Clara Blandick

Biography

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

The Wizard of Oz

A Star Is Born

Life with Father

Heaven Can Wait

The Big Store

Gentleman Jim

Drums Along the Mohawk

North West Mounted Police

All Movies (109)

• The Wizard of Oz at Sphere2025 · as Auntie Em (archive footage)
• Riding High1950 · as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Key to the City1950 · as Liza, Silas' housekeeper
• Mr. Soft Touch1949 · as Susan Balmuss
• The Bride Goes Wild1948 · as Aunt Pewtie
• Life with Father1947 · as Miss Wiggins
• Philo Vance Returns1947 · as Stella Blendon
• She-Wolf of London1946 · as Mrs. McBroom (uncredited)
• So Goes My Love1946 · as Mrs. Meade
• A Stolen Life1946 · as Martha
• Claudia and David1946 · as Mrs. Barry
• People Are Funny1946 · as Grandma Wilson
• Frontier Gal1945 · as Abigail
• Pillow of Death1945 · as Belle Kincaid
• Can't Help Singing1944 · as Aunt Cissy
• Shadow of Suspicion1944 · as Mother Randall
• Du Barry Was a Lady1943 · as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)
• Heaven Can Wait1943 · as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)
• Gentleman Jim1942 · as Woman on Train (uncredited)
• Lady in a Jam1942 · as Tourist (uncredited)
• Rings on Her Fingers1942
• One Foot in Heaven1941 · as Sister Watkins (uncredited)
• It Started with Eve1941 · as Nurse
• Private Nurse1941 · as Miss Phillips
• The Big Store1941 · as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)
• The Get-Away1941 · as Mrs. Higgins
• The Nurse's Secret1941 · as Aunt Juliet Mitchell
• The Wagons Roll at Night1941 · as Mrs. Williams
• Youth Will Be Served1940 · as Miss Bradshaw
• North West Mounted Police1940 · as Mrs. Burns
• Dreaming Out Loud1940 · as Jessica Spencer
• Tomboy1940 · as Aunt Martha
• Alice in Movieland1940 · as Grandmother
• Swanee River1939 · as Mrs. Griffin
• Drums Along the Mohawk1939 · as Mrs. Borst
• The Star Maker1939 · as Miss Esther Jones
• The Wizard of Oz1939 · as Auntie Em
• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1939 · as Miss Watson
• Tom Sawyer, Detective1938 · as Aunt Polly
• Swing, Sister, Swing1938 · as Ma Sisler
• Professor Beware1938 · as Mrs. Green - Landlady
• Crime Ring1938 · as Phoebe Sawyer
• My Old Kentucky Home1938 · as Julia 'Granny' Blair
• Small Town Boy1937 · as Mrs. Armstrong
• You Can't Have Everything1937 · as Townswoman (uncredited)
• The Road Back1937 · as Willy's Mother
• Wings Over Honolulu1937 · as Evie Curtis
• A Star Is Born1937 · as Aunt Mattie (uncredited)
• Her Husband's Secretary1937 · as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon
• Make Way for a Lady1936 · as Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid
• In His Steps1936 · as Martha Adams
• The Gorgeous Hussy1936 · as Louisa Abbott
• Anthony Adverse1936 · as Mrs. Jorham
• The Case of the Velvet Claws1936 · as Mary F. O'Daugherty
• Hearts Divided1936 · as Aunt Ellen
• The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1936 · as Gaptown Landlady
• Party Wire1935 · as Mathilda Sherman
• Straight from the Heart1935 · as Mrs. Anderson
• Transient Lady1935 · as Eva Branham
• The Winning Ticket1935 · as Aunt Maggie
• Fugitive Lady1934 · as Aunt Margaret
• Broadway Bill1934 · as Mrs. Peterson
• Jealousy1934 · as Mrs. Douglas
• The President Vanishes1934 · as Mrs. Delling
• The Girl from Missouri1934 · as Miss Newberry
• Sisters Under the Skin1934 · as Miss Gower
• Harold Teen1934 · as Ma Lovewell
• The Show-Off1934 · as Mrs. 'Ma'
• As the Earth Turns1934 · as Cora
• Beloved1934 · as Miss Murfee
• Going Hollywood1933 · as Ms. Perkins
• Ever in My Heart1933 · as Anna, the Cook
• Charlie Chan's Greatest Case1933 · as Minerva Winterslip
• Turn Back the Clock1933 · as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
• Three Cornered Moon1933 · as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
• The Mind Reader1933 · as Auntie (uncredited)
• Child of Manhattan1933 · as Aunt Sophie
• The Bitter Tea of General Yen1932 · as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
• Rockabye1932 · as Brida
• Three on a Match1932 · as Mrs. Keaton (uncredited)
• Life Begins1932 · as Mrs. West
• The Strange Case of Clara Deane1932 · as Mrs. Lyons (scenes deleted)
• The Wet Parade1932 · as Mrs. Tarleton
• Shopworn1932 · as Mrs. Helen Livingston
• Possessed1931 · as Mrs. Martin
• New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford1931 · as Mrs. Layton
• Murder at Midnight1931 · as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
• Bought!1931 · as Mrs. Sprig
• Huckleberry Finn1931 · as Aunt Polly
• I Take This Woman1931 · as Ranch Wife
• Laughing Sinners1931 · as Salvation Army Woman
• Daybreak1931 · as Frau Hoffman
• It's a Wise Child1931 · as Mrs. Stanton
• The Drums of Jeopardy1931 · as Aunt Abbie
• The Easiest Way1931 · as Agnes Murdock
• Inspiration1931 · as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
• Once a Sinner1931 · as Mrs. Mason
• Tom Sawyer1930 · as Aunt Polly
• The Last of the Duanes1930 · as Mrs. Duane
• Romance1930 · as Abigail Armstrong
• The Sins of the Children1930 · as Martha Wagenkampf
• Men Are Like That1930 · as Ma Fisher
• The Girl Said No1930 · as Mrs. Ward
• Burning Up1930 · as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
• Poor Aubrey1930 · as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law
• Wise Girls1929 · as Mrs. Bence
• Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp1917 · as Mrs. Donnelly
• The Stolen Triumph1916 · as Mrs. Rowley
• The Cabaret Singer1915 · as Mrs. Denton