Janet Beecher
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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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.674 |
| Birthday | 1884-10-20 |
| Place of Birth | Jefferson City, Missouri, USA |
| Also Known As | Janet Meysenberg, |
1941
The Lady Eve
7.249/394
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean start...
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The Lady Eve
1937
Rosalie
6/7
West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.
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Rosalie
1942
Reap the Wild Wind
6.418/61
The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Lo...
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Reap the Wild Wind
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
7.036/42
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt...
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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1937
Big City
7.667/6
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob contr...
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Big City
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
5.2/5
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
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A Tragedy at Midnight
1934
The Mighty Barnum
4.25/2
20th Century Fox's highly fabricated film biography of circus showman P. T. Barnum stars Wallace Beery (as Barnum), Virginia Bruce (as Jenny Lind), Ja...
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The Mighty Barnum
1939
Slightly Honorable
5.1/10
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
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Slightly Honorable
1935
Village Tale
7.25/2
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.
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Village Tale
1936
Love Before Breakfast
6.067/15
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues K...
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Love Before Breakfast
1937
Give Till It Hurts
6.5/4
This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselves up as 'philanthropists' to help raise money for...
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Give Till It Hurts
1933
Gallant Lady
7.333/3
Unwed mother gives up baby for adoption and hopes to get it back when the adoptive mother dies.
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Gallant Lady
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich
6.25/6
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
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My Dear Miss Aldrich
1934
The Last Gentleman
5/2
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for...
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The Last Gentleman
1937
The Thirteenth Chair
6.556/9
A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
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The Thirteenth Chair
1936
I'd Give My Life
7.5/2
The movie, like the play "The Noose" on which it is based, is the story of a young man wrongfully convicted of and sentenced to be hanged for a murder...
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I'd Give My Life
1936
The Longest Night
6.25/4
Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.
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The Longest Night
1937
Between Two Women
6/5
Hospital intern Allen Meighan assures himself residency when he saves the life of a man trapped in an explosion. Allen is in love with student nurse C...
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Between Two Women
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal
6/4
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and...
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
1935
So Red the Rose
7.667/3
During the American Civil War, Valette Bedford waits patiently for her husband Duncan Bedford, to return home, praying that she will not become a wido...
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So Red the Rose
1938
Judge Hardy's Children
6.813/8
Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French ambassador's daughter.
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Judge Hardy's Children
1940
Bitter Sweet
6/8
A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.
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Bitter Sweet
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
8/1
In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of children and hopes for the return of her husband, who...
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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1935
The Dark Angel
6.25/20
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has...
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The Dark Angel
1938
Say It in French
7.5/2
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismay...
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Say It in French
1939
Land of Liberty
9/1
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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Land of Liberty
1939
Career
8/1
Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart wh...
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Career
1940
The Mark of Zorro
7.115/231
In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainous dictatorship. On one hand, he plays the useless...
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The Mark of Zorro
1938
Woman Against Woman
7/3
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence in his life and home.
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Woman Against Woman
1934
The President Vanishes
6/5
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The President Vanishes
1943
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
7/2
Teenager Henry Aldrich becomes a hometown celebrity when he wins a date with a sexy movie star. The sixth entry in the "Henry Aldrich" series of eleve...
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Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1942
A Letter From Bataan
5.2/5
An American soldier pleads to the folks at home to conserve scarce wartime resources.
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1997
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
7.667/3
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellen...
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
1940
The Gay Caballero
6/6
The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have at...
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The Gay Caballero
1940
All This, and Heaven Too
7.241/58
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philip...
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All This, and Heaven Too
1937
The Good Old Soak
9/1
A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
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The Good Old Soak
1942
Hi, Neighbor
10/1
A financially strapped college is transformed into a summer holiday resort with the help of music and radio stars.
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Hi, Neighbor
1941
The Parson of Panamint
5.75/4
As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield recalls the tow...
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The Parson of Panamint
1939
Man of Conquest
5.571/7
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
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Man of Conquest
1939
I Was a Convict
6.5/2
In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they a...
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I Was a Convict
1939
Laugh It Off
6/2
Four former actresses decide to restart their careers by opening up a nightclub.
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Laugh It Off
1942
Men of Texas
9/1
A Chicago reporter (Robert Stack) and photographer focus on a Confederate outlaw (Brod Crawford) in post-Civil War Texas.
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Men of Texas
1942
Silver Queen
6/8
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
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Silver Queen
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself
5.4/5
John Evans encounters his lookalike, Malcolm Scott. When Scott is killed in an accident, Evans finds himself mistaken for Scott and decides to do some...
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The Man Who Lost Himself
1938
Yellow Jack
5.889/9
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pu...
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Yellow Jack
1941
West Point Widow
7/2
In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant, but this doesn't stop her from annulling the marriage so...
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West Point Widow
1935
Let's Live Tonight
5.5/2
Nick Kerry (Tullio Carminati) is a rich rounder who holds tremendous fascination over women......mainly because he is rich and has his own yacht. At M...
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Let's Live Tonight
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
6/0
The four Westmore brothers work their make-up magic on a variety of Hollywood stars.
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Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1
1941
A Very Young Lady
4.5/2
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the headmaster leads to serious complications.
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A Very Young Lady
1941
For Beauty's Sake
10/1
A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a gang of thieves.
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For Beauty's Sake
1915
Fine Feathers
0/0
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