Janet Beecher
Acting • Born 1884-10-20 – Died 1955-08-06
Biography
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.
Filmography
51 credits
The Lady Eve
Movie • 1941
Janet Pike
Rosalie
Movie • 1937
Miss Baker
Reap the Wild Wind
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Mottram
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Foote
Big City
Movie • 1937
Sophie Sloane
A Tragedy at Midnight
Movie • 1942
Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
The Mighty Barnum
Movie • 1934
Nancy Barnum
Slightly Honorable
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Cushing
Village Tale
Movie • 1935
Amy Somerville
Love Before Breakfast
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Colby
Give Till It Hurts
Movie • 1937
Cathy Gaffney
Gallant Lady
Movie • 1933
Maria Sherwood
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Sinclair
The Last Gentleman
Movie • 1934
Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
The Thirteenth Chair
Movie • 1937
Lady Alicia Crosby
I'd Give My Life
Movie • 1936
Stella Bancroft
The Longest Night
Movie • 1936
Mrs. Briggs
Between Two Women
Movie • 1937
Miss Pringle
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Movie • 1937
Mrs. Agatha Steward
So Red the Rose
Movie • 1935
Sally Bedford
Judge Hardy's Children
Movie • 1938
Miss Budge
Bitter Sweet
Movie • 1940
Lady Daventry
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Olcott
The Dark Angel
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Shannon
Say It in French
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Laura Carrington
Land of Liberty
Movie • 1939
(archive footage)
Career
Movie • 1939
Amy Cruthers
The Mark of Zorro
Movie • 1940
Senora Isabella Vega
Woman Against Woman
Movie • 1938
Mrs. Holland
The President Vanishes
Movie • 1934
Mrs. Craig
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Movie • 1943
Eloise Lowry
A Letter From Bataan
Movie • 1942
Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)
The Gay Caballero
Movie • 1940
Kate Brewster
All This, and Heaven Too
Movie • 1940
Miss Haines
The Good Old Soak
Movie • 1937
Matilda Hawley
Hi, Neighbor
Movie • 1942
Hattie Greenfield
The Parson of Panamint
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Tweedy
Man of Conquest
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Sarah Lea
I Was a Convict
Movie • 1939
Mrs. Martha Harrison
Laugh It Off
Movie • 1939
Mary Carter
Men of Texas
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Sam Houston
Silver Queen
Movie • 1942
Mrs. Laura Forsythe
The Man Who Lost Himself
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Milford
Yellow Jack
Movie • 1938
Miss Macdade
West Point Widow
Movie • 1941
Mrs. Graves
Let's Live Tonight
Movie • 1935
Mrs. Routledge
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Movie • 1939
Self
A Very Young Lady
Movie • 1941
Miss Steele
For Beauty's Sake
Movie • 1941
Miss Merton
Fine Feathers
Movie • 1915