Acting
Janet Beecher
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.
Filmography
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Film · 1997
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Film · 1943
Reap the Wild Wind
Film · 1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
Film · 1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Film · 1942
A Letter From Bataan
Film · 1942
Hi, Neighbor
Film · 1942
Men of Texas
Film · 1942
Silver Queen
Film · 1942
The Lady Eve
Film · 1941
The Parson of Panamint
Film · 1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
Film · 1941
West Point Widow
Film · 1941
A Very Young Lady
Film · 1941
For Beauty's Sake
Film · 1941
Bitter Sweet
Film · 1940
The Mark of Zorro
Film · 1940
The Gay Caballero
Film · 1940
All This, and Heaven Too
Film · 1940
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Film · 1939
Slightly Honorable
Film · 1939
Land of Liberty
Film · 1939
Career
Film · 1939
Man of Conquest
Film · 1939
I Was a Convict
Film · 1939
Laugh It Off
Film · 1939
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Film · 1939
Judge Hardy's Children
Film · 1938
Say It in French
Film · 1938
Woman Against Woman
Film · 1938
Yellow Jack
Film · 1938
Rosalie
Film · 1937
Big City
Film · 1937
Give Till It Hurts
Film · 1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Film · 1937
The Thirteenth Chair
Film · 1937
Between Two Women
Film · 1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Film · 1937
The Good Old Soak
Film · 1937
Love Before Breakfast
Film · 1936
I'd Give My Life
Film · 1936
The Longest Night
Film · 1936
Village Tale
Film · 1935
So Red the Rose
Film · 1935
The Dark Angel
Film · 1935
Let's Live Tonight
Film · 1935
The Mighty Barnum
Film · 1934
The Last Gentleman
Film · 1934
The President Vanishes
Film · 1934
Gallant Lady
Film · 1933
Fine Feathers
Film · 1915