Janet Beecher
Age: N/A | From: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Janet Meysenberg
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Mark of Zorro
(1940) Senora Isabella Vega
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942) Mrs. Mottram
All This, and Heaven Too
(1940) Miss Haines
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
(1939) Mrs. Foote
Men of Texas
(1942) Mrs. Sam Houston
The Gay Caballero
(1940) Kate Brewster
The Thirteenth Chair
(1937) Lady Alissia Crosby
So Red the Rose
(1935) Sally BedfordActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1943 | Eloise Lowry | |
| 1942 | Mrs. Laura Forsythe | |
| Mrs. Olcott | ||
| Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis | ||
| Hattie Greenfield | ||
| Mrs. Sam Houston | ||
| Mrs. Mottram | ||
| Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) | ||
| 1941 | Mrs. Tweedy | |
| Miss Steele | ||
| Mrs. Graves | ||
| Miss Merton | ||
| Mrs. Milford | ||
| Janet Pike | ||
| 1940 | Senora Isabella Vega | |
| Lady Daventry | ||
| Kate Brewster | ||
| Miss Haines | ||
| 1939 | Mrs. Cushing | |
| Mary Carter | ||
| N/A | ||
| Amy Cruthers | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Mrs. Sarah Lea | ||
| Mrs. Foote | ||
| Mrs. Martha Harrison | ||
| 1938 | Mrs. Laura Carrington | |
| Mrs. Holland | ||
| Miss Macdade | ||
| Miss Budge | ||
| 1937 | Miss Baker | |
| Mrs. Agatha Steward | ||
| Cathy Gaffney | ||
| Mrs. Sinclair | ||
| Sophie Sloane | ||
| Miss Pringle | ||
| Lady Alissia Crosby | ||
| Matilda Hawley | ||
| 1936 | Mrs. Briggs | |
| Stella Bancroft | ||
| Mrs. Colby | ||
| 1935 | Sally Bedford | |
| Mrs. Shannon | ||
| Amy Somerville | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1934 | Nancy Barnum | |
| Mrs. Craig | ||
| Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter | ||
| 1933 | Maria Sherwood | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
