Janet Beecher
Acting
Born: 1884-10-20 in Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
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
The Mark of Zorro
Senora Isabella Vega
The Lady Eve
Janet Pike
Gallant Lady
Maria Sherwood
All This, and Heaven Too
Miss Haines
Reap the Wild Wind
Mrs. Mottram
Fine Feathers
Rosalie
Miss Baker
The Dark Angel
Mrs. Shannon
Judge Hardy's Children
Miss Budge
So Red the Rose
Sally Bedford
Land of Liberty
(archive footage)
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
Self (archive footage)
Bitter Sweet
Lady Daventry
Beg, Borrow or Steal
Mrs. Agatha Steward
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Mrs. Foote
Between Two Women
Miss Pringle
Career
Amy Cruthers
The Man Who Lost Himself
Mrs. Milford
Man of Conquest
Mrs. Sarah Lea
West Point Widow
Mrs. Graves
Yellow Jack
Miss Macdade
Big City
Sophie Sloane
The President Vanishes
Mrs. Craig
Say It in French
Mrs. Laura Carrington
Love Before Breakfast
Mrs. Colby
Let's Live Tonight
Mrs. Routledge
A Tragedy at Midnight
Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
Woman Against Woman
Mrs. Holland
Village Tale
Amy Somerville
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Eloise Lowry
My Dear Miss Aldrich
Mrs. Sinclair
Men of Texas
Mrs. Sam Houston
Give Till It Hurts
Cathy Gaffney
Slightly Honorable
Mrs. Cushing
Silver Queen
Mrs. Laura Forsythe
For Beauty's Sake
Miss Merton
A Very Young Lady
Miss Steele
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Mrs. Olcott