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Sarah Padden

Sarah Padden

Known for ActingBorn 1881-10-15Died 1967-12-04Sunderland, England, UK
Sarah Padden was a character actress in theater and vaudeville from Chicago, Illinois. She performed on stage in the early 20th century. She is noted for her expressive voice and for her psychological studies of the characters she portrayed. Her finest single-act performance was in The Clod, a stage production in which she played an uneducated woman who lived on a farm during the American Civil War. Padden was a featured player on the Orpheum Circuit, Inc.. She had a role in His Grace de Grammont, a romantic comedy by Clyde Fitch which came to the Park Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts in September 1905. The production starred Skinner and was based on the life of a chevalier in the court of Charles II. Padden appeared again with Skinner in a four-act play produced by Charles Frohman, The Honor of the Family, by Emile Fabre, which was presented in New Rochelle, New York in September 1907. Another of her theatrical parts was in Hell-Bent Fer Heaven, a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Hatcher Hughes. It was performed at the Wilkes Orange Grove Theater (Majestic Theater), 845 South Broadway (Los Angeles), in November 1925. She was also an active screen actress from 1926 to 1958, appearing in 178 films and TV shows. In 1938, she played Ma Thayer in MGM's Rich Man Poor Girl, directed by Reinhold Schunzel and starring Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, and Lana Turner. Bill Harrison (Robert Young) a wealthy young businessman moves in with secretary girlfriend Joan Thayer's (Ruth Hussey) eccentric family to convince her they can make their marriage work. In 1941, she played wealthy spinster Aunt Cassandra ("Cassie") Hildegarde Denham in Murder by Invitation, directed by Phil Rosen and starring Wallace Ford and Marian Marsh. In this "closed room" murder comedy, after they unsuccessfully attempt to have her declared legally insane to gain control of her fortune, her nephews and nieces are invited to a week's visit at her mansion where they are murdered one by one.Read more

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Riders of the Dawn10.0
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Riders of the Dawn

1945 · Movie

Trail to Gunsight10.0
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Trail to Gunsight

1944 · Movie

Lone Star Raiders10.0
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Lone Star Raiders

1940 · Movie

When Strangers Meet10.0
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When Strangers Meet

1934 · Movie

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm10.0
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1932 · Movie

Hide-Out10.0
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Hide-Out

1930 · Movie

The Bugle Call10.0
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The Bugle Call

1927 · Movie

Obey the Law10.0
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Obey the Law

1926 · Movie

Wild West9.0
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Wild West

1946 · Movie

Range Law9.0
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Range Law

1944 · Movie

Heart of the Rio Grande9.0
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Heart of the Rio Grande

1942 · Movie

The Missourians8.0
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The Missourians

1950 · Movie

Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad8.0
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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad

1948 · Movie

Joe Palooka in the Knockout8.0
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Joe Palooka in the Knockout

1947 · Movie

Idea Girl
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Idea Girl

1946 · Movie

Joe Palooka, Champ8.0
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Joe Palooka, Champ

1946 · Movie

The Master Key8.0
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The Master Key

1945 · Movie

Marshal of Laredo8.0
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Marshal of Laredo

1945 · Movie

I Stole a Million8.0
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I Stole a Million

1939 · Movie

Women in Prison8.0
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Women in Prison

1938 · Movie

Little Orphan Annie
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Little Orphan Annie

1938 · Movie

The Woman Who Did Not Care8.0
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The Woman Who Did Not Care

1927 · Movie

Law and Order7.5
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Law and Order

1942 · Movie

A Dog of Flanders7.5
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A Dog of Flanders

1935 · Movie

David Harum7.5
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David Harum

1934 · Movie

The Important Witness7.5
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The Important Witness

1933 · Movie

The Pride of the Yankees7.4
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The Pride of the Yankees

1942 · Movie

So Goes My Love7.3
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So Goes My Love

1946 · Movie

Chad Hanna7.3
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Chad Hanna

1940 · Movie

Little Tough Guys in Society7.3
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Little Tough Guys in Society

1938 · Movie

The Abbott and Costello Show7.2
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The Abbott and Costello Show

1952 · Series

The Kettles in the Ozarks7.1
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The Kettles in the Ozarks

1956 · Movie

Assignment in Brittany7.1
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Assignment in Brittany

1943 · Movie

Range Justice7.0
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Range Justice

1949 · Movie

The Defense Rests7.1
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The Defense Rests

1934 · Movie

Family Troubles7.0
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Family Troubles

1943 · Movie

Pilgrimage7.1
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Pilgrimage

1933 · Movie

This Gun for Hire7.0
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This Gun for Hire

1942 · Movie

Woman Against Woman7.0
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Woman Against Woman

1938 · Movie

Possessed6.9
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Possessed

1947 · Movie

Hangmen Also Die!6.9
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Hangmen Also Die!

1943 · Movie

Mad Love7.0
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Mad Love

1935 · Movie

The Corsican Brothers7.0
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The Corsican Brothers

1941 · Movie

Women Won't Tell7.0
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Women Won't Tell

1932 · Movie

Tess of the Storm Country7.0
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Tess of the Storm Country

1932 · Movie

Grand Hotel7.0
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Grand Hotel

1932 · Movie

Sob Sister7.0
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Sob Sister

1931 · Movie

The Lone Ranger6.8
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The Lone Ranger

1949 · Series