Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

Birthday: 1884-10-20

Deathday: 1955-08-06

Place of birth: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

Also known as: Janet Meysenberg

imdb_id: nm0066325

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.

Played in movies:

Big City

Score: 7.4

The Lady Eve

Score: 7.2

All This, and Heaven Too

Score: 7.1

The Mark of Zorro

Score: 7.1

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Score: 7.0

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Score: 6.9

Woman Against Woman

Score: 6.5

Judge Hardy's Children

Score: 6.5

So Red the Rose

Score: 6.5

Reap the Wild Wind

Score: 6.4

The Dark Angel

Score: 6.2

The Thirteenth Chair

Score: 6.1

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Score: 6.1

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Score: 6.0

West Point Widow

Score: 6.0

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

Score: 6.0

I'd Give My Life

Score: 6.0

Gallant Lady

Score: 6.0

Bitter Sweet

Score: 5.8

Love Before Breakfast

Score: 5.8

The President Vanishes

Score: 5.8

The Longest Night

Score: 5.7

Silver Queen

Score: 5.7

Give Till It Hurts

Score: 5.7

Yellow Jack

Score: 5.6

Between Two Women

Score: 5.5

Rosalie

Score: 5.5

Man of Conquest

Score: 5.4

The Gay Caballero

Score: 5.2

I Was a Convict

Score: 5.0

The Parson of Panamint

Score: 5.0

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Score: 5.0

Slightly Honorable

Score: 4.7

A Tragedy at Midnight

Score: 4.7

A Letter From Bataan

Score: 4.5

Village Tale

Score: 4.5

The Man Who Lost Himself

Score: 4.0

The Last Gentleman

Score: 3.0

Laugh It Off

Score: 2.0

A Very Young Lady

Score: 1.0

Let's Live Tonight

Score: 1.0

The Mighty Barnum

Score: 0.5

For Beauty's Sake

Score: 0.0

Men of Texas

Score: 0.0

Hi, Neighbor

Score: 0.0

The Good Old Soak

Score: 0.0

Career

Score: 0.0

Land of Liberty

Score: 0.0

Say It in French

Score: 0.0

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Score: 0.0

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