Spring Byington

Born: 1886-10-16

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.


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Dodsworth

as Matey Pearson
Released: 1936-09-23

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that...

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Heaven Can Wait

as Bertha Van Cleve
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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Mutiny on the Bounty

as Mrs. Byam
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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Jezebel

as Mrs. Kendrick
Released: 1938-03-26

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...

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Meet John Doe

as Mme Mitchell
Released: 1941-03-14

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe,"...

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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Widow Douglas (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-11

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River,...

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You Can't Take It with You

as Penny Sycamore
Released: 1938-09-01

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...

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Little Women

as Marmee
Released: 1933-11-24

Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the...

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Lady Octavia Warrenton
Released: 1936-10-20

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the...

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Werewolf of London

as Ettie Coombes
Released: 1935-05-13

A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.

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In the Good Old Summertime

as Nellie Burke
Released: 1949-07-29

Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry...

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Dragonwyck

as Magda
Released: 1946-04-19

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin,...

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The Blue Bird

as Mummy Tyl
Released: 1940-01-15

Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of...

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The Devil and Miss Jones

as Elizabeth Ellis
Released: 1941-04-11

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay...

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Please Don't Eat the Daisies

as Suzie Robinson
Released: 1960-03-31

Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan...

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The Enchanted Cottage

as Violet Price
Released: 1945-04-28

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend...

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The Buccaneer

as Dolly Madison
Released: 1938-02-04

French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.

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Walk Softly, Stranger

as Mrs. Brentman
Released: 1950-10-14

A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.

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Theodora Goes Wild

as Rebecca Perry
Released: 1936-11-12

The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They...

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Angels in the Outfield

as Sister Edwitha
Released: 1951-10-19

The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little...

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Thrill of a Romance

as Nona Glenn
Released: 1945-05-23

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business...

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The Heavenly Body

as Nancy Potter
Released: 1944-03-23

The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of...

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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as Mrs. Hubbard
Released: 1939-04-04

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and...

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Devil's Doorway

as Mrs. Masters
Released: 1950-09-15

A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

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I'll Be Seeing You

as Mrs. Marshall
Released: 1944-12-31

Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas...

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The Voice of Bugle Ann

as Ma Davis
Released: 1936-02-15

A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan)...

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According to Mrs. Hoyle

as Mrs. Harriet Hoyle
Released: 1951-05-20

A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.

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Cynthia

as Carrie Bishop Jannings
Released: 1947-08-29

Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.

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Singapore

as Mrs. Bellows
Released: 1947-08-13

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls....

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Because You're Mine

as Mrs. Edna Montville
Released: 1952-10-01

A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.

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Roxie Hart

as Mary Sunshine
Released: 1942-02-20

A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing...

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It Had to Be You

as Mr. Martha Stafford
Released: 1947-12-07

A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.

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Broadway Hostess

as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
Released: 1935-12-07

Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.

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Salty O'Rourke

as Mrs. Brooks
Released: 1945-03-22

A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.

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The Reformer and the Redhead

as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Released: 1950-05-05

A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.

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Please Believe Me

as Mrs. Milwright
Released: 1950-05-12

A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic...

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The Big Wheel

as Mary Coy
Released: 1949-11-04

The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and...

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It's Love I'm After

as Aunt Ella
Released: 1937-10-08

An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.

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Louisa

as Louisa Norton
Released: 1950-05-31

Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to...

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The War Against Mrs. Hadley

as Cecilia Talbot
Released: 1942-08-07

Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid...

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A Trip to Paris

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1938-05-06

The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma...

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No Room for the Groom

as Mama Kingshead
Released: 1952-06-13

A young GI elopes to Las Vegas with his housekeeper’s daughter, but delays to their wedding...

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A Family Affair

as Emily Hardy
Released: 1937-03-12

Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his...

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Chicken Wagon Family

as Josephine Fippany
Released: 1939-08-10

Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile...

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Lucky Partners

as Aunt Lucy
Released: 1940-08-02

Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-05-12

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...

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Land of Liberty

as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
Released: 1939-06-15

This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.

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Way Down East

as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
Released: 1935-10-25

A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that...

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Captain Eddie

as Mrs. Frost
Released: 1945-06-18

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race...

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A Child Is Born

as Mrs. Mamie West
Released: 1939-12-07

A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.

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Little Mister Jim

as Mrs. Starwell
Released: 1947-04-01

After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.

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Safety in Numbers

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1938-05-30

The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich...

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Off to the Races

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1937-02-05

The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family...

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Presenting Lily Mars

as Mrs. Mars
Released: 1943-04-29

Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a...

