Janet Beecher

Janet Beecher

10/20/1884 – 8/6/1955Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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 (51 titles)

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line7.7Movie

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Self (archive footage) · 1997

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour7.0Movie

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

Eloise Lowry · 1943

Silver Queen6.0Movie

Silver Queen

Mrs. Laura Forsythe · 1942

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch8.0Movie

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Olcott · 1942

A Letter From Bataan5.2Movie

A Letter From Bataan

Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis · 1942

Hi, Neighbor10.0Movie

Hi, Neighbor

Hattie Greenfield · 1942

Men of Texas9.0Movie

Men of Texas

Mrs. Sam Houston · 1942

Reap the Wild Wind6.4Movie

Reap the Wild Wind

Mrs. Mottram · 1942

A Tragedy at Midnight5.2Movie

A Tragedy at Midnight

Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) · 1942

The Parson of Panamint5.8Movie

The Parson of Panamint

Mrs. Tweedy · 1941

A Very Young Lady4.5Movie

A Very Young Lady

Miss Steele · 1941

West Point Widow7.0Movie

West Point Widow

Mrs. Graves · 1941

For Beauty's Sake10.0Movie

For Beauty's Sake

Miss Merton · 1941

The Man Who Lost Himself5.4Movie

The Man Who Lost Himself

Mrs. Milford · 1941

The Lady Eve7.3Movie

The Lady Eve

Janet Pike · 1941

Bitter Sweet6.0Movie

Bitter Sweet

Lady Daventry · 1940

The Mark of Zorro7.1Movie

The Mark of Zorro

Senora Isabella Vega · 1940

The Gay Caballero6.0Movie

The Gay Caballero

Kate Brewster · 1940

All This, and Heaven Too7.2Movie

All This, and Heaven Too

Miss Haines · 1940

Slightly Honorable5.1Movie

Slightly Honorable

Mrs. Cushing · 1939

6.0Movie

Laugh It Off

Mary Carter · 1939

6.0Movie

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Self · 1939

Career8.0Movie

Career

Amy Cruthers · 1939

Land of Liberty9.0Movie

Land of Liberty

(archive footage) · 1939

Man of Conquest5.6Movie

Man of Conquest

Mrs. Sarah Lea · 1939

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle7.0Movie

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Mrs. Foote · 1939

6.5Movie

I Was a Convict

Mrs. Martha Harrison · 1939

Say It in French7.5Movie

Say It in French

Mrs. Laura Carrington · 1938

Woman Against Woman7.0Movie

Woman Against Woman

Mrs. Holland · 1938

Yellow Jack5.9Movie

Yellow Jack

Miss Macdade · 1938