Janet Beecher
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1884-10-20 (71 years old)
Deathday
1955-08-06
Place of Birth
Jefferson City, Missouri, USA
Also known As
Janet Meysenberg
Janet Beecher
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 Ca...
Acting
1941
as Janet Pike
1937
as Miss Baker
1942
as Mrs. Mottram
1939
as Mrs. Foote
1937
as Sophie Sloane
1942
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
1934
as Nancy Barnum
1939
as Mrs. Cushing
1935
as Amy Somerville
1936
as Mrs. Colby
1937
as Cathy Gaffney
1933
as Maria Sherwood
1937
as Mrs. Sinclair
1934
as Helen Barr, Cabot's daughter
1937
as Lady Alissia Crosby
1936
as Stella Bancroft
1936
as Mrs. Briggs
1937
as Miss Pringle
1937
as Mrs. Agatha Steward
1935
as Sally Bedford
1938
as Miss Budge
1940
as Lady Daventry
1942
as Mrs. Olcott
1935
as Mrs. Shannon
1938
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
1939
as (archive footage)
1939
as Amy Cruthers
1940
as Senora Isabella Vega
1938
as Mrs. Holland
1934
as Mrs. Craig
1943
as Eloise Lowry
1942
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1940
as Kate Brewster
1940
as Miss Haines
1937
as Matilda Hawley
1942
as Hattie Greenfield
1941
as Mrs. Tweedy
1939
as Mrs. Sarah Lea
1939
as Mrs. Martha Harrison
1939
as Mary Carter
1942
as Mrs. Sam Houston
1942
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
1941
as Mrs. Milford
1938
as Miss Macdade
1941
as Mrs. Graves
1935
as Mrs. Routledge
1939
1941
as Miss Steele
1941
as Miss Merton
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