Janet Beecher
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
Reap the Wild Wind
1942
as Mrs. Mottram
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Lady Eve
1941
as Janet Pike
The Mark of Zorro
1940
as Senora Isabella Vega
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
as Miss Haines
Bitter Sweet
1940
as Lady Daventry
Rosalie
1937
as Miss Baker
Silver Queen
1942
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
So Red the Rose
1935
as Sally Bedford
The Dark Angel
1935
as Mrs. Shannon
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Mrs. Cushing
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Mrs. Foote
Judge Hardy's Children
1938
as Miss Budge
Big City
1937
as Sophie Sloane
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
Love Before Breakfast
1936
as Mrs. Colby
The President Vanishes
1934
as Mrs. Craig
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as Mrs. Sinclair
Gallant Lady
1933
as Maria Sherwood