Acting
Clara Blandick
EN cinema · 107 credits
Born
4 June 1876
Died
15 April 1962 (aged 85)
Birthplace
Onboard American ship in Hong Kong
Also known as Clara Blanchard Dickey · Clara Dickey
Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey) was an American stage and screen actress best known for her role as Auntie Em in the beloved 1939 classic film The Wizard of Oz.
Known for
Filmography
Riding High
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Key to the City
as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
Mr. Soft Touch
as Susan Balmuss
The Bride Goes Wild
as Aunt Pewtie
Philo Vance Returns
as Stella Blendon
Life with Father
as Miss Wiggins
So Goes My Love
as Mrs. Meade
People Are Funny
as Grandma Wilson
She-Wolf of London
as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
as Martha
Claudia and David
as Mrs. Barry
Frontier Gal
as Abigail
Pillow of Death
as Belle Kincaid
Can't Help Singing
as Aunt Cissy
Shadow of Suspicion
as Mother Randall
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
as Woman on Train (uncredited)
Lady in a Jam
as Tourist (uncredited)
It Started with Eve
as Nurse
Private Nurse
as Miss Phillips
The Big Store
as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
The Nurse's Secret
as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
The Get-Away
as Mrs. Higgins
The Wagons Roll at Night
as Mrs. Williams
One Foot in Heaven
as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
Youth Will Be Served
as Miss Bradshaw
Tomboy
as Aunt Martha
Alice in Movieland
as Grandmother
North West Mounted Police
as Mrs. Burns
Dreaming Out Loud
as Jessica Spencer
The Wizard of Oz
as Auntie Em
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Miss Watson
The Star Maker
as Miss Esther Jones
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Mrs. Borst
Swanee River
as Mrs. Griffin
Crime Ring
as Phoebe Sawyer
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Aunt Polly
Professor Beware
as Mrs. Green - Landlady
My Old Kentucky Home
as Julia 'Granny' Blair
Swing, Sister, Swing
as Ma Sisler
Small Town Boy
as Mrs. Armstrong
You Can't Have Everything
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Her Husband's Secretary
as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
Wings Over Honolulu
as Evie Curtis
A Star Is Born
as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
The Road Back
as Willy's Mother
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
as Gaptown Landlady
The Gorgeous Hussy
as Louisa Abbott
The Case of the Velvet Claws
as Mary F. O'Daugherty
Hearts Divided
as Aunt Ellen
In His Steps
1936
In His Steps
as Martha Adams
Make Way for a Lady
as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
Anthony Adverse
as Mrs. Jorham
Straight from the Heart
as Mrs. Anderson
The Winning Ticket
as Aunt Maggie
Party Wire
as Mathilda Sherman
Transient Lady
as Eva Branham
Broadway Bill
as Mrs. Peterson
The Girl from Missouri
as Miss Newberry
The Show-Off
as Mrs. 'Ma'
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Delling
Fugitive Lady
as Aunt Margaret
Harold Teen
as Ma Lovewell
Jealousy
as Mrs. Douglas
Beloved
as Miss Murfee
Sisters Under the Skin
as Miss Gower
Child of Manhattan
as Aunt Sophie
Turn Back the Clock
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Ever in My Heart
as Anna, the Cook
The Mind Reader
as Auntie (uncredited)
Going Hollywood
as Ms. Perkins
Three Cornered Moon
as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Minerva Winterslip
Life Begins
as Mrs. West
Rockabye
as Brida
Shopworn
as Mrs. Helen Livingston
The Wet Parade
as Mrs. Tarleton
Three on a Match
as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
Possessed
as Mrs. Martin
Bought!
as Mrs. Sprig
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Mrs. Layton
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Aunt Abbie
Laughing Sinners
as Salvation Army Woman
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. Mason
The Easiest Way
as Agnes Murdock
Murder at Midnight
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
Daybreak
as Frau Hoffman
I Take This Woman
as Ranch Wife
Inspiration
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
It's a Wise Child
as Mrs. Stanton
Romance
as Abigail Armstrong
Men Are Like That
as Ma Fisher
The Sins of the Children
as Martha Wagenkampf
The Girl Said No
as Mrs. Ward
Burning Up
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
The Last of the Duanes
as Mrs. Duane
Poor Aubrey
as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
Wise Girls
as Mrs. Bence
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
as Mrs. Donnelly
The Stolen Triumph
as Mrs. Rowley
The Cabaret Singer
as Mrs. Denton