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
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997 · Movie
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943 · Movie
Silver Queen
1942 · Movie
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942 · Movie
A Letter From Bataan
1942 · Movie
Hi, Neighbor
1942 · Movie
Men of Texas
1942 · Movie
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Movie
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942 · Movie
The Parson of Panamint
1941 · Movie
A Very Young Lady
1941 · Movie
West Point Widow
1941 · Movie
For Beauty's Sake
1941 · Movie
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941 · Movie
The Lady Eve
1941 · Movie
The Mark of Zorro
1940 · Movie
Bitter Sweet
1940 · Movie
The Gay Caballero
1940 · Movie
All This, and Heaven Too
1940 · Movie
Slightly Honorable
1939 · Movie
Laugh It Off
1939 · Movie
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939 · Movie
Career
1939 · Movie
Land of Liberty
1939 · Movie
Man of Conquest
1939 · Movie
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 · Movie
I Was a Convict
1939 · Movie
Say It in French
1938 · Movie
Woman Against Woman
1938 · Movie
Yellow Jack
1938 · Movie
Judge Hardy's Children
1938 · Movie
Rosalie
1937 · Movie
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937 · Movie
Give Till It Hurts
1937 · Movie
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 · Movie
Big City
1937 · Movie
Between Two Women
1937 · Movie
The Thirteenth Chair
1937 · Movie
The Good Old Soak
1937 · Movie
The Longest Night
1936 · Movie
I'd Give My Life
1936 · Movie
Love Before Breakfast
1936 · Movie
So Red the Rose
1935 · Movie
The Dark Angel
1935 · Movie
Village Tale
1935 · Movie
Let's Live Tonight
1935 · Movie
The Mighty Barnum
1934 · Movie
The President Vanishes
1934 · Movie
The Last Gentleman
1934 · Movie
Gallant Lady
1933 · Movie
Fine Feathers
1915 · Movie