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Janet Beecher
Biography
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.
Known For
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
The Mark of Zorro
as Senora Isabella Vega
Slightly Honorable
as Mrs. Cushing
All This, and Heaven Too
as Miss Haines
Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
as Self (archive footage)
Say It in French
as Mrs. Laura Carrington
Bitter Sweet
as Lady Daventry
Rosalie
as Miss Baker
