Acting
Jane Darwell
EN cinema · 171 credits
Born
15 October 1879
Died
13 August 1967 (aged 87)
Birthplace
Palmyra, Missouri, USA
Also known as Patti Woodard
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
as (archive footage)
Mary Poppins
as Bird Woman
Hound-Dog Man
as Grandma Wilson
The Last Hurrah
as Delia
The Greer Case
as Annie Jackson
Three Men on a Horse
as Lady on Bus
There's Always Tomorrow
as Mme Rogers
Girls in Prison
as Matron Jamieson
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as Mrs. Jacoby
A Life at Stake
as Landlady
Hit the Deck
as Jenny
The Bigamist
as Mrs. Connelley
Affair with a Stranger
as Ma Stanton
The Sun Shines Bright
as Aurora Ratchitt
It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Spatch
We're Not Married!
as Mrs. Bush
The Lemon Drop Kid
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Belden
Caged
as Isolation Matron
Wagon Master
as Sister Ledyard
The Second Face
as Mrs. Lockridge
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Mrs. Murphy
Redwood Forest Trail
as Hattie Hickory
Surrender
as Molly Hale
Father's Wild Game
as Minerva Bobbin
Three Husbands
as Mrs. Wurdeman
Red Canyon
as Aunt Jane
3 Godfathers
as Miss Florie
Keeper of the Bees
as Mrs. Ferris
The Red Stallion
as Aggie Curtis
My Darling Clementine
as Kate Nelson
Three Wise Fools
as Sister Mary Brigid
The Dark Horse
as Aunt Hattie
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Tugboat Annie
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Mrs. Patterson
Tender Comrade
as Mrs. Henderson
The Impatient Years
as Minister's wife
Music in Manhattan
as Mrs. Pearson
Reckless Age
as Mrs. Connors
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Ma Grier
Family Feud
1943
Family Feud
as The Mother
Government Girl
as Miss Trask (uncredited)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Aunt Emma Forrester
Stage Door Canteen
as Jane Darwell
All Through the Night
as Mrs. Donahue
The Battle of Midway
as Narrator (voice)
Men of Texas
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
Highways by Night
as Grandma Fogarty
The Great Gildersleeve
as Aunt Emma Forrester
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mariah Clemm
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Maguire
On the Sunny Side
as Annie
Young America
as Grandmother Nora Campbell
All That Money Can Buy
as Ma Stone
Thieves Fall Out
as Grandma Allen
Private Nurse
as Miss Adams
Small Town Deb
as Katie
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad
Youth Will Be Served
as Supervisor Stormer
Brigham Young
as Eliza Kent
Chad Hanna
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
Untamed
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
Gone with the Wind
as Mrs. Merriwether
Jesse James
as Mrs. Samuels
Inside Story
as Aunt Mary Perkins
The Zero Hour
as Sophie
The Rains Came
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
Miracle on Main Street
as Mrs. Herman
Grand Jury Secrets
as Mrs. Keefe
20,000 Men a Year
as Mrs. Allen
Unexpected Father
as Mrs. Callahan
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Thompson
Time Out for Murder
as Polly, Helen's supervisor
Five of a Kind
as Nurse Waldron
Battle of Broadway
as Mrs. Rogers
Three Blind Mice
as Mrs. Kilian
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Hutchins
Up the River
as Mrs. Graham
The Jury's Secret
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
Slave Ship
as Mrs. Marlowe
The Singing Marine
as Ma Marine
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Mrs. Krueger
The Great Hospital Mystery
as Nurse Sarah Keats
Dangerously Yours
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
Love Is News
as Mrs. Flaherty
Fifty Roads to Town
as Mrs. Henry
Lest We Forget
as Archive Footage
Captain January
as Eliza Croft
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Harold
Paddy O'Day
as Dora
Little Miss Nobody
as Eva Bradley
Private Number
as Mrs. Frisby
The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Graham
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Woodward
White Fang
as Maud Mahoney
Laughing at Trouble
as Glory Bradford
Star for a Night
as Mrs. Martha Lind
The First Baby
as Mrs. Ellis
Curly Top
as Mrs. Denham
One More Spring
as Mary Sweeney
Life Begins at Forty
as Ida Harris
We're Only Human
as Mrs. Walsh
Metropolitan
as Grandma
McFadden´s Flats
as Nora McFadden
Navy Wife
as Mrs. Louise Keats
Wig-Wag
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
The Gilded Lily
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
One Night of Love
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
Bright Eyes
as Mrs. Higgins
Fashions of 1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
The White Parade
as Sailor
Wonder Bar
as Baroness (uncredited)
David Harum
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
Blind Date
as Ma Taylor
The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. O'Day
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
Change of Heart
as Mrs. McGowan
Heat Lightning
as Gladys
Finishing School
as Maude (uncredited)
Desirable
as Frederick's Mother
Journal of a Crime
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Gentlemen Are Born
as Landlady
Tomorrow's Youth
as Mary O'Brien
Once to Every Woman
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
Let's Talk It Over
as Mrs. O'Keefe
Million Dollar Ransom
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
Embarrassing Moments
as Mrs. Stuckelberger
Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
Air Hostess
as Ma Kearny
Bed of Roses
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
Design for Living
as Curtis' Housekeeper
Child of Manhattan
as Mrs. McGonagle
Before Dawn
as Mrs. Marble
One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Lind
Bondage
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
Only Yesterday
as Mrs. Lane
Jennie Gerhardt
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
King for a Night
as Mrs. Williams
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
He Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Case
Roman Scandals
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
Emergency Call
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
The Girl in 419
as Nurse Esmond
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
Women Won't Tell
as Mrs. Walter Robinson
Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Alice's Aunt
Back Street
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
Hot Saturday
as Mrs. Brock
Young America
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
Ladies of the Big House
as Mrs. Turner
Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglas
Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas
Little Church Around the Corner
as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
The Restless Sex
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
The Rug Maker's Daughter
as Mrs. Van Buren
Hypocrites
as Madam (uncredited)
After Five
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
The Rose of the Rancho
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
Ready Money
as Mrs. Tyler
The Only Son
as Mrs. Brainerd
Brewster's Millions
as Mrs. Dan De Mille
The Master Mind
as Milwaukee Sadie