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.
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike
Rosalie
as Miss Baker
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
Big City
as Sophie Sloane
Yellow Jack
as Miss Macdade
The Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella Vega
Hi, Neighbor
as Hattie Greenfield
All This, and Heaven Too
as Miss Haines
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Say It in French
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
So Red the Rose
as Sally Bedford
Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing
Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Holland
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. Milford
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Mrs. Foote
Village Tale
as Amy Somerville
The Dark Angel
as Mrs. Shannon
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Between Two Women
as Miss Pringle
Career
as Amy Cruthers
Bitter Sweet
as Lady Daventry
Gallant Lady
as Maria Sherwood
Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sam Houston
The Last Gentleman
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
Love Before Breakfast
as Mrs. Colby
Judge Hardy's Children
as Miss Budge
West Point Widow
as Mrs. Graves
Man of Conquest
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
The Parson of Panamint
as Mrs. Tweedy
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
For Beauty's Sake
as Miss Merton
Let's Live Tonight
as Mrs. Routledge
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Mrs. Sinclair
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Olcott
The Gay Caballero
as Kate Brewster
The Longest Night
as Mrs. Briggs
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
The Good Old Soak
as Matilda Hawley
I Was a Convict
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Craig
Give Till It Hurts
as Cathy Gaffney
The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alicia Crosby
A Very Young Lady
as Miss Steele
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise Lowry
The Mighty Barnum
as Nancy Barnum
Laugh It Off
as Mary Carter
I'd Give My Life
as Stella Bancroft
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
