Acting
Janet Beecher
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Born
20 October 1884
Died
6 August 1955 (aged 70)
Birthplace
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Also known as Janet Meysenberg
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.
Known for
Filmography
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise Lowry
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Olcott
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
Hi, Neighbor
as Hattie Greenfield
Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sam Houston
Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike
The Parson of Panamint
as Mrs. Tweedy
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. Milford
West Point Widow
as Mrs. Graves
A Very Young Lady
as Miss Steele
For Beauty's Sake
as Miss Merton
Bitter Sweet
as Lady Daventry
The Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella Vega
The Gay Caballero
as Kate Brewster
All This, and Heaven Too
as Miss Haines
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Mrs. Foote
Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
Career
as Amy Cruthers
Man of Conquest
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
I Was a Convict
1939
I Was a Convict
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
Laugh It Off
1939
Laugh It Off
as Mary Carter
Judge Hardy's Children
as Miss Budge
Say It in French
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Holland
Yellow Jack
as Miss Macdade
Rosalie
as Miss Baker
Big City
as Sophie Sloane
Give Till It Hurts
as Cathy Gaffney
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Mrs. Sinclair
The 13th Chair
as Lady Alicia Crosby
Between Two Women
as Miss Pringle
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
The Good Old Soak
as Matilda Hawley
Love Before Breakfast
as Mrs. Colby
I'd Give My Life
1936
I'd Give My Life
as Stella Bancroft
The Longest Night
as Mrs. Briggs
Village Tale
as Amy Somerville
So Red the Rose
as Sally Bedford
The Dark Angel
as Mrs. Shannon
Let's Live Tonight
as Mrs. Routledge
The Mighty Barnum
as Nancy Barnum
The Last Gentleman
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Craig
Gallant Lady
as Maria Sherwood
