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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 20, 1884
Died
August 6, 1955
Place of Birth
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Janet Meysenberg
Janet Beecher
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997
6.0
Eloise Lowry
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943
5.7
Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Silver Queen
1942
0.0
Mrs. Olcott
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942
4.5
Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
A Letter From Bataan
1942
0.0
Hattie Greenfield
Hi, Neighbor
1942
0.0
Mrs. Sam Houston
Men of Texas
1942
6.4
Mrs. Mottram
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
4.0
Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
5.0
Mrs. Tweedy
The Parson of Panamint
1941
Credits
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
1997
7.0
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise Lowry
1943
6.0
Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
1942
5.7
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Olcott
1942
0.0
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
1942
4.5
Hi, Neighbor
as Hattie Greenfield
1942
0.0
Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sam Houston
1942
0.0
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
1942
6.4
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
1942
4.0
The Parson of Panamint
as Mrs. Tweedy
1941
5.0
A Very Young Lady
as Miss Steele
1941
1.0
West Point Widow
as Mrs. Graves
1941
6.0
For Beauty's Sake
as Miss Merton
1941
0.0
The Man Who Lost Himself
as Mrs. Milford
1941
4.0
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike
1941
7.2
The Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella Vega
1940
7.1
Bitter Sweet
as Lady Daventry
1940
5.8
The Gay Caballero
as Kate Brewster
1940
5.2
All This, and Heaven Too
as Miss Haines
1940
7.1
Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing
1939
4.7
🎬
Laugh It Off
as Mary Carter
1939
2.0
🎬
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
as Self
1939
6.0
Career
as Amy Cruthers
1939
0.0
Land of Liberty
as (archive footage)
1939
0.0
Man of Conquest
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
1939
5.4
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Mrs. Foote
1939
6.9
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I Was a Convict
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
1939
5.0
Say It in French
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
1938
0.0
Woman Against Woman
as Mrs. Holland
1938
6.5
Yellow Jack
as Miss Macdade
1938
5.6
Judge Hardy's Children
as Miss Budge
1938
6.5
Rosalie
as Miss Baker
1937
5.5
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
1937
4.5
Give Till It Hurts
as Cathy Gaffney
1937
5.7
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Mrs. Sinclair
1937
6.1
Big City
as Sophie Sloane
1937
7.4
Between Two Women
as Miss Pringle
1937
5.5
The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alissia Crosby
1937
6.1
The Good Old Soak
as Matilda Hawley
1937
0.0
The Longest Night
as Mrs. Briggs
1936
5.7
🎬
I'd Give My Life
as Stella Bancroft
1936
6.0
Love Before Breakfast
as Mrs. Colby
1936
5.8
So Red the Rose
as Sally Bedford
1935
6.5
The Dark Angel
as Mrs. Shannon
1935
6.2
Village Tale
as Amy Somerville
1935
4.5
Let's Live Tonight
as Mrs. Routledge
1935
1.0
The Mighty Barnum
as Nancy Barnum
1934
0.5
The President Vanishes
as Mrs. Craig
1934
7.0
The Last Gentleman
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
1934
3.0
Gallant Lady
as Maria Sherwood
1933
6.0