Janet Beecher
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.
The Lady Eve
as Janet PikeIt's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set...
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The Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella VegaAround 1820 the son of a California nobleman comes home from Spain to find his native land under...
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Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. MottramThe Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the...
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Mrs. FooteIn 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few...
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Bitter Sweet
as Lady DaventryA woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they...
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All This, and Heaven Too
as Miss HainesWhen lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the...
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The Dark Angel
as Mrs. ShannonKitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty...
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The Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. MilfordJohn Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans...
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Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura ForsytheA beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...
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Judge Hardy's Children
as Miss BudgeJudge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French...
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Love Before Breakfast
as Mrs. ColbyScott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots...
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Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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Rosalie
as Miss BakerWest Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an...
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So Red the Rose
as Sally BedfordDuring the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford,...
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A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to...
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Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. HollandA newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling...
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mrs. Agatha StewardWe find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to...
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The Gay Caballero
as Kate BrewsterThe Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not...
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For Beauty's Sake
as Miss MertonA woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a...
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My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Mrs. SinclairA young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
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The President Vanishes
as Mrs. CraigThe President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...
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Big City
as Sophie SloaneAnna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in...
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West Point Widow
as Mrs. GravesIn this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant,...
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Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. CushingA lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
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The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alissia CrosbyA phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
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Man of Conquest
as Mrs. Sarah LeaThe story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the...
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A Very Young Lady
as Miss SteeleA tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on...
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Career
as Amy CruthersSet in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two...
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Gallant Lady
as Maria SherwoodUnwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
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Yellow Jack
as Miss MacdadeA fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or...
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The Parson of Panamint
as Mrs. TweedyAs he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled...
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Village Tale
as Amy SomervilleThe insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love...
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Between Two Women
as Miss PringleAllen Meighan, an intern, assures himself residency at 'General Hospital', when he saves the...
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The Mighty Barnum
as Nancy Barnum20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace...
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Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sam HoustonA Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford)...
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The Good Old Soak
as Matilda HawleyA small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. OlcottIn the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of...
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Say It in French
as Mrs. Laura CarringtonAn American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are...
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Give Till It Hurts
as Cathy GaffneyThis entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set...
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The Longest Night
as Mrs. BriggsLove with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.
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A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' LewisAn American soldier pleads to the folks at home to conserve scarce wartime resources.
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The Last Gentleman
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughterIn New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George...
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Hi, Neighbor
as Hattie GreenfieldA financially strapped college is transformed into a summer holiday resort with the help of...
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Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise LowryTeenager Henry Aldrich becomes a hometown celebrity when he wins a date with a sexy movie star....
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Let's Live Tonight
as Mrs. RoutledgeNick Kerry (Tullio Carminati) is a rich rounder who holds tremendous fascination over...
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