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Janet Beecher

Acting Born Oct 20, 1884 Jefferson City, Missouri, USA 24 credits

Biography

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Janet 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 Hollywood's 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 Power's mother in the adventure film The Mark of Zorro (1940), and Henry Fonda's 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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Known for

Film

The Lady Eve

as Janet Pike

Full filmography

  • The Mark of Zorro (1940) as Senora Isabella Vega
  • The Lady Eve (1941) as Janet Pike
  • Reap the Wild Wind (1942) as Mrs. Mottram
  • Gallant Lady (1933) as Maria Sherwood
  • Rosalie (1937) as Miss Baker
  • All This, and Heaven Too (1940) as Miss Haines
  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Dark Angel (1935) as Mrs. Shannon
  • Yellow Jack (1938) as Miss Macdade
  • Big City (1937) as Sophie Sloane
  • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) as Mrs. Foote
  • Bitter Sweet (1940) as Lady Daventry
  • Silver Queen (1942) as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
  • So Red the Rose (1935) as Sally Bedford
  • Land of Liberty (1939) as (archive footage)
  • Give Till It Hurts (1937) as Cathy Gaffney
  • The President Vanishes (1934) as Mrs. Craig
  • Men of Texas (1942) as Mrs. Sam Houston
  • Let's Live Tonight (1935) as Mrs. Routledge
  • The Thirteenth Chair (1937) as Lady Alicia Crosby
  • Man of Conquest (1939) as Mrs. Sarah Lea
  • Love Before Breakfast (1936) as Mrs. Colby
  • A Tragedy at Midnight (1942) as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
  • Judge Hardy's Children (1938) as Miss Budge