Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 13, 1879
Died
August 13, 1967
Place of Birth
Palmyra, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Patti Woodard
Jane Darwell
0.7 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
10.0
(archive footage)
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
1986
7.6
Bird Woman
Mary Poppins
1964
6.0
Mrs. Leah Mulligan
Burke's Law
1963
7.8
Mamie Carnation
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
4.4
Grandma Wilson
Hound-Dog Man
1959
7.2
Delia
The Last Hurrah
1958
6.9
Mrs. Knowles
Maverick
1957
0.0
Lady on Bus
Three Men on a Horse
1957
0.0
Annie Jackson
The Greer Case
1957
0.0
Mrs. Jacoby
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956
Credits
Disney's Greatest Lullabies Volume 2
as (archive footage)
1986
10.0
Mary Poppins
as Bird Woman
1964
7.6
Burke's Law
as Mrs. Leah Mulligan
1963
6.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Mamie Carnation
1962
7.8
Hound-Dog Man
as Grandma Wilson
1959
4.4
The Last Hurrah
as Delia
1958
7.2
Maverick
as Mrs. Knowles
1957
6.9
Three Men on a Horse
as Lady on Bus
1957
0.0
The Greer Case
as Annie Jackson
1957
0.0
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as Mrs. Jacoby
1956
0.0
Girls in Prison
as Matron Jamieson
1956
3.9
Prima Donna
as Lena
1956
0.0
There's Always Tomorrow
as Mme Rogers
1956
7.1
Matinee Theater
1955
5.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
as Lena
1955
6.5
A Life at Stake
as Landlady
1955
5.2
Hit the Deck
as Jenny
1955
4.6
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
6.9
Climax!
as B. Cool
1954
3.3
Climax!
as Mrs. Koestler
1954
3.3
Studio 57
1954
0.0
Lassie
1954
6.1
The Bigamist
as Mrs. Connelley
1953
6.4
Letter to Loretta
as Irene Townsend
1953
6.5
Affair with a Stranger
as Ma Stanton
1953
4.0
The Sun Shines Bright
as Aurora Ratchitt
1953
6.4
It Happens Every Thursday
as Mrs. Spatch
1953
6.2
The Ford Television Theatre
as Mama Mumby
1952
7.3
Cavalcade of America
as Minna
1952
3.5
We're Not Married!
as Mrs. Bush
1952
5.8
Journey Into Light
as Mack
1951
6.0
Excuse My Dust
as Mrs. Belden
1951
7.2
The Lemon Drop Kid
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan
1951
6.5
Father's Wild Game
as Minerva Bobbin
1950
0.0
The Second Face
as Mrs. Lockridge
1950
6.8
Three Husbands
as Mrs. Wurdeman
1950
5.0
Redwood Forest Trail
as Hattie Hickory
1950
0.0
Surrender
as Molly Hale
1950
4.4
Caged
as Isolation Matron
1950
7.1
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Mrs. Murphy
1950
5.0
Wagon Master
as Sister Ledyard
1950
6.6
Red Canyon
as Aunt Jane
1949
5.0
3 Godfathers
as Miss Florie
1948
6.7
Studio One
as Anna - Maid
1948
5.0
🎬
Train to Alcatraz
as Aunt Ella
1948
6.0
The Red Stallion
as Aggie Curtis
1947
0.0
Keeper of the Bees
as Mrs. Ferris
1947
0.0
My Darling Clementine
as Kate Nelson
1946
7.4
Three Wise Fools
as Sister Mary Brigid
1946
5.0
The Dark Horse
as Aunt Hattie
1946
0.0
Captain Tugboat Annie
as Tugboat Annie
1945
0.0
I Live in Grosvenor Square
as Mrs. Patterson
1945
7.1
She's a Sweetheart
as Mom
1944
0.0
Music in Manhattan
as Mrs. Pearson
1944
5.5
The Impatient Years
as Minister's wife
1944
6.3
Reckless Age
as Mrs. Connors
1944
0.0
Tender Comrade
as Mrs. Henderson
1944
6.0
Government Girl
as Miss Trask (uncredited)
