Janet Beecher
Acting
1884-10-20 · Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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)
movieBarbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage) · 1997 · 7.7
movieHenry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise Lowry · 1943 · 7.0
movieSilver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe · 1942 · 6.0
movieMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Olcott · 1942 · 8.0
movieA Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis · 1942 · 5.2
movieHi, Neighbor
as Hattie Greenfield · 1942 · 10.0
movieMen of Texas
as Mrs. Sam Houston · 1942 · 9.0
movieReap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram · 1942 · 6.4
movieA Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) · 1942 · 5.2
movieThe Parson of Panamint
as Mrs. Tweedy · 1941 · 5.8
movieA Very Young Lady
as Miss Steele · 1941 · 4.5
movieWest Point Widow
as Mrs. Graves · 1941 · 7.0
movieFor Beauty's Sake
as Miss Merton · 1941 · 10.0
movieThe Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. Milford · 1941 · 5.4
movieThe Lady Eve
as Janet Pike · 1941 · 7.3
movieBitter Sweet
as Lady Daventry · 1940 · 6.0
movieThe Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella Vega · 1940 · 7.1
movieThe Gay Caballero
as Kate Brewster · 1940 · 6.0
movieAll This, and Heaven Too
as Miss Haines · 1940 · 7.2
movieSlightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing · 1939 · 5.1
movieLaugh It Off
as Mary Carter · 1939 · 6.0
movieScreen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self · 1939 · 6.0
movieCareer
as Amy Cruthers · 1939 · 8.0
movieLand of Liberty
as (archive footage) · 1939 · 9.0