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.
Janet Pike
Film 1941
Miss Baker
Film 1937
Mrs. Foote
Film 1939
Sophie Sloane
Film 1937
Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
Film 1942
Nancy Barnum
Film 1934
Amy Somerville
Film 1935
Mrs. Colby
Film 1936
Cathy Gaffney
Film 1937
Maria Sherwood
Film 1933
Mrs. Sinclair
Film 1937
Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
Film 1934
Lady Alissia Crosby
Film 1937
Stella Bancroft
Film 1936
Mrs. Briggs
Film 1936
Miss Pringle
Film 1937
Mrs. Agatha Steward
Film 1937
Sally Bedford
Film 1935
Miss Budge
Film 1938
Lady Daventry
Film 1940
Mrs. Olcott
Film 1942
Mrs. Shannon
Film 1935
Mrs. Laura Carrington
Film 1938
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Film 1939
Amy Cruthers
Film 1939
Mrs. Holland
Film 1938
Mrs. Craig
Film 1934
Eloise Lowry
Film 1943
Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
Film 1942
Self (archive footage)
Film 1997
Kate Brewster
Film 1940
Hattie Greenfield
Film 1942
Mrs. Tweedy
Film 1941
Mrs. Martha Harrison
Film 1939
Mary Carter
Film 1939
Mrs. Sam Houston
Film 1942
Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Film 1942
Mrs. Milford
Film 1941
Miss Macdade
Film 1938
Mrs. Routledge
Film 1935
Self
Film 1939
Miss Steele
Film 1941
Miss Merton
Film 1941