Janet Beecher
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike
1941
Rosalie
as Miss Baker
1937
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
1942
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Mrs. Foote
1939
Big City
as Sophie Sloane
1937
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
1942
The Mighty Barnum
as Nancy Barnum
1934
Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing
1939
Village Tale
as Amy Somerville
1935
Love Before Breakfast
as Mrs. Colby
1936
Give Till It Hurts
as Cathy Gaffney
1937
Gallant Lady
as Maria Sherwood
1933
My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Mrs. Sinclair
1937
The Last Gentleman
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
1934
The Thirteenth Chair
as Lady Alicia Crosby
1937
I'd Give My Life
as Stella Bancroft
1936
The Longest Night
as Mrs. Briggs
1936
Between Two Women
as Miss Pringle
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
1937
So Red the Rose
as Sally Bedford
1935