Cast
Janet Beecher
Acting
Cast
Janet Beecher
Known for
Acting
Born
1884-10-20
From
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Died
1955-08-06
Also known as Janet Meysenberg
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.
★7.3
MOVIE1933
Gallant Lady
as Maria Sherwood
★6.4
MOVIE1942
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
★6.2
MOVIE1935
The Dark Angel
as Mrs. Shannon
★7.1
MOVIE1940
The Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella Vega
★7.2
MOVIE1940
All This, and Heaven Too
as Miss Haines
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Rosalie
as Miss Baker
★7.7
MOVIE1935
So Red the Rose
as Sally Bedford
★6.8
MOVIE1938
Judge Hardy's Children
as Miss Budge
★9.0
MOVIE1939
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
★7.3
MOVIE1941
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
★6.0
MOVIE1940
Bitter Sweet
as Lady Daventry
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Laugh It Off
as Mary Carter
MOVIE1915
Fine Feathers
★7.7
MOVIE1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
★5.1
MOVIE1939
Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing
★4.3
MOVIE1934
The Mighty Barnum
as Nancy Barnum
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
★7.7
MOVIE1937
Big City
as Sophie Sloane
★6.1
MOVIE1936
Love Before Breakfast
as Mrs. Colby
★7.0
MOVIE1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Mrs. Foote
★6.3
MOVIE1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Mrs. Sinclair
★5.8
MOVIE1941
The Parson of Panamint
as Mrs. Tweedy
★6.5
MOVIE1937
The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alicia Crosby
★9.0
MOVIE1942
Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sam Houston
★5.9
MOVIE1938
Yellow Jack
as Miss Macdade
★7.3
MOVIE1935
Village Tale
as Amy Somerville
★6.0
MOVIE1934
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Craig
★8.0
MOVIE1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Olcott
★5.2
MOVIE1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1937
Between Two Women
as Miss Pringle
★5.6
MOVIE1939
Man of Conquest
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Holland
★6.4
MOVIE1937
Give Till It Hurts
as Cathy Gaffney
★4.5
MOVIE1941
A Very Young Lady
as Miss Steele
★7.5
MOVIE1938
Say It in French
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE1936
The Longest Night
as Mrs. Briggs
★5.2
MOVIE1942
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
★10.0
MOVIE1941
For Beauty's Sake
as Miss Merton
★8.0
MOVIE1939
Career
as Amy Cruthers
★5.0
MOVIE1934
The Last Gentleman
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
★6.0
MOVIE1940
The Gay Caballero
as Kate Brewster
★7.0
MOVIE1941
West Point Widow
as Mrs. Graves
★5.4
MOVIE1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. Milford
★7.5
MOVIE1936
I'd Give My Life
as Stella Bancroft
★5.5
MOVIE1935
Let's Live Tonight
as Mrs. Routledge
★7.0
MOVIE1943
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise Lowry
★10.0
MOVIE1942
Hi, Neighbor
as Hattie Greenfield
★9.0
MOVIE1937
The Good Old Soak
as Matilda Hawley
★6.5
MOVIE1939
I Was a Convict
as Mrs. Martha Harrison