She survived the death of her husband in 1905, the San Francisco earthquake in 1906 and raising four children with no money. In 1926, when she was 64 she became one of the most mature freshman ever to enter the University of California. She graduated 6 years later with her B.A. degree. In 1940 she went to Hollywood, where she began her acting career. Best known for her role in Shirley Temples Storybook production of Sleeping Beauty, although she is probably seen most often in Going My Way as Father Fitzgibbons elderly mother.Date of Birth 19 September 1862, Benton County, Iowa, USADate of Death 13 August 1961, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Granny Gailbraith (uncredited)
Movie 1950
Madame Queen Zimba
Movie 1943
Grandma Diedrich
Movie 1942
Librarian (as Adeline DeWalt Reynolds)
Movie 1943
Mama Ruau
Movie 1942
Mrs. Burnside
Movie 1949
Mme. Antoinette d'Autremont (uncredited)
Movie 1952
Himself
Movie 1956
Mrs. Waters (uncredited)
Movie 1945
Mrs. Molly Fitzgibbon (uncredited)
Movie 1944
Mrs. Schneider (uncredited)
Movie 1943
Grandma (uncredited)
Movie 1942
Dona Lucia Castillo
Movie 1945
Grandmother
Movie 1943
Old Woman Reading (uncredited)
Movie 1945
Old woman
Movie 1948
Elsa's Old Mother (Laughton sequence)
Movie 1942
Mrs. Vadney
Movie 1953
Old Woman
Tv 1958