Spring Byington

Spring Byington

Born: October 16, 1886
Died: September 7, 1971
in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Movies for Spring Byington...

Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Title: Once Upon a Dream: The Making of Walt Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 16, 1997
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of Disney's Animated Classic.
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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Title: Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 12, 1997
Type: Movie
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 excellent reviews for a bit part in a Broadway play — and she had a new name: Barbara Stanwyck.
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Title: Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
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Title: Batman
Character: J. Pauline Spaghetti
Released: January 12, 1966
Type: TV
Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.
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Title: I Dream of Jeannie
Character: Mother
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted South Pacific island, Captain Nelson happens upon a bottle containing a beautiful two-thousand-year-old female genie named Jeannie. Rescuing her from the bottle nets Tony the requisite three wishes, and then some, when Jeannie pledges total devotion to her new "master".
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Title: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
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Title: The Greatest Show on Earth
Character: Louise
Released: September 17, 1963
Type: TV
Johnny Slate successfully manages his circus as it moves from town to town.
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Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Title: Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Character: Suzie Robinson
Released: March 31, 1960
Type: Movie
Drama critic Larry Mackay, his wife Kate and their four sons move from their crowded Manhattan apartment to an old house in the country. While housewife Kate settles into suburban life, Larry continues to enjoy the theater and party scene of New York.
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Title: The Detectives
Released: October 16, 1959
Type: TV
The Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons, and on NBC during its third and final season. The series, starring motion picture star Robert Taylor, was produced by Four Star Television.
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Title: Dennis the Menace
Released: October 4, 1959
Type: TV
This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor George Wilson, a retired salesman, or, later, with George's brother John, a writer. Dennis is basically a good, well-intentioned boy who always tries to help people, but who winds up making situations worse – often at Mr. Wilson's expense.
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Title: Laramie
Character: Daisy Cooper
Released: September 15, 1959
Type: TV
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert L. Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.
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Title: The Lux Show
Character: Self
Released: September 26, 1957
Type: TV
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Title: The Ford Show
Character: Self
Released: October 4, 1956
Type: TV
The Ford Show is an American variety program, starring singer and folk humorist Tennessee Ernie Ford, which aired on NBC on Thursday evenings from October 4, 1956 to June 29, 1961. Beginning in September 1958, the show began to be telecast in color. Ford first gained attention as the host of Hometown Jamboree in Los Angeles. In 1954, he hosted a brief revival of Kay Kyser's Kollege of Musical Knowledge, a quiz show on NBC. His subsequent The Ford Show was frequently among the Top 20 programs.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Character: Mrs. Miller
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Alice Wagner
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: December Bride
Character: Lily Ruskin
Released: October 4, 1954
Type: TV
December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
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The Rocket Man
Title: The Rocket Man
Character: Justice Amelia Brown
Released: April 1, 1954
Type: Movie
After procuring a special ray gun, a precocious orphan helps his community by exposing the shady doings of local government, and plays a part in a cute couple getting together.
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Title: The Danny Thomas Show
Character: Eloise Adams
Released: September 29, 1953
Type: TV
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
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Title: The Ford Television Theatre
Character: Aunt Cordelia
Released: October 2, 1952
Type: TV
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
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Because You're Mine
Title: Because You're Mine
Character: Mrs. Edna Montville
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A famous opera singer falls for his sergeant's sister at boot camp.
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No Room for the Groom
Title: No Room for the Groom
Character: Mama Kingshead
Released: June 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Alvah, a young GI who happens to own a vineyard, elopes to Las Vegas with Lee, his housekeeper's daughter. But Alvah's chicken pox postpone the wedding night. The rest revolves around more delays to the consummation, caused by Lee's manipulative Mama and the flock of mostly obnoxious relatives with whom she's filled the house.
