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 Castle (1939), Tyrone Power's mother in the adventure film The Mark of Zorro (1940), and Henry Fonda's mother in Preston Sturges' screwball comedy The Lady Eve (1941). She retired from film business in 1943, but managed to play a role in the television series Lux Video Theatre in 1952.
51 movies
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1997·7.7
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943·7.0
Silver Queen
1942·6.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1942·8.0
A Letter From Bataan
1942·5.2
Hi, Neighbor
1942·10.0
Men of Texas
1942·9.0
Reap the Wild Wind
1942·6.4
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942·5.2
The Parson of Panamint
1941·5.8
A Very Young Lady
1941·4.5
West Point Widow
1941·7.0
For Beauty's Sake
1941·10.0
The Man Who Lost Himself
1941·5.4
The Lady Eve
1941·7.3
Bitter Sweet
1940·6.0
The Mark of Zorro
1940·7.2
The Gay Caballero
1940·6.0
All This, and Heaven Too
1940·7.2
Slightly Honorable
1939·5.1
Laugh It Off
1939·6.0
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1939·6.0
Career
1939·8.0
Land of Liberty
1939·9.0
Man of Conquest
1939·5.6
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939·7.0
I Was a Convict
1939·6.5
Say It in French
1938·7.5
Woman Against Woman
1938·7.0
Yellow Jack
1938·5.9
Judge Hardy's Children
1938·6.8
Rosalie
1937·6.0
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937·6.0
Give Till It Hurts
1937·6.4
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937·6.3
Big City
1937·7.7
Between Two Women
1937·6.0
The Thirteenth Chair
1937·6.5
The Good Old Soak
1937·9.0
The Longest Night
1936·6.3
I'd Give My Life
1936·7.5
Love Before Breakfast
1936·6.1
So Red the Rose
1935·7.7
The Dark Angel
1935·6.2
Village Tale
1935·7.3
Let's Live Tonight
1935·5.5
The Mighty Barnum
1934·4.3
The President Vanishes
1934·6.0
The Last Gentleman
1934·5.0
Gallant Lady
1933·7.3
Fine Feathers
1915·0.0