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Janet Beecher
- Name: Janet Beecher
- Birthday: 1884-10-20
- Also known as: Janet Meysenberg
- Place of birth: Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
- Popularity: 0.959
Biography:
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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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line as Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-12 |
| Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour as Eloise Lowry | 1943-04-30 |
| Silver Queen as Mrs. Laura Forsythe | 1942-11-14 |
| Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Mrs. Olcott | 1942-10-01 |
| A Letter From Bataan as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis | 1942-09-15 |
| Hi, Neighbor as Hattie Greenfield | 1942-07-27 |
| Men of Texas as Mrs. Sam Houston | 1942-07-03 |
| Reap the Wild Wind as Mrs. Mottram | 1942-03-26 |
| A Tragedy at Midnight as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited) | 1942-02-02 |
| The Parson of Panamint as Mrs. Tweedy | 1941-07-25 |
| A Very Young Lady as Miss Steele | 1941-06-27 |
| West Point Widow as Mrs. Graves | 1941-06-20 |
| For Beauty's Sake as Miss Merton | 1941-06-06 |
| The Man Who Lost Himself as Mrs. Milford | 1941-03-21 |
| The Lady Eve as Janet Pike | 1941-02-25 |
| Bitter Sweet as Lady Daventry | 1940-11-08 |
| The Mark of Zorro as Senora Isabella Vega | 1940-11-08 |
| The Gay Caballero as Kate Brewster | 1940-10-04 |
| All This, and Heaven Too as Miss Haines | 1940-07-05 |
| Slightly Honorable as Mrs. Cushing | 1939-12-22 |
| Laugh It Off as Mary Carter | 1939-12-01 |
| Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 as Self | 1939-09-22 |
| Career as Amy Cruthers | 1939-07-07 |
| Land of Liberty as (archive footage) | 1939-06-15 |
| Man of Conquest as Mrs. Sarah Lea | 1939-05-15 |
| The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Mrs. Foote | 1939-03-29 |
| I Was a Convict as Mrs. Martha Harrison | 1939-03-06 |
| Say It in French as Mrs. Laura Carrington | 1938-11-25 |
| Woman Against Woman as Mrs. Holland | 1938-06-24 |
| Yellow Jack as Miss Macdade | 1938-05-19 |
| Judge Hardy's Children as Miss Budge | 1938-03-26 |
| Rosalie as Miss Baker | 1937-12-24 |
| Beg, Borrow or Steal as Mrs. Agatha Steward | 1937-12-03 |
| Give Till It Hurts as Cathy Gaffney | 1937-09-18 |
| My Dear Miss Aldrich as Mrs. Sinclair | 1937-09-17 |
| Big City as Sophie Sloane | 1937-09-03 |
| Between Two Women as Miss Pringle | 1937-07-09 |
| The Thirteenth Chair as Lady Alissia Crosby | 1937-05-07 |
| The Good Old Soak as Matilda Hawley | 1937-04-23 |
| The Longest Night as Mrs. Briggs | 1936-10-02 |
| I'd Give My Life as Stella Bancroft | 1936-08-13 |
| Love Before Breakfast as Mrs. Colby | 1936-03-09 |
| So Red the Rose as Sally Bedford | 1935-12-20 |
| The Dark Angel as Mrs. Shannon | 1935-09-08 |
| Village Tale as Amy Somerville | 1935-06-15 |
| Let's Live Tonight | 1935-03-16 |
| The Mighty Barnum as Nancy Barnum | 1934-12-23 |
| The President Vanishes as Mrs. Craig | 1934-11-17 |
| The Last Gentleman as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter | 1934-04-27 |
| Gallant Lady as Maria Sherwood | 1933-12-07 |
