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Jane Darwell is a Actor American born on 13 october 1879 at Missouri (USA)

Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell
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Birth name Patti Mary Woodward
Nationality USA
Birth 13 october 1879 at Missouri (USA)
Death 13 august 1967 (at 87 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than one hundred major motion pictures spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Disney's musical family film, Mary Poppins.

Biography

Patti Mary Woodward a débuté au théâtre, où elle a pris son pseudonyme de Jane Darwell. Elle a rejoint le cinéma en 1913 sous la direction de Francis Ford. Elle tourne quelques films muets avant de disparaitre des affiches pendant 15 ans, puis enfin reprendre en 1930 son activité d'actrice dans des films désormais devenus parlants.

Actrice "ronde", son rôle-type est celui de la mère américaine, le cœur sur la main et la main sur la Bible.

Elle a joué dans de nombreux films notamment dans Autant en emporte le Vent (1939) dans le rôle de Mrs Dolly Merriwether et dans Mary Poppins (1964) dans le rôle de la Dame aux oiseaux.

Elle fut surtout l'inoubliable Ma Joad dans le film de John Ford, Les Raisins de la colère, pour lequel elle obtint un oscar.

Elle possède son étoile au Hollywood Walk of Fame au 6735 Hollywood Boulevard.

Best films

One Night of Love (1934)
(Actress)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
(Actress)
All That Money Can Buy (1941)
(Actress)
The Battle of Midway (1942)
(Actress)

Usually with

John Ford
John Ford
(7 films)
Thomas Little
Thomas Little
(16 films)
Oscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel
(15 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Jane Darwell (152 films)

