From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Filmography

• 1984Going Hollywood: The '30s — (archive footage)
• The Flying Nun — Mother General
• Batman — J. Pauline Spaghetti
• I Dream of Jeannie — Mother
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre — Iris Fuchsia
• The Greatest Show on Earth — Louise
• 1960Please Don't Eat the Daisies — Suzie Robinson
• Dennis the Menace
• Laramie — Daisy Cooper
• The Detectives
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Alice Wagner
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — Mrs. Miller
• December Bride — Lily Ruskin
• 1954The Rocket Man — Justice Amelia Brown
• The Danny Thomas Show — Eloise Adams
• 1952Because You're Mine — Mrs. Edna Montville
• 1952No Room for the Groom — Mama Kingshead
• The Ford Television Theatre — Aunt Cordelia
• 1951According to Mrs. Hoyle — Mrs. Harriet Hoyle
• 1951Angels in the Outfield — Sister Edwitha
• 1951Bannerline — Mrs. Loomis
• 1950Devil's Doorway — Mrs. Masters
• 1950Louisa — Louisa Norton
• 1950Please Believe Me — Mrs. Milwright
• 1950The Reformer and the Redhead — Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
• 1950The Skipper Surprised His Wife — Agnes Thorndyke
• 1950Walk Softly, Stranger — Mrs. Brentman
• 1949In the Good Old Summertime — Nellie Burke
• 1949The Big Wheel — Mary Coy
• 1948B.F.'s Daughter — Gladys Fulton
• 1947Cynthia — Carrie Bishop Jannings
• 1947It Had to Be You — Martha Stafford
• 1947Little Mister Jim — Mrs. Starwell
• 1947Living in a Big Way — Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
• 1947My Brother Talks to Horses — Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
• 1947Singapore — Mrs. Bellows
• 1946A Letter for Evie — Mrs. McPherson
• 1946Dragonwyck — Magda
• 1946Faithful in My Fashion — Miss Mary Swanson
• 1946Meet Me on Broadway — Sylvia Kane Storm
• 1945Captain Eddie — Mrs. Frost
• 1945Salty O'Rourke — Mrs. Brooks
• 1945The Enchanted Cottage — Violet Price
• 1945Thrill of a Romance — Nona Glenn
• 1944I'll Be Seeing You — Mrs. Marshall
• 1944Reward Unlimited — Peggy's mother
• 1944The Heavenly Body — Nancy Potter
• 1943Heaven Can Wait — Bertha Van Cleve
• 1943Presenting Lily Mars — Mrs. Mars
• 1942Rings on Her Fingers — Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
• 1942Roxie Hart — Mary Sunshine
• 1942The Affairs of Martha — Sophia Sommerfield
• 1942The Vanishing Virginian — Rosa Yancey
• 1942The War Against Mrs. Hadley — Cecilia Talbot
• 1941Arkansas Judge — Mary Shoemaker
• 1941Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime — Carlotta Emerson
• 1941Meet John Doe — Mme Mitchell
• 1941The Devil and Miss Jones — Elizabeth Ellis
• 1941When Ladies Meet — Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
• 1940Laddie — Mrs. Stanton
• 1940Lucky Partners — Aunt Lucy
• 1940My Love Came Back — Clara Malette
• 1940On Their Own — Mrs. John Jones
• 1940The Blue Bird — Mummy Tyl
• 1940Young as You Feel — Mrs. John Jones
• 1939A Child is Born — Mrs. Mamie West
• 1939Chicken Wagon Family — Josephine Fippany
• 1939Everybody's Baby — Mrs. John Jones
• 1939Land of Liberty — Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
• 1939Quick Millions — Mrs. John Jones
• 1939The Jones Family in Hollywood — Mrs. John Jones
• 1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell — Mrs. Hubbard
• 1939Too Busy to Work — Mrs. John Jones
• 1938A Trip to Paris — Mrs. John Jones
• 1938Down on the Farm — Mrs. John Jones
• 1938Jezebel — Mrs. Kendrick
• 1938Love on a Budget — Louise Jones
• 1938Penrod and His Twin Brother — Mrs. Schofield
• 1938Safety in Numbers — Mrs. John Jones
• 1938The Adventures of Tom Sawyer — Widow Douglas (uncredited)
• 1938The Buccaneer — Dolly Madison
• 1938You Can't Take It with You — Penny Sycamore
• 1937A Family Affair — Emily Hardy
• 1937Big Business — Mrs. John Jones
• 1937Borrowing Trouble — Mrs. John Jones
• 1937Clarence — Mrs. Wheeler
• 1937Green Light — Mrs. Dexter
• 1937Hot Water — Mrs. John Jones
• 1937Hotel Haywire — Mrs. Parkhouse
• 1937It's Love I'm After — Aunt Ella
• 1937Off to the Races — Mrs. John Jones
• 1937Penrod and Sam — Mrs. Schofield
• 1937The Road Back — Ernst's Mother
• 1936Back to Nature — Louise Jones
• 1936Dodsworth — Matey Pearson
• 1936Educating Father — Mrs. John Jones
• 1936Every Saturday Night — Mrs. Evers
• 1936Palm Springs — Aunt Letty
• 1936Stage Struck — Mrs. Randall
• 1936The Charge of the Light Brigade — Lady Octavia Warrenton
• 1936The Girl on the Front Page — Mrs. Langford
• 1936The Voice of Bugle Ann — Ma Davis
• 1936Theodora Goes Wild — Rebecca Perry
• 1935Ah, Wilderness! — Essie Miller
• 1935Broadway Hostess — Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
• 1935Love Me Forever — Clara Fields
• 1935Mutiny on the Bounty — Mrs. Byam
• 1935Orchids to You — Alice Draper
• 1935The Great Impersonation — Duchess Caroline
• 1935Way Down East — Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
• 1935Werewolf of London — Ettie Coombes
• 1933Little Women — Marmee

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' — Self (archive footage)
• The Lux Show — Self
• The Ford Show — Self
• What's My Line? — Self