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Angels in the Outfield
Title: Angels in the Outfield
Character: Sister Edwitha
Released: October 19, 1951
Type: Movie
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
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Bannerline
Title: Bannerline
Character: Mrs. Loomis
Released: October 12, 1951
Type: Movie
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
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According to Mrs. Hoyle
Title: According to Mrs. Hoyle
Character: Mrs. Harriet Hoyle
Released: May 20, 1951
Type: Movie
A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.
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Walk Softly, Stranger
Title: Walk Softly, Stranger
Character: Mrs. Brentman
Released: October 14, 1950
Type: Movie
A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
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Devil's Doorway
Title: Devil's Doorway
Character: Mrs. Masters
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
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The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Title: The Skipper Surprised His Wife
Character: Agnes Thorndyke
Released: June 29, 1950
Type: Movie
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
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Louisa
Title: Louisa
Character: Louisa Norton
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.
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Please Believe Me
Title: Please Believe Me
Character: Mrs. Milwright
Released: May 12, 1950
Type: Movie
A woman in London unexpectedly inherits a Texas ranching fortune, and takes a transatlantic voyage to collect her fortune, not suspecting two men aboard both plan on winning her hand before she reaches America. One is a gambler interested in her money, and the other, a rich man looking for a wife. The rich man's friend, meanwhile, believes the heiress is actually a gold-digger.
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The Reformer and the Redhead
Title: The Reformer and the Redhead
Character: Kathy's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1950
Type: Movie
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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The Big Wheel
Title: The Big Wheel
Character: Mary Coy
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
The ambitious son of an accomplished race driver struggles to outrun his father's legacy and achieve his own successes.
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In the Good Old Summertime
Title: In the Good Old Summertime
Character: Nellie Burke
Released: July 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an anonymous romance through the mail.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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B.F.'s Daughter
Title: B.F.'s Daughter
Character: Gladys Fulton
Released: March 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Wealthy Polly Fulton marries a progressive scholar whose attitudes toward capitalism and acquired wealth puts their marriage in jeopardy.
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It Had to Be You
Title: It Had to Be You
Character: Martha Stafford
Released: December 7, 1947
Type: Movie
A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality.
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Cynthia
Title: Cynthia
Character: Carrie Bishop Jannings
Released: August 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
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Singapore
Title: Singapore
Character: Mrs. Bellows
Released: August 13, 1947
Type: Movie
After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée, alluring Linda, and her disappearance during the Japanese attack. But now Linda resurfaces...with amnesia and married to rich planter Van Leyden. Meanwhile, sinister fence Mauribus schemes to get Matt's pearls.
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Living in a Big Way
Title: Living in a Big Way
Character: Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan
Released: June 10, 1947
Type: Movie
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.
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Little Mister Jim
Title: Little Mister Jim
Character: Mrs. Starwell
Released: April 1, 1947
Type: Movie
After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
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My Brother Talks to Horses
Title: My Brother Talks to Horses
Character: Mrs. 'Ma' Penrose
Released: February 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. When it appears as though Lewie is telling the truth, he attracts the interest of gambler Rich Roeder who needs a "sure thing" in the upcoming Preakness. Meanwhile, Lewie's older brother John carries on a romance with the lovely Martha.
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Faithful in My Fashion
Title: Faithful in My Fashion
Character: Miss Mary Swanson
Released: August 21, 1946
Type: Movie
A U.S. Army sergeant is home on leave to reconnect with his girlfriend he hopes to marry. However, in the years he's been away, she's gotten a huge promotion where they used to work together - and has become engaged to another man.
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Dragonwyck
Title: Dragonwyck
Character: Magda
Released: April 19, 1946
Type: Movie
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
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A Letter for Evie
Title: A Letter for Evie
Character: Mrs. McPherson
Released: January 28, 1946
Type: Movie
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.
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Meet Me on Broadway
Title: Meet Me on Broadway
Character: Sylvia Kane Storm
Released: January 26, 1946
Type: Movie
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh country club. Eddie and his girlfriend, actress Ann Stallings, hope the production will launch their legitimate Broadway careers. But complications arise when Maxine Whitaker, daughter of a wealthy rival club owner, becomes romantically interested in charming Eddie.