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Actress

Roma
Roma (2004)
, 2h35
Directed by Adolfo Aristarain
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors José Sacristán, Susú Pecoraro, Marcela Kloosterboer, María Galiana, Jane Darwell, Henry Fonda
Roles Ma Joad (archive footage)
Rating73% 3.686433.686433.686433.686433.68643
Young journalist Manuel Cueto (Juan Diego Botto) is sent by his publisher boss to help solitary novelist Joaquín Góñez (José Sacristán) finish his long-overdue last book.
Mary Poppins, 2h19
Directed by Robert Stevenson, Joseph L. McEveety, Tom Leetch, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about families, Films about music and musicians, Films about birds, Musical films, Films about penguins, Children's films
Actors Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber
Roles The Bird Woman
Rating77% 3.8975553.8975553.8975553.8975553.897555
In Edwardian London, 1910, Cockney one-man band Bert is entertaining a crowd when he senses a change in the wind. Afterwards, he directly addresses the audience and gives them a tour of Cherry Tree Lane, stopping outside the home of the Banks'. George Banks returns home from his job at the bank to learn from his wife Winifred that their hired nanny, Katie Nanna, has left their service after his children, Jane and Michael, ran away again. They are returned shortly after by the local constable, who reveals that the children were dragged away by their kite. The children ask their father to help build a better kite, but he dismisses them. Taking it upon himself to hire a nanny, George advertises for a stern, no-nonsense nanny. Jane and Michael present their own advertisement for a kinder, sweeter nanny, but George rips up the letter and throws the scraps in the fireplace, which magically float up and out into the air.
Hound-Dog Man, 1h27
Directed by Don Siegel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Fabian Forte, Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Royal Dano
Roles Grandma Wilson
Rating54% 2.7228952.7228952.7228952.7228952.722895
In 1912 Clint McKinney and his younger brother Spud talk their father Aaron into letting them go on a hunting trip with their older friend, the womanising Blackie Scantling.
The Last Hurrah, 2h1
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Spencer Tracy, Jeffrey Hunter, Basil Rathbone, Dianne Foster, Pat O'Brien, Donald Crisp
Roles Delia
Rating72% 3.6462953.6462953.6462953.6462953.646295
In "a New England city," Frank Skeffington (Spencer Tracy) plans to run for a fifth term. Skeffington rose from poverty in an Irish ghetto to become mayor and former governor, and is skilled at using the power of his office and an enormous political machine of ward heelers to receive support from his Irish Catholic base and other demographics. Rumors of graft and abuse of power are widespread, however, and the Protestant bishop, newspaper publisher Amos Force (John Carradine), banker Norman Cass (Basil Rathbone), and other members of the city's traditional elite the Irish Catholics replaced oppose Skeffington; so does Martin Burke (Donald Crisp), Catholic cardinal, Skeffington's childhood friend. They support the candidacy of Kevin McCluskey (Charles B. Fitzsimons), a young Catholic lawyer and war veteran with no political experience.
There's Always Tomorrow, 1h24
Directed by Douglas Sirk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Joan Bennett, William Reynolds, Jane Darwell, Pat Crowley
Roles Mme Rogers
Rating73% 3.694633.694633.694633.694633.69463
Toy manufacturer Clifford Groves (Fred MacMurray) is married to Marion (Joan Bennett), with three children, Vinnie (William Reynolds), Ellen (Gigi Perreau) and Frankie (Judy Nugent), but lately life has become drab and routine. A former co-worker, Norma Miller Vale (Barbara Stanwyck), turns up unexpectedly and is now a glamorous fashion designer.
Girls in Prison, 1h27
Directed by John McNaughton, Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Richard Denning, Joan Taylor, Mae Marsh, Anne Heche, Adele Jergens, Ione Skye
Roles Matron Jamieson
Rating53% 2.6624152.6624152.6624152.6624152.662415
Anne Carson (Joan Taylor) is sent to a women's prison for allegedly participating in a bank robbery with two others, one, Paul Anderson (Lance Fuller) who is still at large. The money was never recovered and all eyes are on Anne who denies knowing about the money.
Hit the Deck, 1h52
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Ann Miller, Tony Martin, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Raymond
Roles Jenny
Rating64% 3.240163.240163.240163.240163.24016
During "Operation Ice Cream" at a U.S. Navy reservation in the Arctic, buddies Danny Xavier Smith and Rico Ferrari are exempted from a swimming lesson in the icy water when their friend, Chief Boatswain's Mate William F. Clark, recruits them to bake a birthday cake for the commander. Bill explains that a planeload of replacements is due in, and if they impress the commander with the cake, they may be selected to go home. When Bill leaves them in the kitchen, Danny and Rico admit that neither one knows how to bake, and they come up with the idea to poke holes in another sailor's failed attempt at a cake, fill the holes with rum, then dress the whole thing up with candles and icing. The commander is delighted, but the cake combusts when he blows out the candles, and the three friends find themselves transferred to "Operation Mud Pie" in a snake-infested swamp.
A Life at Stake, 1h18
Directed by Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Angela Lansbury, Keith Andes, Douglass Dumbrille, Jane Darwell, Claudia Barrett, Gavin Gordon
Roles Landlady
Rating57% 2.896412.896412.896412.896412.89641
Down-on-his-luck Los Angeles architect and builder Edward Shaw (Keith Andes) is approached by Doris Hillman (Angela Lansbury) with a business proposal: buying land together, on which he would build houses that she would then sell, using her experience as a former real estate broker. Her husband, Gus Hillman, a wealthy businessman, would be willing to contribute half a million dollars as capital for the venture.
The Bigamist, 1h20
Directed by Ida Lupino
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmond O'Brien, Edmund Gwenn, Kenneth Tobey, Jane Darwell
Roles Mrs. Connelley
Rating67% 3.395413.395413.395413.395413.39541
Harry (Edmond O'Brien) and Eve Graham (Joan Fontaine) want to adopt a child, as Eve is infertile. Adoption agent Mr Jordan (Edmund Gwenn) warns the couple that he would need to investigate them thoroughly. Harry looks curiously at Jordan, something that worries Jordan.
Affair with a Stranger, 1h27
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Jane Darwell, Dabbs Greer, Monica Lewis, Olive Carey
Roles Ma Stanton
Rating57% 2.8526752.8526752.8526752.8526752.852675
On a train, playwright Bill Blakeley fends off the romantic flirtations of Janet Boothe, an actress from his play. But when wife Carolyn decides not to join him, Bill makes a dinner date with Janet, who plants a story with a gossip columnist about the Blakeleys possibly heading for a divorce.
The Sun Shines Bright, 1h30
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Western
Actors Charles Winninger, John Russell, Arleen Whelan, Russell Simpson, Stepin Fetchit, Francis Ford
Roles Aurora Ratchitt
Rating68% 3.4420453.4420453.4420453.4420453.442045
Sur fond de campagne électorale en 1905 dans une petite ville du Kentucky, des hommes se déchirent pour une femme. Alcoolique notoire, le juge Priest se représente aux élections locales. Prenant la défense d'un jeune Noir accusé injustement d'un viol d’une Blanche et participe aux obsèques d’une prostituée notoire, ce qui lui vaut le respect des uns et l’hostilité des autres. De vieux secrets de familles resurgissent...
It Happens Every Thursday, 1h20
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Loretta Young, John Forsythe, Jane Darwell, Frank McHugh, Edgar Buchanan, Gregg Palmer
Roles Mrs. Spatch
Rating63% 3.1929353.1929353.1929353.1929353.192935
A high-powered couple move from New York City to a small-town where they operate the local newspaper.
We're Not Married!, 1h26
Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films, Films about marriage
Actors Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas
Roles Mrs. Bush
Rating63% 3.1978353.1978353.1978353.1978353.197835
When elderly Mr. Bush (Victor Moore) is appointed justice of the peace, he starts marrying couples on Christmas Eve. However, his appointment isn't valid until the first of January. Two years later, this issue becomes known when one of the six couples he married files divorce. To avoid a bigger scandal, the remaining five couples are informed that they are not really married. The film then shows how the couples react on the news:
Excuse My Dust
Directed by Buster Keaton, Edward Sedgwick, Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Auto racing films, Road movies
Actors Red Skelton, Sally Forrest, Macdonald Carey, Jane Darwell, Monica Lewis, William Demarest
Roles Mrs. Belden
Rating61% 3.051273.051273.051273.051273.05127
Amateur inventor Joe Belden has his Indiana hometown in a tizzy over his new "horseless carriage" in 1895. It runs on gasoline, but the townspeople aren't impressed and only Joe's mom and his sweetheart Liz Bullitt are supportive.
Journey Into Light, 1h27
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lindfors, Thomas Mitchell, Ludwig Donath, H. B. Warner, Jane Darwell
Roles Mack
Rating62% 3.140563.140563.140563.140563.14056
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide.