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.

Filmografi

Rosalie1937 · Miss BakerThe Mark of Zorro1940 · Senora Isabella VegaThe Lady Eve1941 · Janet PikeGallant Lady1933 · Maria SherwoodBarbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997 · Self (archive footage)Reap the Wild Wind1942 · Mrs. MottramAll This, and Heaven Too1940 · Miss HainesBeg, Borrow or Steal1937 · Mrs. Agatha StewardThe Dark Angel1935 · Mrs. ShannonLand of Liberty1939 · (archive footage)Fine Feathers1915 · So Red the Rose1935 · Sally BedfordThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle1939 · Mrs. FooteLaugh It Off1939 · Mary CarterThe 13th Chair1937 · Lady Alicia CrosbySay It in French1938 · Mrs. Laura CarringtonJudge Hardy's Children1938 · Miss BudgeBitter Sweet1940 · Lady DaventryThe Good Old Soak1937 · Matilda HawleyFor Beauty's Sake1941 · Miss MertonMrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1942 · Mrs. OlcottA Very Young Lady1941 · Miss SteeleA Tragedy at Midnight1942 · Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)Silver Queen1942 · Mrs. Laura Forsythe