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People Are Funny (1946) -- Two rivaling radio producers try to get the same sponsor. So they try to overtop each other with new ideas.

The Wizard of Oz (1939) -- Clip from The Wizard of Oz

Dixie (1943) -- Open-ended Trailer from Paramount Pictures

The Wizard of Oz (1939) -- Promo clip reviewing features and specs for the Ultimate Collector's Edition release.

Life with Father (1947) -- A financier from New York rules his numerous family, consisting of his wife and his four sons, with the meticulousity of a bookkeeper.

Overview

Date of Birth:

4 June 1880, on board an American ship, Hong Kong more

Date of Death:

15 April 1962, Hollywood, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Clara Blandick was a character actress who was born aboard an American... more

Trivia:

Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the... more

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Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	"The Bigelow Theatre" (1950)	(1 episode, 1951)	1951	-	3.4 (5)
	AKAs: Bigelow-Sanford Theater (USA: second season title) Hollywood Half Hour (USA: syndication title) Marquee Theater (USA: syndication title) 1 TV episode: Always a Bridesmaid (1951)
2.	Love That Brute (1950)	(uncredited) Landlady	1950	-	6.4 (47)

3.	Key to the City (1950)	Liza, Silas' housekeeper	1950	-	6.2 (195)

4.	"The Silver Theatre" (1949)	Mrs. Jackson (1 episode, 1949)	1949	-	-
	1 TV episode: The Guiding Star (1949) Mrs. Jackson
5.	Roots in the Soil (1949)		1949	-	-

6.	Mr. Soft Touch (1949)	Susan Balmuss	1949	-	6.6 (64)
	AKAs: House of Settlement (UK)
7.	The Bride Goes Wild (1948)	Aunt Pewtie	1948	-	6.2 (94)

8.	Life with Father (1947)	Miss Wiggins	1947	-	7.3 (1,410)

9.	Philo Vance Returns (1947)	Stella Blendon	1947	-	6.0 (16)
	AKAs: Infamous Crimes (USA: TV title)
10.	A Stolen Life (1946)	Martha	1946	-	7.3 (787)

11.	She-Wolf of London (1946)	(scenes deleted) Mrs. McBroom	1946	-	5.1 (739)
	AKAs: The Curse of the Allenbys (UK)
12.	So Goes My Love (1946)	Mrs. Meade	1946	-	6.2 (45)
	AKAs: A Genius in the Family (UK)
13.	Claudia and David (1946)	(uncredited) Mrs. Barry	1946	-	6.5 (46)

14.	People Are Funny (1946)	Grandma	1946	-	5.8 (30)

15.	Pillow of Death (1945)	Belle Kincaid	1945	-	5.8 (87)

16.	Frontier Gal (1945)	Abigail	1945	-	5.0 (39)
	AKAs: The Bride Wasn't Willing (UK)
17.	Can't Help Singing (1944)	Aunt Cissy Frost	1944	-	6.5 (173)

18.	Shadow of Suspicion (1944)	Mrs. Randall	1944	-	-

19.	Heaven Can Wait (1943)	(uncredited) Grandmother Van Cleve	1943	-	7.6 (3,000)

20.	Dixie (1943)	Mrs. Mason	1943	-	6.6 (39)

21.	Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)	(uncredited) Old Lady on Subway	1943	-	6.1 (437)

22.	Gentleman Jim (1942)	(uncredited) Woman on Train	1942	-	7.7 (1,068)

23.	Lady in a Jam (1942)	(uncredited) Tourist	1942	-	6.5 (35)

24.	Rings on Her Fingers (1942)	Mrs. Beasley	1942	-	6.6 (128)

25.	One Foot in Heaven (1941)	(uncredited) Mrs. 'Sister' Watkins	1941	-	7.2 (305)

26.	It Started with Eve (1941)	Nurse	1941	-	7.8 (361)

27.	Private Nurse (1941)	Miss Phillips	1941	-	-

28.	The Big Store (1941)	(uncredited) Customer seeking record	1941	-	6.4 (1,845)

29.	The Get-Away (1941)	(uncredited) Mrs. Higgins	1941	-	6.5 (75)
	AKAs: The Getaway (USA)
30.	The Nurse's Secret (1941)	Miss Juliet Mitchell	1941	-	6.2 (21)

31.	The Wagons Roll at Night (1941)	Mrs. ('Ma') Williams	1941	-	6.2 (221)

32.	Alice in Movieland (1940)	Grandmother	1940	-	6.0 (98)
	AKAs: Broadway Brevities: Alice in Movieland (USA: series title)
33.	Youth Will Be Served (1940)	Miss Bradshaw	1940	-	-

34.	North West Mounted Police (1940)	Mrs. Burns	1940	-	6.5 (471)
	AKAs: Northwest Mounted Police
35.	Dreaming Out Loud (1940)	Jessica Spencer	1940	-	6.6 (31)

36.	Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)	Mrs. Morton Pringle	1940	-	6.2 (51)
	AKAs: Anne of Windy Willows (UK)
37.	Tomboy (1940)	Aunt Martha	1940	-	-

38.	Swanee River (1939)	Mrs. Griffin	1939	-	6.1 (48)
	AKAs: The Life of Stephen Foster
39.	Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)	Mrs. Borst	1939	-	7.2 (1,849)

40.	Main Street Lawyer (1939)	(uncredited) Matron	1939	-	-
	AKAs: When Gangland Strikes (UK)
41.	The Star Maker (1939)	Miss Esther Jones	1939	-	6.5 (13)

42.	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	Auntie Em	1939	-	8.3 (93,591)

43.	I Was a Convict (1939)	Aunt Sarah Scarlett	1939	-	-

44.	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)	Miss Watson	1939	-	6.9 (320)
	AKAs: Huckleberry Finn (USA: TV title)
45.	Tom Sawyer, Detective (1938)	Aunt Polly	1938	-	6.6 (9)

46.	Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)	Ma Sisler	1938	-	-

47.	Professor Beware (1938)	(uncredited) Mrs. Green (landlady)	1938	-	7.2 (58)

48.	Crime Ring (1938)	Phoebe Sawyer	1938	-	6.7 (42)

49.	My Old Kentucky Home (1938)	Julia 'Granny' Blair	1938	-	-

50.	Small Town Boy (1937)	Mrs. Otis Armstrong	1937	-	4.9 (6)

51.	You Can't Have Everything (1937)	(uncredited) Townswoman	1937	-	6.9 (54)

52.	The Road Back (1937)	Willy's Mother	1937	-	7.9 (43)

53.	The League of Frightened Men (1937)	(uncredited)	1937	-	-

54.	Wings Over Honolulu (1937)	Evie Curtis	1937	-	5.9 (7)

55.	A Star Is Born (1937)	(uncredited) Aunt Mattie	1937	-	7.8 (2,536)

56.	Her Husband's Secretary (1937)	Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon	1937	-	6.6 (7)

57.	Make Way for a Lady (1936)	Mrs. Dell, Drew's Maid	1936	-	5.3 (22)

58.	In His Steps (1936)	Martha Adams	1936	-	-
	AKAs: Sins of the Children
59.	The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)	Louisa Abbott	1936	-	5.8 (285)

60.	The Case of the Velvet Claws (1936)	Judge Mary F. O'Daugherty	1936	-	5.9 (139)

61.	Anthony Adverse (1936)	Mrs. Jorham	1936	-	6.7 (502)

62.	Hearts Divided (1936)	Aunt Ellen Patterson	1936	-	7.6 (380)

63.	The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)	Landlady	1936	-	7.1 (208)

64.	Party Wire (1935)	Mathilda Sherman	1935	-	6.9 (134)

65.	Princess O'Hara (1935)	Miss Van Cortland	1935	-	-

66.	Straight from the Heart (1935)	Mrs. Anderson	1935	-	-

67.	Transient Lady (1935)	Eva Branham	1935	-	-
	AKAs: False Witness (UK)
68.	The Winning Ticket (1935)	Aunt Maggie	1935	-	-

69.	Fugitive Lady (1934)	Aunt Margaret	1934	-	-

70.	Jealousy (1934)	Mrs. Douglas	1934	-	3.9 (5)

71.	Broadway Bill (1934)	Mrs. Peterson	1934	-	6.6 (310)
	AKAs: Strictly Confidential (UK)
72.	The President Vanishes (1934)	Mrs. Delling	1934	-	6.3 (18)
	AKAs: Strange Conspiracy (UK)
73.	The Girl from Missouri (1934)	Miss Newberry	1934	-	6.7 (324)
	AKAs: 100 Per Cent Pure (UK) Born to Be Kissed (USA: alternative title)
74.	Sisters Under the Skin (1934)	Miss Gower	1934	-	-
	AKAs: The Romantic Age (UK)
75.	Harold Teen (1934)	Ma Lovewell	1934	-	6.7 (13)
	AKAs: Dancing Fool (UK)
76.	The Show-Off (1934)	Mrs. 'Ma'/'Mumsie-Wumsie' Fisher	1934	-	6.0 (47)

77.	As the Earth Turns (1934)	Cora Shaw	1934	-	6.0 (42)

78.	Beloved (1934/I)	Miss Murfee	1934	-	-

79.	Going Hollywood (1933)	(uncredited) Miss Perkins, Divinity Teacher	1933	-	8.1 (978)
	AKAs: Cinderella's Fella (Australia)
80.	Ever in My Heart (1933)	Anna, the Cook	1933	-	6.7 (114)

