Spring Byington
Acting • Born 1886-10-16 – Died 1971-09-07
Biography
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.
Filmography
117 credits
Jezebel
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Kendrick
I'll Be Seeing You
Movie • 1944
Mrs. Marshall
Dodsworth
Movie • 1936
Matey Pearson
The Heavenly Body
Movie • 1944
Nancy Potter
Dragonwyck
Movie • 1946
Magda
In the Good Old Summertime
Movie • 1949
Nellie Burke
Meet John Doe
Movie • 1941
Mme Mitchell
Mutiny on the Bounty
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Byam
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Penny Sycamore
The Reformer and the Redhead
Movie • 1950
Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Werewolf of London
Movie • 1935
Ettie Coombes
Devil's Doorway
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Masters
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1940
Mummy Tyl
The Enchanted Cottage
Movie • 1945
Violet Price
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie • 1943
Mrs. Mars
The Devil and Miss Jones
Movie • 1941
Elizabeth Ellis
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Movie • 1936
Lady Octavia Warrenton
Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
Little Women
Movie • 1933
Marmee
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Hubbard
Heaven Can Wait
Movie • 1943
Bertha Van Cleve
Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Movie • 1941
Carlotta Emerson
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Movie • 1960
Suzie Robinson
Singapore
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Bellows
When Ladies Meet
Movie • 1941
Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
B.F.'s Daughter
Movie • 1948
Gladys Fulton
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Movie • 1938
Widow Douglas (uncredited)
It Had to Be You
Movie • 1947
Martha Stafford
Roxie Hart
Movie • 1942
Mary Sunshine
The Big Wheel
Movie • 1949
Mary Coy
Walk Softly, Stranger
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Brentman
Rings on Her Fingers
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
Ah, Wilderness!
Movie • 1935
Essie Miller
It's Love I'm After
Movie • 1937
Aunt Ella
Salty O'Rourke
Movie • 1945
Mrs. Brooks
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Movie • 1939
Mrs. John Jones
A Family Affair
Movie • 1937
Emily Hardy
The Rocket Man
Movie • 1954
Justice Amelia Brown
No Room for the Groom
Movie • 1952
Mama Kingshead
Lucky Partners
Movie • 1940
Aunt Lucy
Living in a Big Way
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
Orchids to You
Movie • 1935
Alice Draper
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Movie • 1936
Ma Davis
Penrod and Sam
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Schofield
Cynthia
Movie • 1947
Carrie Bishop Jannings
My Brother Talks to Horses
Movie • 1947
Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
Big Business
Movie • 1937
Mrs. John Jones
Broadway Hostess
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
Little Mister Jim
Movie • 1947
Mrs. Starwell
Stage Struck
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Randall
My Love Came Back
Movie • 1940
Clara Malette
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Schofield
Bannerline
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Loomis
A Letter for Evie
Movie • 1946
Mrs. McPherson
The Affairs of Martha
Movie • 1942
Sophia Sommerfield
Way Down East
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
Love on a Budget
Movie • 1938
Louise Jones
Thrill of a Romance
Movie • 1945
Nona Glenn
Palm Springs
Movie • 1936
Aunt Letty
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Movie • 1984
(archive footage)
A Child is Born
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Mamie West
A Trip to Paris
Movie • 1938
Mrs. John Jones
The Vanishing Virginian
Movie • 1942
Rosa Yancey
Please Believe Me
Movie • 1950
Mrs. Milwright
Land of Liberty
Movie • 1939
Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
Laddie
Movie • 1940
Mrs. Stanton
Meet Me on Broadway
Movie • 1946
Sylvia Kane Storm
Theodora Goes Wild
Movie • 1936
Rebecca Perry
Too Busy to Work
Movie • 1939
Mrs. John Jones
Faithful in My Fashion
Movie • 1946
Miss Mary Swanson
Arkansas Judge
Movie • 1941
Mary Shoemaker
Quick Millions
Movie • 1939
Mrs. John Jones
According to Mrs. Hoyle
Movie • 1951
Mrs. Harriet Hoyle
Chicken Wagon Family
Movie • 1939
Josephine Fippany
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Movie • 1950
Agnes Thorndyke
On Their Own
Movie • 1940
Mrs. John Jones
Clarence
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Wheeler
Hotel Haywire
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Parkhouse
Every Saturday Night
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Evers
Educating Father
Movie • 1936
Mrs. John Jones
The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Movie • 1942
Cecilia Talbot
Everybody's Baby
Movie • 1939
Mrs. John Jones
Love Me Forever
Movie • 1935
Clara Fields
Captain Eddie
Movie • 1945
Mrs. Frost
Louisa
Movie • 1950
Louisa Norton
Angels in the Outfield
Movie • 1951
Sister Edwitha
The Girl on the Front Page
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Langford
Young as You Feel
Movie • 1940
Mrs. John Jones
Green Light
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Dexter
The Buccaneer
Movie • 1938
Dolly Madison
Reward Unlimited
Movie • 1944
Peggy's mother
The Great Impersonation
Movie • 1935
Duchess Caroline
Back to Nature
Movie • 1936
Louise Jones
Hot Water
Movie • 1937
Mrs. John Jones
Borrowing Trouble
Movie • 1937
Mrs. John Jones
Safety in Numbers
Movie • 1938
Mrs. John Jones
Down on the Farm
Movie • 1938
Mrs. John Jones
Off to the Races
Movie • 1937
Mrs. John Jones
Because You're Mine
Movie • 1952
Mrs. Edna Montville
The Road Back
Movie • 1937
Ernst's Mother
December Bride
TV • 1954
Lily Ruskin
Batman
TV • 1966
J. Pauline Spaghetti
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Alice Wagner
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963
Louise
Dennis the Menace
TV • 1959
Laramie
TV • 1959
Daisy Cooper
The Detectives
TV • 1959
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
Mrs. Miller
The Lux Show
TV • 1957
Self
The Danny Thomas Show
TV • 1953
Eloise Adams
The Ford Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Ford Television Theatre
TV • 1952
Aunt Cordelia
I Dream of Jeannie
TV • 1965
Mother
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
The Flying Nun
TV • 1967
Mother General
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
Iris Fuchsia