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Living in a Big Way

as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
Released: 1947-06-10

A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her...

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Stage Struck

as Mrs. Randall
Released: 1936-09-12

A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway...

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When Ladies Meet

as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
Released: 1941-08-29

Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her...

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B.F.'s Daughter

as Gladys Fulton
Released: 1948-03-24

Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and...

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Quick Millions

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1939-08-25

In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine...

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The Affairs of Martha

as Sophia Sommerfield
Released: 1942-06-21

Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their...

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The Girl on the Front Page

as Mrs. Langford
Released: 1936-09-26

The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and...

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Penrod and Sam

as Mrs. Schofield
Released: 1937-02-28

A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.

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My Brother Talks to Horses

as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
Released: 1947-02-04

Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with...

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Ah, Wilderness!

as Essie Miller
Released: 1935-12-25

At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows...

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My Love Came Back

as Clara Malette
Released: 1940-07-13

Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius...

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A Letter for Evie

as Mrs. McPherson
Released: 1946-01-28

Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss,...

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Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)
Released: 1984-01-01

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they...

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Faithful in My Fashion

as Miss Mary Swanson
Released: 1946-08-21

A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry....

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Rings on Her Fingers

as Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
Released: 1942-03-20

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

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The Rocket Man

as Justice Amelia Brown
Released: 1954-04-01

After procuring a special ray gun, a precocious orphan helps his community by exposing the shady...

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Palm Springs

as Aunt Letty
Released: 1936-06-05

A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The...

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The Vanishing Virginian

as Rosa Yancey
Released: 1942-02-01

The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and...

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The Road Back

as Ernst'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 Skipper Surprised His Wife

as Agnes Thorndyke
Released: 1950-06-29

A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.

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Bannerline

as Mrs. Loomis
Released: 1951-10-12

A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.

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The Great Impersonation

as Duchess Caroline
Released: 1935-12-08

The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set...

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Borrowing Trouble

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1937-12-10

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken...

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Back to Nature

as Louise Jones
Released: 1936-08-14

The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved...

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The Jones Family in Hollywood

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1939-06-02

Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a...

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Orchids to You

as Alice Draper
Released: 1935-08-09

An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's...

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Reward Unlimited

as Peggy's mother
Released: 1944-05-25

Short film about nurse service in wartime. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

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Everybody's Baby

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1939-03-24

The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to...

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Green Light

as Mrs. Dexter
Released: 1937-02-20

A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a...

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Love Me Forever

as Clara Fields
Released: 1935-06-28

A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with...

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Hotel Haywire

as Mrs. Parkhouse
Released: 1937-06-04

Parkhouse plays a practical joke on a poker-playing buddy by sending him home with a lady's...

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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime

as Carlotta Emerson
Released: 1941-08-14

Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several...

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Love on a Budget

as Louise Jones
Released: 1938-03-04

This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family...

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Laddie

as Mrs. Stanton
Released: 1940-01-18

Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military...

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Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-09-16

Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.

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Educating Father

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1936-05-23

Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than...

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Arkansas Judge

as Mary Shoemaker
Released: 1941-01-28

Arkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer...

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Meet Me on Broadway

as Sylvia Kane Storm
Released: 1946-01-26

Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a...

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Down on the Farm

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1938-10-11

Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

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Big Business

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1937-06-18

A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an...

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Young as You Feel

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1940-02-16

Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city...

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On Their Own

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1940-05-17

The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase...

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Too Busy to Work

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1939-11-17

The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to...

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Every Saturday Night

as Mrs. Evers
Released: 1936-03-13

First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother...

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Hot Water

as Mrs. John Jones
Released: 1937-09-24

The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous...

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Penrod and His Twin Brother

as Mrs. Laura Schofield
Released: 1938-02-26

Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend,...

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Clarence

as Mrs. Wheeler
Released: 1937-02-12

The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of...

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Batman

as J. Pauline Spaghetti
First aired: 1966-01-12

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually...

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I Dream of Jeannie

as Mother
First aired: 1965-09-18

While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency...

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Laramie

as Daisy Cooper
First aired: 1959-09-15

Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue...

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The Detectives

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-16

The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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December Bride

as Lily Ruskin
First aired: 1954-10-04

December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...

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Dennis the Menace

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-04

This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family,...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Mrs. Miller
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Alice Wagner
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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The Ford Television Theatre

as Aunt Cordelia
First aired: 1952-10-02

This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...

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The Danny Thomas Show

as Eloise Adams
First aired: 1953-09-29

Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with...

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