Anthony Adverse
1936
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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.
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.
However, Clara Blandick, Judy's Aunt Em in the movie, probably had one of the sadest endings for anyone in that legendary cast. Clara Blandick was born in 1880 and grew up in Boston. By 1900 she began pursuing acting as a career.
Clara Blandick. Actress. She is best remembered for her role of Auntie Em in the 1939 film classic, The Wizard of Oz. Born Blanchard Clara Dickey, she was the daughter of Isaac B. and Hattie Mudgett Dickey. Her father was Captain of a small American merchant ship, the Willard Mudgett, and she was born aboard her father's ship while it...
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 is best known for her memorable minor role as Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz. Blandick's health steadily declined throughout the 1950s. Her eyesight began to fail, and she was suffering greatly from severe, painful arthritis.