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Captain Eddie
Title: Captain Eddie
Character: Mrs. Frost
Released: June 18, 1945
Type: Movie
WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race driver and pilot in WWI, to an important person in the early years of civil airline service, after his plane crashed in the South Pacific in late 1942.
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Thrill of a Romance
Title: Thrill of a Romance
Character: Nona Glenn
Released: May 23, 1945
Type: Movie
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.
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The Enchanted Cottage
Title: The Enchanted Cottage
Character: Violet Price
Released: April 28, 1945
Type: Movie
A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.
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Salty O'Rourke
Title: Salty O'Rourke
Character: Mrs. Brooks
Released: March 22, 1945
Type: Movie
A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.
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I'll Be Seeing You
Title: I'll Be Seeing You
Character: Mrs. Marshall
Released: December 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.
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Reward Unlimited
Title: Reward Unlimited
Character: Peggy's mother
Released: May 25, 1944
Type: Movie
Short film about nurse service in wartime.
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The Heavenly Body
Title: The Heavenly Body
Character: Nancy Potter
Released: March 23, 1944
Type: Movie
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
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Heaven Can Wait
Title: Heaven Can Wait
Character: Bertha Van Cleve
Released: August 5, 1943
Type: Movie
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.
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Presenting Lily Mars
Title: Presenting Lily Mars
Character: Mrs. Mars
Released: April 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.
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The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Title: The War Against Mrs. Hadley
Character: Cecilia Talbot
Released: August 7, 1942
Type: Movie
Wealthy American society matron, Stella Hadley refuses to sacrifice her material comforts to aid the war effort until she realizes that her selfishness is cheating the boys overseas who are fighting for her freedom.
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The Affairs of Martha
Title: The Affairs of Martha
Character: Sophia Sommerfield
Released: June 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their maids is writing a telling exposé.
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Rings on Her Fingers
Title: Rings on Her Fingers
Character: Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
Released: March 20, 1942
Type: Movie
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...
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Roxie Hart
Title: Roxie Hart
Character: Mary Sunshine
Released: February 20, 1942
Type: Movie
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was judged for in 1927.
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The Vanishing Virginian
Title: The Vanishing Virginian
Character: Rosa Yancey
Released: February 1, 1942
Type: Movie
The perineal District Attorney and conservative southern patriarch cherishes the old ways and does his best to adjust to change.
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When Ladies Meet
Title: When Ladies Meet
Character: Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake
Released: August 29, 1941
Type: Movie
Mary, a writer working on a novel about a love triangle, is attracted to her publisher. Her suitor Jimmy is determined to break them up; he introduces Mary to the publisher's wife without telling Mary who she is.
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Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Title: Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime
Character: Carlotta Emerson
Released: August 14, 1941
Type: Movie
Several days after one of his company's dams burst, ruining the life savings of several investors, a shady power company president is found stabbed to death. Ellery Queen gets to the bottom of the mystery.
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The Devil and Miss Jones
Title: The Devil and Miss Jones
Character: Elizabeth Ellis
Released: April 11, 1941
Type: Movie
The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store. There is labor unrest at the store, and the employees' anger is directed at him, who they hang in effigy outside the store despite not knowing what he looks like. Merrick, not happy at what he sees going on, decides to mete out the rabble-rousers. So he goes undercover as a sales clerk in the shoe department.
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Meet John Doe
Title: Meet John Doe
Character: Mme Mitchell
Released: March 14, 1941
Type: Movie
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
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Arkansas Judge
Title: Arkansas Judge
Character: Mary Shoemaker
Released: January 28, 1941
Type: Movie
Arkansas Judge is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers as a young lawyer defending a farmer accused of slander.