81.	Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)	Minerva Winterslip	1933	-	7.9 (281)

82.	One Sunday Afternoon (1933)	(scenes deleted) Mrs. Brush, Virginia's Mother	1933	-	7.0 (149)

83.	Turn Back the Clock (1933)	Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother	1933	-	6.6 (85)

84.	Three-Cornered Moon (1933)	(uncredited) Landlady	1933	-	7.8 (60)

85.	The Mind Reader (1933)	(uncredited) Auntie	1933	-	6.7 (73)

86.	Child of Manhattan (1933)	Aunt Sophie Jones	1933	-	6.6 (107)

87.	The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)	(uncredited) Mrs. Jackson	1933	-	7.2 (906)

88.	Rockabye (1932)	Brida	1932	-	6.3 (58)

89.	Three on a Match (1932)	(uncredited) Mrs. Keaton	1932	-	7.2 (954)

90.	Life Begins (1932)	Mrs. West	1932	-	6.9 (95)
	AKAs: Dream of Life The Dawn of Life (UK)
91.	Two Against the World (1932)	(uncredited) Aunt Agatha	1932	-	6.5 (34)

92.	The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)	Mrs. Lyons	1932	-	7.0 (11)

93.	Shopworn (1932)	Mrs. Helen Livingston	1932	-	6.5 (131)

94.	The Wet Parade (1932)	Mrs. Tarleton	1932	-	6.2 (94)

95.	Possessed (1931)	Marian's Mother	1931	-	7.0 (403)

96.	New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)	Mrs. Maggie Layton	1931	-	7.9 (311)

97.	Murder at Midnight (1931)	Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy	1931	-	6.1 (97)

98.	Bought (1931)	Miss Sprigg	1931	-	-

99.	Huckleberry Finn (1931)	Aunt Polly	1931	-	5.5 (25)

100.	I Take This Woman (1931)	Sue Barnes	1931	-	7.2 (24)

101.	Laughing Sinners (1931)	(uncredited) Salvation Army woman	1931	-	5.4 (135)

102.	Daybreak (1931)	Frau Hoffman	1931	-	6.8 (39)

103.	It's a Wise Child (1931)	Mrs. Stanton	1931	-	7.1 (9)

104.	The Drums of Jeopardy (1931)	Abbie Krantz	1931	-	6.5 (46)
	AKAs: Mark of Terror
105.	The Easiest Way (1931)	Agnes 'Aggie' Murdock	1931	-	6.2 (152)

106.	Inspiration (1931)	(uncredited) Madeleine's Mother	1931	-	6.5 (158)

107.	Once a Sinner (1931)	Mrs. Mason	1931	-	-

108.	Tom Sawyer (1930)	Aunt Polly	1930	-	6.5 (52)

109.	The Last of the Duanes (1930)	Mrs. Duane	1930	-	-

110.	Romance (1930)	Miss Abigail Armstrong	1930	-	6.3 (156)

111.	The Sins of the Children (1930)	Martha Wagenkampf	1930	-	5.9 (66)
	AKAs: Father's Day The Richest Man in the World
112.	Poor Aubrey (1930)		1930	-	-

113.	Men Are Like That (1930)	Ma Fisher	1930	-	4.9 (19)

114.	The Girl Said No (1930)	Mrs. Ward	1930	-	7.7 (499)

115.	Burning Up (1930)	(uncredited) Mrs. Minnie Winkle	1930	-	-

116.	Wise Girls (1929)	Ma	1929	-	-

117.	Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp (1917)	Mrs. Donnelly	1917	-	-
	AKAs: The Will o' the Wisp (USA: review title)
118.	The Stolen Triumph (1916)	Mrs. Rowley	1916	-	-

119.	The Legacy of Folly (1915)	Mrs. Hale - Clement's Aunt	1915	-	-

120.	The Seventh Commandment (1915)	Anna Craig - Simon's Wife	1915	-	-

121.	The Cabaret Singer (1915)	Mrs. Denton	1915	-	-

122.	Mrs. Black Is Back (1914)	Emily Mason	1914	-	-

123.	His Inspiration (1914)	Anna - Franz's Wife	1914	-	-

124.	The Maid's Double (1911)		1911	-	8.5 (6)


1.	"American Masters"
	1 TV episode: Judy Garland: By Myself (2004) Auntie Em
2.	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990) (TV)	Aunt Em

3.	"Ford Star Jubilee"
	1 TV episode: The Wizard of Oz (1956) Auntie Em
4.	Riding High (1950)	(uncredited) Mrs. Peterson, from Broadway Bill (1934))

Additional Details

Other Works:

Active on Broadway in the following productions: more

Genres:

Drama | Romance | Comedy | Musical more

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Based On Novel | Male Female Relationship | Marriage more

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