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After a 15-year absence from films, she appeared in Tom Sawyer (1930), and her career as a Hollywood character actress began. Short, stout and plain, she was quickly cast in a succession of films, usually as the mother of one of the main characters.
Jane Darwell. Actress: The Grapes of Wrath. Missouri-born Jane Darwell was born Patti Woodard, the daughter of William Robert Woodard, president of the Louisville Southern Railroad, and Ellen (Booth) Woodard, in Palmyra, Missouri, where she grew up on a ranch .
Jane Darwell. Actress: The Grapes of Wrath. Missouri-born Jane Darwell was born Patti Woodard, the daughter of William Robert Woodard, president of the Louisville Southern Railroad, and Ellen (Booth) Woodard, in Palmyra, Missouri, where she grew up on a ranch .
Jane Darwell was an American theater and film actress, best known for winning the prestigious Academy Award. She was born on October 15, 1879, in Palmyra, Missouri. From a young age, she showed a talent for the arts, particularly circus performance.
Darwell, Jane (1879–1967) American actress who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her characterization of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath.
Jane Darwell (October 15, 1879 – August 13, 1967) was an American film and stage actress. With appearances in over 100 major motion pictures, Darwell is perhaps best-remembered for her portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best ...
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 14 (AP) --Jane Darwell, who during her 61 years as an actress played opposite the six most celebrated children of their generation-- Shirley Temple and the Dionne...
Jane Darwell, a pioneering film actress whose career spanned more than sixty years, was born Patti Woodward on October 15, 1879, in Palmyra, Missouri, where her family maintained a summer home.
Apr 9, 2015 · 79-year-old Darwell in her high plumed hat and mink stole (pictured) had them rolling in the aisles as the old lady whose greatest joy in life was attending wakes and commenting on how well the recently departed looked in his or her casket.
A prolific character actress who began her film career in middle age in silent films, but is best remembered for her legion of supporting roles during the 1930s and '40s, Jane Darwell played every thing from kindly neighbors and household servants to gossiping grandmothers, resilient frontierswomen and no-nonsense prison matrons -- sometimes ...
