Jane Darwell
| First Name | Jane |
| Last Name | Darwell |
| Full Name at Birth | Patti Woodard |
| Age | 87 (age at death) |
| Date of Birth | October 15, 1879 |
| Birthplace | Palmyra, Missouri |
| Date of Death | August 13, 1967 |
| Location of Death | Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California |
| Cause of Death | Heart Attack |
| Height | 5' 6" (168 cm) |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation Category | Actress |
| Claim to Fame | Ma Joad |
| Father | William Robert Woodard |
| Mother | Ellen Booth |
Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins.
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Filmography
Selected Jane Darwell film and TV show credits:
Acting Credits
1961
Macbeth
First Witch
1961
Follow the Sun
Charlotte Randolph
1960
New Comedy Showcase
Olga
1958
Shirley Temple's Storybook
Grandma
1958
Buckskin
Mrs. Hale
1956
My Friend Flicka
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1956
Sheriff of Cochise
Mrs. Harvey
1955
Matinee Theatre
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1954
Climax!
B. Cool, Mrs. Koestler
1954
Studio 57
Mom Riker
1954
Willy
Katherine
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
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1953
It Happens Every Thursday
Mrs. Eva Spatch
1951
Three Husbands
Mrs. Wurdeman
1951
Journey Into Light
Mack
1951
Hollywood Opening Night
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1950
Surrender
Molly Hale
1950
Father's Wild Game
Minverva Bobbin
1949
Fireside Theatre
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1947
The Red Stallion
Mrs. Aggie Curtis
1946
Three Wise Fools
Sister Mary Brigid
1945
Captain Tugboat Annie
Tugboat Annie
1944
Music in Manhattan
Mrs. Pearson
1944
Reckless Age
Mrs. Connors
1944
She's a Sweetheart
Mom
1943
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Aunt Emma Forrester
1942
The Great Gildersleeve
Aunt Emma Forrester
1942
On the Sunny Side
Annie
1942
Young America
Grandmother Nora Campbell
1941
Thieves Fall Out
Grandma Allen
1941
Private Nurse
Miss Adams
1941
Small Town Deb
Katie
1940
Youth Will Be Served
Supervisor Stormer
1939
Grand Jury Secrets
Mrs. Keefe
1939
Inside Story
Aunt Mary Perkins
1939
Miracle on Main Street
Mrs. Herman
1939
Unexpected Father
Mrs. Callahan
1938
Battle of Broadway
Mrs. Rogers
1938
Up the River
Mrs. Graham
1938
Change of Heart
Mrs. Thompson
1938
The Jury's Secret
Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother
1936
Little Miss Nobody
Martha Bradley
1936
The First Baby
Mrs. Ellis
1936
Star for a Night
Mrs. Martha Lind
1936
Laughing at Trouble
Glory Bradford
1935
Tomorrow's Youth
Mary
1935
We're Only Human
Mrs. Walsh
1935
One More Spring
Mrs. Sweeney
1935
Wig-Wag
Mrs. Winchell - Jack's Mother
1935
McFadden's Flats
Nora McFadden
1934
Blind Date
Ma Taylor
1934
David Harum
Mrs. Woolsey
1934
Finishing School
Maude - interns' receptionist
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
Landlady
1934
Journal of a Crime
Dinner Guest
1934
Wake Up and Dream
Landlady
1934
Desirable
Frederick's Mother
1934
Embarrassing Moments
Mrs. Stuckelberger
1934
The Firebird
Mrs. Miller, Apartment House Tenant
1934
Let's Talk It Over
Mrs. O'Keefe
1934
Once to Every Woman
Mrs. Wood
1934
The Most Precious Thing in Life
Mrs. O'Day
1933
Bondage
Mrs. Elizabeth Wharton
1933
Emergency Call
Head Nurse Brown
1933
He Couldn't Take It
Mrs. Case
1933
Jennie Gerhardt
Boardinghouse Keeper
1933
King for a Night
Mrs. Williams
1933
The Girl in 419
Nurse Esmond
1933
The Past of Mary Holmes
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1933
Good Housewrecking
His wife
1932
No One Man
Patient
1932
The Strange Case of Clara Deane
Mortimer's Wife
1932
Women Won't Tell
Mrs. Robinson
1931
Huckleberry Finn
Widow Douglas
1923
Little Church Around the Corner
Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster
1915
After Five
Mrs. Russell, 'Aunt Diddy'
1915
The Reform Candidate
Mrs. Haggerty
1915
The Rug Maker's Daughter
Mrs. Van Buren
1914
The Man on the Box
Mrs. Chadwick
1914
The Master Mind
Milwaukee Sadie
1914
The Only Son
Mrs. Brainerd
1914
Ready Money
Mrs. Tyler
1914
Rose of the Rancho
Senora Castro Kenton/Juanita's Mother
1913
The Capture of Aguinaldo
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1913
The Head Hunters
Matesa
1913
When Sherman Marched to the Sea
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1913
War of the Cattle Range
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1913
White Squaw, The
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1913
At Shiloh
Mrs. Carlton
1913
Cowboy Magnate, The
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