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.

Фільмографія

• 1943Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour — Eloise Lowry
• 1942A Letter From Bataan — Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
• 1942A Tragedy at Midnight — Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
• 1942Hi, Neighbor — Hattie Greenfield
• 1942Men of Texas — Mrs. Sam Houston
• 1942Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch — Mrs. Olcott
• 1942Reap the Wild Wind — Mrs. Mottram
• 1942Silver Queen — Mrs. Laura Forsythe
• 1941A Very Young Lady — Miss Steele
• 1941For Beauty's Sake — Miss Merton
• 1941The Man Who Lost Himself — Mrs. Milford
• 1941The Parson of Panamint — Mrs. Tweedy
• 1941West Point Widow — Mrs. Graves
• 1941Леді Єва — Janet Pike
• 1940All This, and Heaven Too — Miss Haines
• 1940Bitter Sweet — Lady Daventry
• 1940The Gay Caballero — Kate Brewster
• 1940The Mark of Zorro — Senora Isabella Vega
• 1939Career — Amy Cruthers
• 1939I Was a Convict — Mrs. Martha Harrison
• 1939Land of Liberty — (archive footage)
• 1939Laugh It Off — Mary Carter
• 1939Man of Conquest — Mrs. Sarah Lea
• 1939Slightly Honorable — Mrs. Cushing
• 1939The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle — Mrs. Foote
• 1938Judge Hardy's Children — Miss Budge
• 1938Say It in French — Mrs. Laura Carrington
• 1938Woman Against Woman — Mrs. Holland
• 1938Yellow Jack — Miss Macdade
• 1937Beg, Borrow or Steal — Mrs. Agatha Steward
• 1937Between Two Women — Miss Pringle
• 1937Big City — Sophie Sloane
• 1937Give Till It Hurts — Cathy Gaffney
• 1937My Dear Miss Aldrich — Mrs. Sinclair
• 1937Rosalie — Miss Baker
• 1937The Good Old Soak — Matilda Hawley
• 1937The Thirteenth Chair — Lady Alicia Crosby
• 1936I'd Give My Life — Stella Bancroft
• 1936Love Before Breakfast — Mrs. Colby
• 1936The Longest Night — Mrs. Briggs
• 1935Let's Live Tonight — Mrs. Routledge
• 1935So Red the Rose — Sally Bedford
• 1935The Dark Angel — Mrs. Shannon
• 1935Village Tale — Amy Somerville
• 1934The Last Gentleman — Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
• 1934The Mighty Barnum — Nancy Barnum
• 1934The President Vanishes — Mrs. Craig
• 1933Gallant Lady — Maria Sherwood
• 1915Fine Feathers

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (2)

• 1997Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line — Self (archive footage)
• 1939Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 — Self