The Wizard of Oz
1939
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Clara Blandick (born Clara Blanchard Dickey; June 4, 1876 – April 15, 1962) was an American character, film, stage and theater actress who portrayed Aunt Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 's The Wizard of Oz (1939). As a character actress, she often played eccentric elderly matriarchs.
Clara Blandick. Actress: The Wizard of Oz. Clara Blandick was an American actress born as Clara Dickey and born aboard an American ship off the coast of Hong Kong on June 4, 1880. Little is known about her early life until she became an actress. She grew up in Boston and first acted on stage in E.H. Sothern's 'Richard Lovelace'.
Clara Blandick. Actress: The Wizard of Oz. Clara Blandick was an American actress born as Clara Dickey and born aboard an American ship off the coast of Hong Kong on June 4, 1880. Little is known about her early life until she became an actress. She grew up in Boston and first acted on stage in E.H. Sothern's 'Richard Lovelace'.
Clara Blandick was an American character, film, stage and theater actress who portrayed Aunt Em in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939). As a character actress, she often played eccentric elderly matriarchs.
One such actress was Clara Blandick, a name some may not recall, but they would remember her face. Thanks to perennial TV airings and the advent of home video, generations of children have been exposed to her in what is undoubtedly her best-known part: Dorothy'...
Blandick, Clara (1880–1962) American actress. Born June 4, 1880, on American ship anchored in Hong Kong; committed suicide, April 15, 1962, in Hollywood, California. Character actress, played Aunt Polly in Tom Sawyer (1930) and Huckleberry Finn (1931), but best remembered for role of Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz (1939); other films include ...
Clara Blanchard Dickey, whose stage name was “Clara Blandick,” in a photo taken in 1903 or so when she appeared in the play “Raffles.” Her most famous role was Aunt Em in the 1939 classic ...
