Filmography
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Known For
March of the Wooden Soldiers Widow Peep (1934) -
Les Misérables Toussaint (1935) -
Off to the Races Granny Jones (1937) -
Known For
The Jones Family in Hollywood Granny Jones (1939) -
Actress
On Their Own Granny Jones (1940) -
Double Alibi Landlady (1940) -
Young as You Feel Granny Jones (1940) -
Abe Lincoln in Illinois Mrs. Bowling Green (1940) -
Too Busy to Work Granny Jones (1939) -
Quick Millions Granny Jones (1939) -
The Jones Family in Hollywood Granny Jones (1939)
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Everybody's Baby Granny Jones (1939) -
The Storm Mrs. Roberts (1938) -
Down on the Farm Granny Jones (1938) -
![Personal Secretary]( "Personal Secretary")
Personal Secretary Mrs. J. J. Farrell (1938) -
![Safety in Numbers]( "Safety in Numbers")
Safety in Numbers Granny Jones (1938) -
![A Trip to Paris]( "A Trip to Paris")
A Trip to Paris Granny Jones (1938) -
![Love on a Budget]( "Love on a Budget")
Love on a Budget Granny Ida Jones (1938) -
![The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble]( "The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble")
The Jones Family in Borrowing Trouble Granny Jones (1937) -
![Hot Water]( "Hot Water")
Hot Water Granny Jones (1937) -
![The Prisoner of Zenda]( "The Prisoner of Zenda")
The Prisoner of Zenda Duenna (1937) -
![The Life of Emile Zola]( "The Life of Emile Zola")
The Life of Emile Zola Madame Zola (1937) -
![Big Business]( "Big Business")
Big Business Granny Jones (1937) -
![Nobody's Baby]( "Nobody's Baby")
Nobody's Baby Mrs. Mason - Landlady (1937) -
![Off to the Races]( "Off to the Races")
Off to the Races Granny Jones (1937) -
![Back to Nature]( "Back to Nature")
Back to Nature Granny Jones (1936) -
![Nobody's Fool]( "Nobody's Fool")
Nobody's Fool Mary Jones (1936) -
![Educating Father]( "Educating Father")
Educating Father Granny Jones (1936) -
![Every Saturday Night]( "Every Saturday Night")
Every Saturday Night Granny Evers (1936) -
![The Country Doctor]( "The Country Doctor")
The Country Doctor Grandmother (1936) -
![Your Uncle Dudley]( "Your Uncle Dudley")
Your Uncle Dudley Janet Dixon (1935) -
![Harmony Lane]( "Harmony Lane")
Harmony Lane Mrs. Foster (1935) -
![Accent on Youth]( "Accent on Youth")
Accent on Youth Mrs. Benham (1935) -
![Every Night at Eight]( "Every Night at Eight")
Every Night at Eight Mrs. Murgatroyd (1935) -
![Les Misérables]( "Les Misérables")
Les Misérables Toussaint (1935) -
![The Nut Farm]( "The Nut Farm")
The Nut Farm Ma Barton - Willie's Mother (1935) -
![Public Opinion]( "Public Opinion")
Public Opinion Mrs. Buttons (1935) -
![Rocky Mountain Mystery]( "Rocky Mountain Mystery")
Rocky Mountain Mystery Mrs. Ballard (1935) -
![Sons of Steel]( "Sons of Steel")
Sons of Steel Sarah Mason (1934) -
![March of the Wooden Soldiers]( "March of the Wooden Soldiers")
March of the Wooden Soldiers Widow Peep (1934) -
![Student Tour]( "Student Tour")
Student Tour Elderly Woman (1934) -
![Cleopatra]( "Cleopatra")
Cleopatra Lady Flora (1934) -
![Four Parts]( "Four Parts")
Four Parts Mother (1934) -
![Success at Any Price]( "Success at Any Price")
Success at Any Price Cleaning Woman (1934) -
Not Tonight, Josephine Anne of Austria (1934)
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![The Cracked Ice Man]( "The Cracked Ice Man")
The Cracked Ice Man Betty's Mother (1934) -
![The Meanest Gal in Town]( "The Meanest Gal in Town")
The Meanest Gal in Town Mom - Old Stranded Actress (1934) -
![Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen]( "Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen")
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen Agnes (1934) -
![Hoopla]( "Hoopla")
Hoopla Ma Benson (1933) -
![Blood Money]( "Blood Money")
Blood Money Judge's Wife (1933) -
![Ever in My Heart]( "Ever in My Heart")
Ever in My Heart Eunice (1933) -
![Torch Singer]( "Torch Singer")
Torch Singer Mother Angelica (1933) -
![The Song of Songs]( "The Song of Songs")
The Song of Songs Book Store Customer (1933) -
![Melody Cruise]( "Melody Cruise")
Melody Cruise Miss Potts (1933) -
![Lilly Turner]( "Lilly Turner")
Lilly Turner Wedding Guest Calling for Bride (1933) -
![Daring Daughters]( "Daring Daughters")
Daring Daughters Ginger Hemingway - the Grandmother (1933) -
![Fast Workers]( "Fast Workers")
Fast Workers Short Window Shopper (1933) -
![Dangerously Yours]( "Dangerously Yours")
Dangerously Yours Mrs. Lathem (1933) -
![Employees' Entrance]( "Employees' Entrance")
Employees' Entrance Shoe Customer (1933) -
![Officer Thirteen]( "Officer Thirteen")
Officer Thirteen Granny (1932) -
![Vanity Street]( "Vanity Street")
Vanity Street Annie - Fern's Maid (1932) -
![The All-American]( "The All-American")
The All-American Mrs. King (1932) -
Two Lips and Juleps; or, Southern Love and Northern Exposure Mrs. Shelby (1932)
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The Hollywood Handicap Character (1932)
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![Make Me a Star]( "Make Me a Star")
Make Me a Star Mrs. Gashwiler (1932) -
![What Price Hollywood?]( "What Price Hollywood?")
What Price Hollywood? Elderly Brown Derby Diner (1932) -
![Westward Passage]( "Westward Passage")
Westward Passage Mrs. Ottendorf (1932) -
![Her Majesty, Love]( "Her Majesty, Love")
Her Majesty, Love Grandma (1931) -
![Fanny Foley Herself]( "Fanny Foley Herself")
Fanny Foley Herself Lucy (1931) -
![Too Many Cooks]( "Too Many Cooks")
Too Many Cooks Mother Cook (1931) -
![Everything's Rosie]( "Everything's Rosie")
Everything's Rosie Mrs. Lowe (1931) -
![Bachelor Apartment]( "Bachelor Apartment")
Bachelor Apartment Mrs. Halloran (1931) -
![Kept Husbands]( "Kept Husbands")
Kept Husbands Mrs. Henrietta Parker (1931) -
Dance Hall Marge Mrs. Van Dyck (1931)
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Grandma's Girl Grandma Martin (1930)
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![Soup to Nuts]( "Soup to Nuts")
Soup to Nuts Junior's Mother (1930) -
![The Eyes of the World]( "The Eyes of the World")
The Eyes of the World The Maid (prologue) (1930) -
![The Best People]( "The Best People")
The Best People (1925) -
The Vulture's Prey Landlady (1922)
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The Sleep Walker Mrs. Fabian Dumond (1922)
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The Man Who Was Afraid Mrs. Robinson (1920)
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Allan Quatermain Mrs. McKenzie (1919)
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A Wise Dummy The Store Proprietor's Wife (1917)
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ActressA Wife's Suspicion Mrs. Von Berhoff (1917)
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Made her stage debut in San Francisco performing in the Dion Boucicault play, "Arrah-na-Pogue".
Trademark
Played warm hearted grandmothers
Star Sign
Pisces
Personal Details
Born
Frederick, Maryland, USA
Died
(age 79)
Hollywood, California, USA
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