This Gun for Hire1942
As Mrs. Mason (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sarah Padden
Born
Sarah Padden was a character actress in theater and vaudeville from Chicago, Illinois. She performed on stage in the early 20th century. She is noted for her expressive voice and for her psychological studies of the characters she portrayed. Her finest single-act performance was in The Clod, a stage production in which she played an uneducated woman who lived on a farm during the American Civil War. Padden was a featured player on the Orpheum Circuit, Inc.. She had a role in His Grace de Grammont, a romantic comedy by Clyde Fitch which came to the Park Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts in September 1905. The production starred Skinner and was based on the life of a chevalier in the court of Charles II. Padden appeared again with Skinner in a four-act play produced by Charles Frohman, The Honor of the Family, by Emile Fabre, which was presented in New Rochelle, New York in September 1907. Another of her theatrical parts was in Hell-Bent Fer Heaven, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Hatcher Hughes. It was performed at the Wilkes Orange Grove Theater (Majestic Theater), 845 South Broadway (Los Angeles), in November 1925. She was also an active screen actress from 1926 to 1958, appearing in 178 films and TV shows. In 1938, she played Ma Thayer in MGM's Rich Man Poor Girl, directed by Reinhold Schunzel and starring Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, and Lana Turner. Bill Harrison (Robert Young) a wealthy young businessman moves in with secretary girlfriend Joan Thayer's (Ruth Hussey) eccentric family to convince her they can make their marriage work. In 1941, she played wealthy spinster Aunt Cassandra ("Cassie") Hildegarde Denham in Murder by Invitation, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Wallace Ford and Marian Marsh. In this "closed room" murder comedy, after they unsuccessfully attempt to have her declared legally insane to gain control of her fortune, her nephews and nieces are invited to a week's visit at her mansion where they are murdered one by one.
Filmography (132)
Grand Hotel1932
As Chambermaid in Room 174 (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Hangmen Also Die!1943
As Mrs. Georgia Dvorak
TMDb 6.9 / 10
A Woman's Face1941
As Police Matron
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Mata Hari1931
As Sister Teresa (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn1939
As Woman Wanting Needle Threaded (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Pride of the Yankees1942
As Mrs. Roberts (uncredited)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Anna Karenina1935
As Governess
TMDb 6.6 / 10
A Life of Her Own1950
As Betsy Ross Hotel Overseer (uncredited)
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Mad Love1935
As Crippled Girl's Mother (Uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Casanova Brown1944
As Mrs. Smith
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Ramrod1947
As Mrs. Parks
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Angel on My Shoulder1946
As Agatha (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
House by the River1950
As Mrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook
TMDb 6.8 / 10
I Stole a Million1939
As Lady in Post Office (uncredited)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Wild Girl1932
As Lize
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Bad Girl1931
As Mrs. Gardner
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Rasputin and the Empress1932
As Duna the Landlady (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Trail Street1947
As Mrs. Ferguson (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Blondie of the Follies1932
As Ma McClune
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Dakota1945
As Mrs. Plummer
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Summer Storm1944
As Beggar Woman (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Red-Headed Woman1932
As Mary, Legendre Maid (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Rich Man, Poor Girl1938
As Ma
TMDb 6.1 / 10
So Goes My Love1946
As Bridget
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Kettles in the Ozarks1956
As Mrs. Tinware
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sob Sister1931
As Ma Stevens
TMDb 7.0 / 10
He Was Her Man1934
As Mrs. Gardella
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Dude Goes West1948
As Mrs. Hallihan
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Possessed1947
As Mrs. Norris, the Caretaker’s Wife (uncredited)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Man Who Lost Himself1941
As Maid
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Wild Bill Hickok Rides1942
As Mrs. Kimball
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Lady in a Jam1942
As Miner’s Wife (uncredited)
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Little Tough Guys in Society1938
As Victim
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Face in the Sky1933
As Ma Brown
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Return of the Whistler1948
As Mrs. Hulskamp
TMDb 6.0 / 10
City of Missing Girls1941
As Mrs. Randolph
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Big Jim McLain1952
As Mrs. Lexiter
TMDb 5.0 / 10
That Brennan Girl1946
As Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady
TMDb 5.5 / 10
The Corsican Brothers1942
As Nurse
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad1948
As Mom Palooka
TMDb 8.0 / 10
A Dog of Flanders1935
As Frau Keller
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Power and the Glory1933
As Henry's Wife
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Chad Hanna1940
As Mrs. Todd
TMDb 7.0 / 10
So This Is Washington1943
As Aunt Charity Speers
TMDb 5.3 / 10
San Diego I Love You1944
As Mrs. Gulliver (uncredited)
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Sin of Nora Moran1933
As Mrs. Watts
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Homicide1949
As Mrs. Webb
TMDb 5.7 / 10
This Is the Life1944
As Sarah (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Riders of the West1942
As Ma Turner
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Man of Two Worlds1934
As Olago
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Screaming Mimi1958
As Landlady
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Heart of the Rio Grande1942
As 'Skipper' Forbes