1943
5.2
🎬
Family Feud
as The Mother
1943
0.0
Stage Door Canteen
as Jane Darwell
1943
6.1
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Aunt Emma Forrester
1943
6.4
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Ma Grier
1943
7.7
The Great Gildersleeve
as Aunt Emma Forrester
1942
6.1
Highways by Night
as Grandma Fogarty
1942
6.0
The Battle of Midway
as Narrator (voice)
1942
5.8
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as Mariah Clemm
1942
5.7
Men of Texas
as Mrs.Scott aka Aunt Hattie
1942
0.0
It Happened in Flatbush
as Mrs. Maguire
1942
4.8
On the Sunny Side
as Annie
1942
6.0
Young America
as Grandmother Nora Campbell
1942
0.0
All Through the Night
as Mrs. Donahue
1942
6.8
Small Town Deb
as Katie
1941
6.0
All That Money Can Buy
as Ma Stone
1941
7.0
Private Nurse
as Miss Adams
1941
0.0
Thieves Fall Out
as Grandma Allen
1941
5.5
Chad Hanna
as Mrs. Bettina Huguenine
1940
6.0
Youth Will Be Served
as Supervisor Stormer
1940
1.0
Brigham Young
as Eliza Kent
1940
4.4
Untamed
as Mrs. Maggie Moriarty
1940
4.2
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad
1940
7.8
Miracle on Main Street
as Mrs. Herman
1939
5.3
Gone with the Wind
as Mrs. Merriwether
1939
7.9
20,000 Men a Year
as Mrs. Allen
1939
5.5
The Rains Came
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley
1939
5.8
Grand Jury Secrets
as Mrs. Keefe
1939
0.0
Unexpected Father
as Mrs. Callahan
1939
0.0
The Zero Hour
as Sophie
1939
4.5
Inside Story
as Aunt Mary Perkins
1939
0.0
Jesse James
as Mrs. Samuels - Jesse's mother
1939
6.5
Up the River
as Mrs. Graham
1938
0.0
Five of a Kind
as Nurse Waldron
1938
4.2
Time Out for Murder
as Polly, Helen's supervisor
1938
5.7
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Hutchins
1938
6.4
Three Blind Mice
as Mrs. Kilian
1938
6.0
Battle of Broadway
as Mrs. Rogers
1938
4.0
The Jury's Secret
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
1938
4.0
Change of Heart
as Mrs. Thompson
1938
5.0
Dangerously Yours
as Aunt Cynthia Barton
1937
3.5
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Mrs. Krueger
1937
6.0
The Singing Marine
as Ma Marine
1937
4.0
Slave Ship
as Mrs. Marlowe
1937
4.5
Fifty Roads to Town
as Mrs. Henry
1937
0.0
The Great Hospital Mystery
as Nurse Sarah Keats
1937
4.0
Lest We Forget
as Archive Footage
1937
0.0
Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as Mrs. Mary Flaherty
1937
5.0
Love Is News
as Mrs. Flaherty
1937
6.0
Laughing at Trouble
as Glory Bradford
1936
6.0
Craig's Wife
as Mrs. Harold
1936
6.3
Star for a Night
as Mrs. Martha Lind
1936
6.0
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Woodward
1936
6.6
White Fang
as Maud Mahoney
1936
6.0
Private Number
as Mrs. Frisby
1936
6.6
Little Miss Nobody
as Eva Bradley
1936
6.0
Captain January
as Mrs. Eliza Croft
1936
6.7
The First Baby
as Mrs. Ellis
1936
0.0
The Country Doctor
as Mrs. Graham
1936
6.0
Paddy O'Day
as Dora
1936
7.0
We're Only Human
as Mrs. Walsh
1935
6.5
Metropolitan
as Grandma
1935
0.0
Navy Wife
as Mrs. Louise Keats
1935
5.0
Curly Top
as Mrs. Denham
1935
6.4
Wig-Wag
as Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
1935
0.0
Life Begins at Forty
as Ida Harris
1935
0.0
McFadden´s Flats
as Nora McFadden
1935
0.0
One More Spring
as Mary Sweeney
1935
5.8
The Gilded Lily
