The Mark of Zorro1940
As Senora Isabella Vega
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Janet Beecher
Born
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)
The Lady Eve1941
As Janet Pike
TMDb 7.3 / 10
All This, and Heaven Too1940
As Miss Haines
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Reap the Wild Wind1942
As Mrs. Mottram
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Rosalie1937
As Miss Baker
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle1939
As Mrs. Foote
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line1997
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
So Red the Rose1935
As Sally Bedford
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Dark Angel1935
As Mrs. Shannon
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Say It in French1938
As Mrs. Laura Carrington
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Bitter Sweet1940
As Lady Daventry
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Good Old Soak1937
As Matilda Hawley
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Gallant Lady1933
As Maria Sherwood
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Judge Hardy's Children1938
As Miss Budge
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Fine Feathers1915
Silver Queen1942
As Mrs. Laura Forsythe
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Man Who Lost Himself1941
As Mrs. Milford
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch1942
As Mrs. Olcott
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour1943
As Eloise Lowry
TMDb 7.0 / 10
My Dear Miss Aldrich1937
As Mrs. Sinclair
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Tragedy at Midnight1942
As Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
West Point Widow1941
As Mrs. Graves
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Beg, Borrow or Steal1937
As Mrs. Agatha Steward
TMDb 6.0 / 10
A Very Young Lady1941
As Miss Steele
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Let's Live Tonight1935
As Mrs. Routledge
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Parson of Panamint1941
As Mrs. Tweedy
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Men of Texas1942
As Mrs. Sam Houston
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Land of Liberty1939
As (archive footage)
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Yellow Jack1938
As Miss Macdade
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Big City1937
As Sophie Sloane
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Between Two Women1937
As Miss Pringle
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Mighty Barnum1934
As Nancy Barnum
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Longest Night1936
As Mrs. Briggs
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Village Tale1935
As Amy Somerville
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Man of Conquest1939
As Mrs. Sarah Lea
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The President Vanishes1934
As Mrs. Craig
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Love Before Breakfast1936
As Mrs. Colby
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Thirteenth Chair1937
As Lady Alicia Crosby
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Letter From Bataan1942
As Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
TMDb 5.2 / 10
I Was a Convict
I Was a Convict1939
As Mrs. Martha Harrison
TMDb 6.5 / 10
For Beauty's Sake1941
As Miss Merton
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Slightly Honorable1939
As Mrs. Cushing
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Laugh It Off
Laugh It Off1939
As Mary Carter
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 11939
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
I'd Give My Life
I'd Give My Life1936
As Stella Bancroft
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Last Gentleman1934
As Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Hi, Neighbor1942
As Hattie Greenfield
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Woman Against Woman1938
As Mrs. Holland
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Career1939
As Amy Cruthers
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Gay Caballero1940
As Kate Brewster
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Give Till It Hurts1937
As Cathy Gaffney
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb