.

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The Girl from Missouri

as Miss Newberry
Released: 1934-08-03

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl...

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Dreaming Out Loud

as Jessica Spencer
Released: 1940-09-30

Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures...

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Beloved

as Miss Murfee
Released: 1934-01-22

Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

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Alice in Movieland

as Grandmother
Released: 1940-03-03

In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood....

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Life Begins

as Mrs. West
Released: 1932-09-10

A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The...

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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

as Minerva Winterslip
Released: 1933-09-14

When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on...

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You Can't Have Everything

as Townswoman (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-02

Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate...

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The Drums of Jeopardy

as Aunt Abbie
Released: 1931-03-01

A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his...

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The Easiest Way

as Agnes Murdock
Released: 1931-02-07

Growing up in a poor working-class family, Laura decides not to marry the boy-next-door and...

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Fugitive Lady

as Aunt Margaret
Released: 1934-12-10

In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel...

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Mr. Soft Touch

as Susan Balmuss
Released: 1949-07-28

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning...

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People Are Funny

as Grandma Wilson
Released: 1946-01-11

A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art...

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Tom Sawyer

as Aunt Polly
Released: 1930-12-19

The classic Mark Twain tale of a young boy and his friends on the Mississippi River. Tom and his...

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Wings Over Honolulu

as Evie Curtis
Released: 1937-05-16

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

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The Star Maker

as Miss Esther Jones
Released: 1939-08-25

This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and...

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Daybreak

as Frau Hoffman
Released: 1931-05-02

An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.

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The Last of the Duanes

as Mrs. Duane
Released: 1930-08-31

Buck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law....

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Jealousy

as Mrs. Douglas
Released: 1934-11-23

Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of...

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Make Way for a Lady

as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
Released: 1936-11-13

An imaginative teenager decides to play matchmaker for her widowed father. Director David...

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Turn Back the Clock

as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Released: 1933-08-25

While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams...

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The Girl Said No

as Mrs. Ward
Released: 1930-03-15

A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of...

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So Goes My Love

as Mrs. Meade
Released: 1946-05-01

Country girl Jane Budden goes to the big city, determined to find and marry a wealthy man....

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Three-Cornered Moon

as Landlady
Released: 1933-08-08

Elizabeth Rimplegar inhabits a household populated by virtual lunatics. Her mother, Nellie,...

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One Foot in Heaven

as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
Released: 1941-11-01

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

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Can't Help Singing

as Aunt Cissy
Released: 1944-12-25

With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young...

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Private Nurse

as Miss Phillips
Released: 1941-08-22

In this brief B programmer, a nurse is hired to care for a widower's daughter who is unaware...

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Straight from the Heart

as Mrs. Anderson
Released: 1935-03-22

In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to...

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Murder at Midnight

as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
Released: 1931-09-01

Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the...

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Philo Vance Returns

as Stella Blendon
Released: 1947-04-14

Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer...

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The Case of the Velvet Claws

as Mary F. O'Daugherty
Released: 1936-07-03

Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a...

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Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Aunt Polly
Released: 1938-12-24

The further adventures of Twain's most beloved fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and his...

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Her Husband's Secretary

as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
Released: 1937-02-26

A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.

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The President Vanishes

as Mrs. Delling
Released: 1934-11-17

The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American...

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Swing, Sister, Swing

as Ma Sisler
Released: 1938-12-16

In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous...

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Once a Sinner

as Mrs. Mason
Released: 1931-01-25

As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered...

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The Road Back

as Willy's Mother
Released: 1937-06-01

After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel...

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The Sins of the Children

as Martha Wagenkampf
Released: 1930-06-27

A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier...

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Claudia and David

as Mrs. Barry
Released: 1946-02-25

The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier...

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As the Earth Turns

as Cora
Released: 1934-02-14

Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a...

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The Bride Goes Wild

as Aunt Pewtie
Released: 1948-03-03

McGrath publishes books for children and Uncle Bump is one of the best sellers. Unfortunately,...

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Bought!

as Mrs. Sprig
Released: 1931-08-22

Working-class girl dreams of living a better life and forsakes her friends when she has a chance...

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The Show-Off

as Mrs. 'Ma'
Released: 1934-03-09

Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing...

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Child of Manhattan

as Aunt Sophie
Released: 1933-02-11

Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in...

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Wise Girls

as Mrs. Bence
Released: 1929-09-21

Early MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical...

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Burning Up

as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
Released: 1930-02-01

Racecar-driver Lou Larrigan gets mixed up with a crooked gang of racetrack promoters, and is in...

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Youth Will Be Served

as Miss Bradshaw
Released: 1940-11-22

A precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur.

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New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

as Mrs. Layton
Released: 1931-10-03

Wallingford is a con-man whose specialty is taking money from suckers. His partners are...

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The Wet Parade

as Mrs. Tarleton
Released: 1932-03-26

The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the...

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The Winning Ticket

as Aunt Maggie
Released: 1935-02-08

A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.

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My Old Kentucky Home

as Julia 'Granny' Blair
Released: 1938-02-09

Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in...

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It's a Wise Child

as Mrs. Stanton
Released: 1931-04-10

In this comedy, a conservative family becomes alarmed when they begin believing their daughter...

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The Strange Case of Clara Deane

as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
Released: 1932-05-06

A young dress designer marries an insurance agent. They soon have a daughter, but what the wife...

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Shadow of Suspicion

as Mother Randall
Released: 1944-09-23

Brash ladies' man James Dale and his partner, wisecracking Everett Northrup, are sent by Cartell...

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Crime Ring

as Phoebe Sawyer
Released: 1938-07-08

Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by...

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The Mind Reader

as Auntie (uncredited)
Released: 1933-04-01

Chandler, a con-man, and his helper Frank decide to create a clairvoyant act for the carny...

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I Take This Woman

as Ranch Wife
Released: 1931-06-26

A wealthy New York socialite falls for and marries a cowboy while out West. Her father...

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The Nurse's Secret

as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
Released: 1941-05-24

An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.

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Men Are Like That

as Ma Fisher
Released: 1930-03-22

A loud-mouthed lout alienates everyone except his patient wife.

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Poor Aubrey

as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
Released: 1930-01-30

A poor clerk pretends that he has lots of money.

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