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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.
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 ...
American actress who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her characterization of Ma Joad in The Grapes of Wrath.
A heavy-set character player with a hearty voice and a slightly worried expression, Jane Darwell was often cast in matronly roles. Although she played a wide variety of roles (including an unsympathetic part as one of the lynchers in the memorable "The Ox-Bow Incident" 1943) in a career spanning...
In The Grapes of Wrath. …him an Oscar nomination, and Jane Darwell won an Academy Award as the family’s resilient matriarch. Tom’s soliloquy on the poor, reflecting his heartfelt empathy for their plight, remains one of the most famous scenes in film history: Read More.
Jane Darwell. 20th Century Fox. Stars. Film: North side of the 6700 block of Hollywood Boulevard. Actress Born Patti Woodard on Oct. 15, 1879 in Palmyra, MO. Died Aug. 13, 1967 in Woodland Hills,...
American actress Jane Darwell was the daughter of a Missouri railroad executive. Despite her father's disapproval, she spent most of her youth acting in circuses, opera troupes and stock companies, making her film debut in 1912.
