Spring Byington

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1886-10-16 (85 years old)

Deathday

1971-09-07

Place of Birth

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Spring Byington

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Acting

1938

Jezebel

as Mrs. Kendrick

1944

I'll Be Seeing You

as Mrs. Marshall

1936

Dodsworth

as Matey Pearson

1944

The Heavenly Body

as Nancy Potter

1946

Dragonwyck

as Magda

1949

1941

Meet John Doe

as Mme Mitchell

1935

1938

1950

The Reformer and the Redhead

as Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)

1935

Werewolf of London

as Ettie Coombes

1950

Devil's Doorway

as Mrs. Masters

1940

The Blue Bird

as Mummy Tyl

1945

The Enchanted Cottage

as Violet Price

1943

1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

as Elizabeth Ellis

1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Lady Octavia Warrenton

1933

Little Women

as Marmee

1943

Heaven Can Wait

as Bertha Van Cleve

1941

1960

1947

Singapore

as Mrs. Bellows

1941

When Ladies Meet

as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake

1948

B.F.'s Daughter

as Gladys Fulton

1938

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

as Widow Douglas (uncredited)

1947

It Had to Be You

as Mr. Martha Stafford

1942

Roxie Hart

as Mary Sunshine

1949

The Big Wheel

as Mary Coy

1950

Walk Softly, Stranger

as Mrs. Brentman

1942

Rings on Her Fingers

as Mrs. Maybelle Worthington

1935

Ah, Wilderness!

as Essie Miller

1937

1945

Salty O'Rourke

as Mrs. Brooks

1939

1937

A Family Affair

as Emily Hardy

1954

The Rocket Man

as Justice Amelia Brown

1952

No Room for the Groom

as Mama Kingshead

1940

Lucky Partners

as Aunt Lucy

1947

Living in a Big Way

as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan

1935

Orchids to You

as Alice Draper

1936

1937

Penrod and Sam

as Mrs. Schofield

1947

Cynthia

as Carrie Bishop Jannings

1947

My Brother Talks to Horses

as Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose

1937

Big Business

as Mrs. John Jones

1935

Broadway Hostess

as Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe

1947

Little Mister Jim

as Mrs. Starwell

1936

Stage Struck

as Mrs. Randall

1940

My Love Came Back

as Clara Malette

1938

1951

Bannerline

as Mrs. Loomis

1946

A Letter for Evie

as Mrs. McPherson

1942

The Affairs of Martha

as Sophia Sommerfield

1935

Way Down East

as Mrs. Louisa Bartlett

1938

Love on a Budget

as Louise Jones

1945

Thrill of a Romance

as Nona Glenn

1936

Palm Springs

as Aunt Letty

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1939

A Child Is Born

as Mrs. Mamie West

1938

A Trip to Paris

as Mrs. John Jones

1942

1950

Please Believe Me

as Mrs. Milwright

1939

Land of Liberty

as Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

1940

Laddie

as Mrs. Stanton

1946

Meet Me on Broadway

as Sylvia Kane Storm

1936

Theodora Goes Wild

as Rebecca Perry

1939

Too Busy to Work

as Mrs. John Jones

1946

Faithful in My Fashion

as Miss Mary Swanson

1941

Arkansas Judge

as Mary Shoemaker

1939

Quick Millions

as Mrs. John Jones

1951

According to Mrs. Hoyle

as Mrs. Harriet Hoyle

1939

Chicken Wagon Family

as Josephine Fippany

1997

1950

1940

On Their Own

as Mrs. John Jones

1937

Clarence

as Mrs. Wheeler

1937

Hotel Haywire

as Mrs. Parkhouse

1936

1936

Educating Father

as Mrs. John Jones

1942

1939

Everybody's Baby

as Mrs. John Jones

1935

Love Me Forever

as Clara Fields

1945

Captain Eddie

as Mrs. Frost

1950

Louisa

as Louisa Norton

1951

Angels in the Outfield

as Sister Edwitha

1936

1940

Young as You Feel

as Mrs. John Jones

1937

Green Light

as Mrs. Dexter

1938

The Buccaneer

as Dolly Madison

1944

Reward Unlimited

as Peggy's mother

1935

The Great Impersonation

as Duchess Caroline

1936

Back to Nature

as Louise Jones

1937

Hot Water

as Mrs. John Jones

1937

Borrowing Trouble

as Mrs. John Jones

1938

Down on the Farm

as Mrs. John Jones

1938

Safety in Numbers

as Mrs. John Jones

1937

Off to the Races

as Mrs. John Jones

1952

Because You're Mine

as Mrs. Edna Montville

1937

The Road Back

as Ernst's Mother

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