Spring Byington: movies and TV shows
Spring Byington has 117 credits in the archive: 101 films and 16 TV series, from 1933 to 1997. Highest rated: I Dream of Jeannie (7.8/10).
Career timeline
1933 – 1997 · busiest year: 1937 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.7 | 110 |
| 1997 | Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 110 |
| 1984 | Going Hollywood: The '30s | (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 97 |
| 1967 | The Flying Nun | Mother General | TV | 6.3 | 80 |
| 1966 | Batman | J. Pauline Spaghetti | TV | 7.3 | 79 |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Mother | TV | 7.8 | 78 |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Iris Fuchsia | TV | 5.9 | 76 |
| 1963 | The Greatest Show on Earth | Louise | TV | 7.5 | 76 |
| 1960 | Please Don't Eat the Daisies | Suzie Robinson | Film | 6.2 | 73 |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace | TV | 6.6 | 72 | |
| 1959 | Laramie | Daisy Cooper | TV | 6.7 | 72 |
| 1959 | The Detectives | TV | 6.7 | 72 | |
| 1957 | The Lux Show | Self | TV | 6.0 | 70 |
| 1956 | The Ford Show | Self | TV | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Alice Wagner | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1955 | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Mrs. Miller | TV | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1954 | December Bride | Lily Ruskin | TV | 6.3 | 67 |
| 1954 | The Rocket Man | Justice Amelia Brown | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 1953 | The Danny Thomas Show | Eloise Adams | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Aunt Cordelia | TV | 7.8 | 65 |
| 1952 | No Room for the Groom | Mama Kingshead | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 1952 | Because You're Mine | Mrs. Edna Montville | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1951 | Angels in the Outfield | Sister Edwitha | Film | 7.0 | 64 |
| 1951 | Bannerline | Mrs. Loomis | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1951 | According to Mrs. Hoyle | Mrs. Harriet Hoyle | Film | 5.7 | 64 |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1950 | The Skipper Surprised His Wife | Agnes Thorndyke | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 1950 | Please Believe Me | Mrs. Milwright | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1950 | Devil's Doorway | Mrs. Masters | Film | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1950 | The Reformer and the Redhead | Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 63 |
| 1950 | Louisa | Louisa Norton | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1950 | Walk Softly, Stranger | Mrs. Brentman | Film | 5.1 | 63 |
| 1949 | In the Good Old Summertime | Nellie Burke | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1949 | The Big Wheel | Mary Coy | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1948 | B.F.'s Daughter | Gladys Fulton | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You | Martha Stafford | Film | 7.8 | 60 |
| 1947 | Singapore | Mrs. Bellows | Film | 6.1 | 60 |
| 1947 | Living in a Big Way | Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1947 | Little Mister Jim | Mrs. Starwell | Film | 5.5 | 60 |
| 1947 | Cynthia | Carrie Bishop Jannings | Film | 6.2 | 60 |
| 1947 | My Brother Talks to Horses | Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose | Film | 7.5 | 60 |
| 1946 | Dragonwyck | Magda | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1946 | A Letter for Evie | Mrs. McPherson | Film | 6.9 | 59 |
| 1946 | Faithful in My Fashion | Miss Mary Swanson | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1946 | Meet Me on Broadway | Sylvia Kane Storm | Film | 8.5 | 59 |
| 1945 | The Enchanted Cottage | Violet Price | Film | 7.4 | 58 |
| 1945 | Thrill of a Romance | Nona Glenn | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1945 | Salty O'Rourke | Mrs. Brooks | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1945 | Captain Eddie | Mrs. Frost | Film | 7.2 | 58 |
| 1944 | Reward Unlimited | Peggy's mother | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1944 | I'll Be Seeing You | Mrs. Marshall | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1944 | The Heavenly Body | Nancy Potter | Film | 5.6 | 57 |
| 1943 | Heaven Can Wait | Bertha Van Cleve | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily Mars | Mrs. Mars | Film | 6.4 | 56 |
| 1942 | Roxie Hart | Mary Sunshine | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1942 | Rings on Her Fingers | Mrs. Maybelle Worthington | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1942 | The War Against Mrs. Hadley | Cecilia Talbot | Film | 5.3 | 55 |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Martha | Sophia Sommerfield | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 1942 | The Vanishing Virginian | Rosa Yancey | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones | Elizabeth Ellis | Film | 7.7 | 54 |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe | Mme Mitchell | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 1941 | When Ladies Meet | Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1941 | Arkansas Judge | Mary Shoemaker | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime | Carlotta Emerson | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1940 | The Blue Bird | Mummy Tyl | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners | Aunt Lucy | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1940 | Young as You Feel | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | My Love Came Back | Clara Malette | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1940 | On Their Own | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1940 | Laddie | Mrs. Stanton | Film | 6.6 | 53 |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Mrs. Hubbard | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | Land of Liberty | Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer') | Film | 9.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | A Child is Born | Mrs. Mamie West | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1939 | The Jones Family in Hollywood | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | Quick Millions | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1939 | Chicken Wagon Family | Josephine Fippany | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | Everybody's Baby | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1939 | Too Busy to Work | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Penny Sycamore | Film | 7.5 | 51 |
| 1938 | Jezebel | Mrs. Kendrick | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Widow Douglas (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 51 |
| 1938 | The Buccaneer | Dolly Madison | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1938 | Down on the Farm | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | Love on a Budget | Louise Jones | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | Safety in Numbers | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | Penrod and His Twin Brother | Mrs. Schofield | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1938 | A Trip to Paris | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1937 | Hotel Haywire | Mrs. Parkhouse | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1937 | Clarence | Mrs. Wheeler | Film | 9.0 | 50 |
| 1937 | It's Love I'm After | Aunt Ella | Film | 7.1 | 50 |
| 1937 | The Road Back | Ernst's Mother | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1937 | Green Light | Mrs. Dexter | Film | 6.7 | 50 |
| 1937 | A Family Affair | Emily Hardy | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1937 | Penrod and Sam | Mrs. Schofield | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1937 | Hot Water | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1937 | Big Business | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1937 | Off to the Races | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Lady Octavia Warrenton | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1936 | Dodsworth | Matey Pearson | Film | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Rebecca Perry | Film | 6.6 | 49 |
| 1936 | Back to Nature | Louise Jones | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann | Ma Davis | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1936 | Stage Struck | Mrs. Randall | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1936 | The Girl on the Front Page | Mrs. Langford | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | Educating Father | Mrs. John Jones | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | Palm Springs | Aunt Letty | Film | 8.0 | 49 |
| 1936 | Every Saturday Night | Mrs. Evers | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | Mutiny on the Bounty | Mrs. Byam | Film | 7.4 | 48 |
| 1935 | Werewolf of London | Ettie Coombes | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1935 | Ah, Wilderness! | Essie Miller | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1935 | Way Down East | Mrs. Louisa Bartlett | Film | 4.3 | 48 |
| 1935 | The Great Impersonation | Duchess Caroline | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1935 | Love Me Forever | Clara Fields | Film | 5.5 | 48 |
| 1935 | Broadway Hostess | Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1935 | Orchids to You | Alice Draper | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1933 | Little Women | Marmee | Film | 6.8 | 46 |