Jane Darwell

Jane Darwell

October 15, 1879

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jane Darwell 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…

Known For

20 titles
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Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

1964 · 2h 19m · Movie

In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

7.8
2
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 · 2h 9m · Movie

An Oklahoma family, driven off their farm by the poverty and hopelessness of the Dust Bowl, joins the westward migration to California, suffering the misfortunes of the homeless in the Great Depression.

8.1
3
My Darling Clementine

My Darling Clementine

1946 · 1h 37m · Movie

After their cattle are stolen and their brother murdered, the Earp brothers have a score to settle with the Clanton family.

7.7
4
The Ox-Bow Incident

The Ox-Bow Incident

1943 · 1h 15m · Movie

Walter Van Tilburg Clark's novel inspires an account of a lynch mob that seeks revenge for a rancher's murder.

8.0
5
3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers

1948 · 1h 46m · Movie

Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn to civilization.

7.0
6
Design for Living

Design for Living

1933 · 1h 31m · Movie

A woman cannot decide between two men who love her, and the trio agree to try living together in a platonic friendly relationship.

7.4
7
The Scarlet Empress

The Scarlet Empress

1934 · 1h 44m · Movie

A German noblewoman enters into a loveless marriage with the dim-witted, unstable heir to the Russian throne, then plots to oust him from power.

7.5
8
The Devil and Daniel Webster

The Devil and Daniel Webster

1941 · 1h 47m · Movie

A struggling farmer in 1840 New Hampshire makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from the consequences of his contract.

7.6
9
Caged

Caged

1950 · 1h 37m · Movie

A gentle, naive, pregnant 19-year-old widow is slowly, inexorably ground down by the hardened criminals, sadistic guards, and matron at a woman's prison. Will she be the same person when her sentence is up?

7.6
10
All Through the Night

All Through the Night

1942 · 1h 47m · Movie

Runyonesque Broadway gamblers turn patriotic when they stumble onto a cell of Nazi saboteurs.

7.1
11
The Bigamist

The Bigamist

1953 · 1h 20m · Movie

A man secretly married to two women feels the pressure of his deceit.

6.8
12
We're Not Married!

We're Not Married!

1952 · 1h 26m · Movie

In separate stories, five couples learn that they are not legally married.

6.4
13
Curly Top

Curly Top

1935 · 1h 15m · Movie

Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones." As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love w...

6.8
14
Murders in the Zoo

Murders in the Zoo

1933 · 1h 2m · Movie

A monomaniacal zoologist is pathologically jealous of his beautiful but unfaithful wife Evelyn and will not stop short of murder to keep her.

6.4
15
Hot Saturday

Hot Saturday

1932 · 1h 13m · Movie

A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.

6.5
16
A Life at Stake

A Life at Stake

1955 · 1h 18m · Movie

An unemployed architect meets a married woman with a business proposition. The architect soon suspect her interest isn't just financial - and might be deadly.

5.8
17
Hit the Deck

Hit the Deck

1955 · 1h 52m · Movie

Three sailors come ashore and take the city by storm, but can they win the hearts of three women by song?

6.5
18
Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway

1938 · 1h 12m · Movie

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show-business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.

6.5
19
Three Wise Fools

Three Wise Fools

1946 · 1h 30m · Movie

40 years since Richard, James, and Theodore insulted 'The O'Monahan' and he put a vexing blessing on them, all three have obtained their dreams of grandeur, but they all live in one house as bachelors. Into this grand house comes ...

6.5
20
Happiness Ahead

Happiness Ahead

1934 · 1h 26m · Movie

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

6.6