Janet Beecher

Known for ActingBorn 1884-10-20Died 1955-08-06Jefferson City, Missouri, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Hi, Neighbor

For Beauty's Sake

Men of Texas

Land of Liberty

The Good Old Soak

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

Career

Big City

So Red the Rose

Say It in French

I'd Give My Life

Gallant Lady

The Lady Eve

All This, and Heaven Too

Village Tale

The Mark of Zorro

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

West Point Widow

Woman Against Woman

Judge Hardy's Children

The Thirteenth Chair

I Was a Convict

Give Till It Hurts

Reap the Wild Wind

My Dear Miss Aldrich

The Longest Night

The Dark Angel

Love Before Breakfast

Silver Queen

Bitter Sweet

The Gay Caballero

Laugh It Off

Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1

Rosalie

Between Two Women

Beg, Borrow or Steal

The President Vanishes

Yellow Jack

The Parson of Panamint

Man of Conquest

Let's Live Tonight

The Man Who Lost Himself

A Tragedy at Midnight

A Letter From Bataan

Slightly Honorable

The Last Gentleman