Janet Beecher

Biography

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

The Mark of Zorro

The Lady Eve

Reap the Wild Wind

Rosalie

All This, and Heaven Too

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Say It in French

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

All Movies (51)

• Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour1943 · as Eloise Lowry
• Silver Queen1942 · as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
• Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1942 · as Mrs. Olcott
• A Letter From Bataan1942 · as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
• Hi, Neighbor1942 · as Hattie Greenfield
• Men of Texas1942 · as Mrs. Sam Houston
• Reap the Wild Wind1942 · as Mrs. Mottram
• A Tragedy at Midnight1942 · as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
• The Parson of Panamint1941 · as Mrs. Tweedy
• A Very Young Lady1941 · as Miss Steele
• West Point Widow1941 · as Mrs. Graves
• For Beauty's Sake1941 · as Miss Merton
• The Man Who Lost Himself1941 · as Mrs. Milford
• The Lady Eve1941 · as Janet Pike
• Bitter Sweet1940 · as Lady Daventry
• The Mark of Zorro1940 · as Senora Isabella Vega
• The Gay Caballero1940 · as Kate Brewster
• All This, and Heaven Too1940 · as Miss Haines
• Slightly Honorable1939 · as Mrs. Cushing
• Laugh It Off1939 · as Mary Carter
• Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 11939 · as Self
• Career1939 · as Amy Cruthers
• Land of Liberty1939 · as (archive footage)
• Man of Conquest1939 · as Mrs. Sarah Lea
• The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle1939 · as Mrs. Foote
• I Was a Convict1939 · as Mrs. Martha Harrison
• Say It in French1938 · as Mrs. Laura Carrington
• Woman Against Woman1938 · as Mrs. Holland
• Yellow Jack1938 · as Miss Macdade
• Judge Hardy's Children1938 · as Miss Budge
• Rosalie1937 · as Miss Baker
• Beg, Borrow or Steal1937 · as Mrs. Agatha Steward
• Give Till It Hurts1937 · as Cathy Gaffney
• My Dear Miss Aldrich1937 · as Mrs. Sinclair
• Big City1937 · as Sophie Sloane
• Between Two Women1937 · as Miss Pringle
• The Thirteenth Chair1937 · as Lady Alicia Crosby
• The Good Old Soak1937 · as Matilda Hawley
• The Longest Night1936 · as Mrs. Briggs
• I'd Give My Life1936 · as Stella Bancroft
• Love Before Breakfast1936 · as Mrs. Colby
• So Red the Rose1935 · as Sally Bedford
• The Dark Angel1935 · as Mrs. Shannon
• Village Tale1935 · as Amy Somerville
• Let's Live Tonight1935 · as Mrs. Routledge
• The Mighty Barnum1934 · as Nancy Barnum
• The President Vanishes1934 · as Mrs. Craig
• The Last Gentleman1934 · as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
• Gallant Lady1933 · as Maria Sherwood
• Fine Feathers1915