as Woman in Crowd at Southampton (uncredited)
1935
6.5
Bright Eyes
as Mrs. Higgins
1934
6.7
Gentlemen Are Born
as Landlady
1934
6.5
The White Parade
as Sailor
1934
6.0
Happiness Ahead
as Mrs. Davis - The Landlady
1934
6.0
Tomorrow's Youth
as Mary O'Brien
1934
0.0
Desirable
as Frederick's Mother
1934
7.3
Million Dollar Ransom
as Ma McGarry (Uncredited)
1934
5.0
Embarrassing Moments
as Mrs. Stuckelberger
1934
0.0
Blind Date
as Ma Taylor
1934
7.0
One Night of Love
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother
1934
5.2
Most Precious Thing in Life
as Mrs. O'Day
1934
5.2
Let's Talk It Over
as Mrs. O'Keefe
1934
0.0
Change of Heart
as Mrs. McGowan
1934
6.2
The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited)
1934
6.8
Finishing School
as Maude (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Wonder Bar
as Baroness (uncredited)
1934
5.9
Once to Every Woman
as Mrs. Wood (uncredited)
1934
6.0
Journal of a Crime
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
1934
5.7
David Harum
as Mrs. Woolsey (uncredited)
1934
7.0
Heat Lightning
as Gladys - the Wife
1934
6.8
Fashions of 1934
as Customer at Maison Elegance (uncredited)
1934
6.4
Cross Country Cruise
as Mrs. O'Hara (Uncredited)
1934
6.0
Design for Living
as Curtis' Housekeeper
1933
7.1
He Couldn't Take It
as Mrs. Case
1933
0.0
King for a Night
as Mrs. Williams
1933
6.2
Roman Scandals
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Only Yesterday
as Mrs. Lane
1933
6.8
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited)
1933
7.2
Ann Vickers
as Mrs. Gage (uncredited)
1933
5.5
One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Lind
1933
6.3
Before Dawn
as Mrs. Marble
1933
5.6
Bed of Roses
as Mrs. Webster -- Head Prison Matron (uncredited)
1933
6.1
Emergency Call
as Nurse Brown (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Jennie Gerhardt
as Boardinghouse Keeper (uncredited)
1933
4.0
The Girl in 419
as Nurse Esmond
1933
3.5
Bondage
as Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
1933
0.0
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
1933
5.8
Child of Manhattan
as Mrs. McGonagle
1933
7.2
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
0.0
Air Hostess
as Ma Kearny
1933
5.7
Women Won't Tell
as Mrs. Walter Robinson
1932
4.0
Hot Saturday
as Mrs. Brock
1932
6.4
Washington Merry-Go-Round
as Alice's Aunt
1932
6.7
Back Street
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt
1932
6.2
Young America
as School Teacher (Uncredited)
1932
5.0
Ladies of the Big House
as Mrs. Turner
1931
6.0
Huckleberry Finn
as Widow Douglas
1931
6.7
Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas
1930
5.5
Little Church Around the Corner
as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)
1923
5.9
The Restless Sex
as Housekeeper (uncredited)
1920
0.0
The Rug Maker's Daughter
as Mrs. Van Buren
1915
0.0
After Five
as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy
1915
0.0
The Goose Girl
as Irma
1915
0.0
Hypocrites
as Madam (uncredited)
1915
5.6
The Rose of the Rancho
as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother
1914
4.0
Ready Money
as Mrs. Tyler
1914
0.0
The Only Son
as Mrs. Brainerd
1914
1.0
The Master Mind
as Milwaukee Sadie
1914
0.0
Brewster's Millions
as Mrs. Dan De Mille
1914
6.0