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Joe Palooka in the Knockout1947
As Mom Palooka
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Young America1932
As Mrs. Mary Taylor
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Tess of the Storm Country1932
As Old Martha
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Stranded1935
As Workman's Wife (uncredited)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Defense Rests1934
As Mrs. Evans
TMDb 7.1 / 10
As the Earth Turns1934
As Mrs. Janowski
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Assignment in Brittany1943
As Albertine
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm1932
As Mrs Cobb
TMDb 10.0 / 10
David Harum1934
As Widow
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Range Justice1949
As Ma Curtis
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Billy the Kid1930
As Homesteader Mrs. Foster (uncredited)
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Forgotten Girls1940
As Miss Donaldson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Romance of the Limberlost1938
As Sarah
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Sophomore1929
As Mrs. Collins
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Again Pioneers1950
As Ma Ashby
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Girl with an Itch1958
As Cookie
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Kongo1932
As Nun (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Son of the Navy1940
As Mrs. Baker - Landlady
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ann Vickers1933
As Lil
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Off the Record1939
As Mrs. Fallon (uncredited)
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Pilgrimage1933
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Navy Way1944
As Mrs. Margaret Gimble (uncredited), Mrs. Margaret Gimble
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Doctor Bull1933
As Mary the Canning Cook
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Murder by Invitation1941
As Cassandra Hildegard Denham
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Girl Rush1944
As Mrs. Emma Mason
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Identity Unknown1945
As Mrs. Anderson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Frontier Revenge1948
As Widow Owens
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Prince of Players1955
As Mary Todd Lincoln (uncredited)
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Wild West1946
As Carrie Bannister
TMDb 9.0 / 10
Tomorrow's Children1934
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Wildfire1945
As Aunt Agatha
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Wonder of Women1929
As Anna
TMDb 4.0 / 10
The Master Key1945
As Aggie
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Gentleman Joe Palooka1946
As Mom Palooka
Apology for Murder1945
As Maggie
TMDb 4.9 / 10
Women Won't Tell1932
As Aggie Specks
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Power of God1942
As Esther Worne
The Mad Monster1942
As Grandmother
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Should a Girl Marry?1939
As Mrs. Wilson
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Lone Star Raiders1940
As Lydia 'Granny' Phelps
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Important Witness1933
As Deaf Woman
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Let Freedom Ring1939
As 'Ma' Logan
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Exiled to Shanghai1937
As Aunt Jane
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Range Law1944
As Boots Annie
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Hoosier Schoolmaster1935
As Sarah
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Ghost Guns1944
As Aunt Sally
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Song of Old Wyoming1945
As Ma Conway
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Love and Learn1947
As Mrs. Grant (uncredited)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
The Woman Who Did Not Care1927
As Mrs. Carroll
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Woman Against Woman1938
As Dora
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Law and Order1942
As Mary Todd
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Midnight Lady1932
As Nita St. George
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Riders of the Dawn1945
As Melinda Pringle
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Trail to Gunsight1944
As Grandma Wagner
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Youth on Parole1937
As Mrs. Blair
TMDb 3.9 / 10
The Yellow Ticket1931
As Mother Kalish
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Idea Girl1946
As Old Lady
TMDb 8.0 / 10
In Old Colorado1941
As Ma Harriet Woods
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Great Meadow1931
As Mistress Molly Hall
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Missourians1950
As Mother Kovacs
TMDb 8.0 / 10
My Dog Shep1946
As Carrie Hodgkins
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Today1930
As Emma Warner
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Joe Palooka, Champ1946
As Mom Palooka
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Zero Hour1939
As Sister Theodosia
TMDb 5.3 / 10
Reg'lar Fellers1941
As Hetty Carter
TMDb 4.2 / 10
Women in Prison1938
As Martha Wilson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Bugle Call1927
As Luke's Wife
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Marshal of Laredo1945
As Mrs. Randall
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Companionate Marriage1928
As Mrs. Williams
TMDb 3.3 / 10
Cross-Examination1932
As Mary Stevens
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Gunslingers1950
As Rawhide Rosie Rawlins
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Utah Wagon Train1951
As Sarah Wendover
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Family Troubles1943
As Mrs. Jones
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hide-Out1930
As Mrs. Dorgan
TMDb 10.0 / 10
When Strangers Meet1934
As Lucy Tarman
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie1938
As Mrs. Nora Moriarty
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Obey the Law1926
As The Mother
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Private Snuffy Smith1942
As Lowizie Smith
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Trifles1930
As Mrs. Wright
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb