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Jane Darwell
Known for: ActingFrom 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 she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as the Bird Woman in Mary Poppins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jane Darwell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Mary Poppins
as Bird Woman 
The Grapes of Wrath
as Ma Joad 
3 Godfathers
as Miss Florie 
My Darling Clementine
as Kate Nelson 
Jesse James
as Mrs. Samuels 
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Ma Grier 
The Bigamist
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as Mrs. Connelley 
We're Not Married!
as Mrs. Bush 
Hit the Deck
as Jenny 
Wagon Master
as Sister Ledyard 
There's Always Tomorrow
as Mme Rogers 
All That Money Can Buy
as Ma Stone 
A Life at Stake
as Landlady 
Caged
as Isolation Matron 
All Through the Night
as Mrs. Donahue 
Finishing School
as Maude (uncredited) 
The Scarlet Empress
as Miss Cardell, Sophia's Nurse (uncredited) 
Before Dawn
as Mrs. Marble 
The Lemon Drop Kid
as 'Nellie Thursday' Regan 
One Night of Love
as Mrs. Barrett - Mary's Mother 
The Battle of Midway
as Narrator (voice) 
Murders in the Zoo
as Banquet Guest (uncredited) 
Curly Top
as Mrs. Denham 
Tender Comrade
as Mrs. Henderson 
Poor Little Rich Girl
as Woodward 
Design for Living
as Curtis' Housekeeper 
The Rains Came
as Aunt Phoebe Smiley 
Bright Eyes
as Mrs. Higgins 
Three Wise Fools
as Sister Mary Brigid 
Little Miss Broadway
as Miss Hutchins 
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Aunt Emma Forrester 
Red Canyon
as Aunt Jane 
Captain January
as Eliza Croft 
Roman Scandals
as Roman Spa Proprietress (uncredited) 
The Jury's Secret
as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother 
Tom Sawyer
as Widow Douglas 
Back Street
as Mrs. Adolph Schmidt 
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Mrs. Spence - Landlady (uncredited) 
Battle of Broadway
as Mrs. Rogers 
We're Only Human
as Mrs. Walsh 
One Sunday Afternoon
as Mrs. Lind 
Girls in Prison
as Matron Jamieson 
The Great Gildersleeve
as Aunt Emma Forrester