From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJanet 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 Hollywoods 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 Powers mother in the adventure film The Mark of Zorro (1940), and Henry Fondas 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.

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Reap the Wild Wind

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Slightly Honorable

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Poster movie The Mark of Zorro

The Mark of Zorro

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Poster movie All This, and Heaven Too

All This, and Heaven Too

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The Good Old Soak

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Man of Conquest

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West Point Widow

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The Lady Eve

Janet Pike

Movie 1941

Rosalie

Miss Baker

Movie 1937

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Mrs. Foote

Movie 1939

Big City

Sophie Sloane

Movie 1937

A Tragedy at Midnight

Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)

Movie 1942

The Mighty Barnum

Nancy Barnum

Movie 1934

Village Tale

Amy Somerville

Movie 1935

Love Before Breakfast

Mrs. Colby

Movie 1936

Give Till It Hurts

Cathy Gaffney

Movie 1937

Gallant Lady

Maria Sherwood

Movie 1933

My Dear Miss Aldrich

Mrs. Sinclair

Movie 1937

The Last Gentleman

Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter

Movie 1934

The Thirteenth Chair

Lady Alissia Crosby

Movie 1937

I'd Give My Life

Stella Bancroft

Movie 1936

The Longest Night

Mrs. Briggs

Movie 1936

Between Two Women

Miss Pringle

Movie 1937

Beg, Borrow or Steal

Mrs. Agatha Steward

Movie 1937

So Red the Rose

Sally Bedford

Movie 1935

Judge Hardy's Children

Miss Budge

Movie 1938

Bitter Sweet

Lady Daventry

Movie 1940

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Mrs. Olcott

Movie 1942

The Dark Angel

Mrs. Shannon

Movie 1935

Say It in French

Mrs. Laura Carrington

Movie 1938

Land of Liberty

(archive footage)

Movie 1939

Career

Amy Cruthers

Movie 1939

Woman Against Woman

Mrs. Holland

Movie 1938

The President Vanishes

Mrs. Craig

Movie 1934

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

Eloise Lowry

Movie 1943

A Letter From Bataan

Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis

Movie 1942

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Self (archive footage)

Movie 1997

The Gay Caballero

Kate Brewster

Movie 1940

Hi, Neighbor

Hattie Greenfield

Movie 1942

The Parson of Panamint

Mrs. Tweedy

Movie 1941

I Was a Convict

Mrs. Martha Harrison

Movie 1939

Laugh It Off

Mary Carter

Movie 1939

Men of Texas

Mrs. Sam Houston

Movie 1942

Silver Queen

Mrs. Laura Forsythe

Movie 1942

The Man Who Lost Himself

Mrs. Milford

Movie 1941

Yellow Jack

Miss Macdade

Movie 1938

Let's Live Tonight

Mrs. Routledge

Movie 1935

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Self

Movie 1939

A Very Young Lady

Miss Steele

Movie 1941

For Beauty's Sake

Miss Merton

Movie 1941