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Lucky Partners
Title: Lucky Partners
Character: Aunt Lucy
Released: August 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
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My Love Came Back
Title: My Love Came Back
Character: Clara Malette
Released: July 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his employee Tony so that Julius can escort Amelia to every musical event in the city. The trouble begins when he cannot meet her one night and Tony goes in his place. Tony believes that Julius and Amelia are a couple and then son Paul thinks that Tony and Amelia are a couple as he is sending her the money. The worst part is that Amelia might leave classical music for swing music with classmates Dusty, Joy and the band.
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On Their Own
Title: On Their Own
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: May 17, 1940
Type: Movie
The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and pets. A neighbor threatens to sue.
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Young as You Feel
Title: Young as You Feel
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: February 16, 1940
Type: Movie
Father sells his drugstore and the Jones family heads for New York to enjoy sophisticated city life. They lose all their money before deciding to go back home.
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Laddie
Title: Laddie
Character: Mrs. Stanton
Released: January 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
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The Blue Bird
Title: The Blue Bird
Character: Mummy Tyl
Released: January 15, 1940
Type: Movie
An ungrateful girl and her little brother are transported in their dreams by a fairy to a wonderland, tasked with finding the mythical blue bird of happiness, meeting friends and foes along the way.
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A Child Is Born
Title: A Child Is Born
Character: Mrs. Mamie West
Released: December 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
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Too Busy to Work
Title: Too Busy to Work
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.
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Quick Millions
Title: Quick Millions
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: August 25, 1939
Type: Movie
In Hollywood the Jones family runs into crooks who convince them they have inherited a gold mine at the Grand Canyon.
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Chicken Wagon Family
Title: Chicken Wagon Family
Character: Josephine Fippany
Released: August 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in the cities. Addie and her father love the care-free life, but Mrs. Fippany and Cecile want to settle down in New York City. As soon as the "chicken wagon family" reaches New York, Addie gets into mischief and a policeman, Matt Hibbard, helps her and falls in love with Cecile. He helps the family settle into a deserted firehouse which is up for public sale.
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Land of Liberty
Title: Land of Liberty
Character: Dolly Madison (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
Released: June 15, 1939
Type: Movie
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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The Jones Family in Hollywood
Title: The Jones Family in Hollywood
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: June 2, 1939
Type: Movie
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Title: The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Character: Mrs. Hubbard
Released: April 4, 1939
Type: Movie
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
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Everybody's Baby
Title: Everybody's Baby
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture on the topic.
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Down on the Farm
Title: Down on the Farm
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: October 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
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You Can't Take It with You
Title: You Can't Take It with You
Character: Penny Sycamore
Released: September 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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Safety in Numbers
Title: Safety in Numbers
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: May 30, 1938
Type: Movie
The Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich mineral deposit.
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A Trip to Paris
Title: A Trip to Paris
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: May 6, 1938
Type: Movie
The Jones Family heads to Gay Paree in celebration of the 25th wedding anniversary of Pa and Ma Jones. It doesn't take long for the Joneses to be victimized by clever Parisian con artists.
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Jezebel
Title: Jezebel
Character: Mrs. Kendrick
Released: March 26, 1938
Type: Movie
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
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Love on a Budget
Title: Love on a Budget
Character: Louise Jones
Released: March 4, 1938
Type: Movie
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
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Penrod and His Twin Brother
Title: Penrod and His Twin Brother
Character: Mrs. Laura Schofield
Released: February 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Title: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Character: Widow Douglas (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witnessing a murder.
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The Buccaneer
Title: The Buccaneer
Character: Dolly Madison
Released: February 4, 1938
Type: Movie
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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Borrowing Trouble
Title: Borrowing Trouble
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: December 10, 1937
Type: Movie
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
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It's Love I'm After
Title: It's Love I'm After
Character: Aunt Ella
Released: October 8, 1937
Type: Movie
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.
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Hot Water
Title: Hot Water
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: September 24, 1937
Type: Movie
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
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Big Business
Title: Big Business
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: June 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.
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Hotel Haywire
Title: Hotel Haywire
Character: Mrs. Parkhouse
Released: June 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Parkhouse plays a practical joke on a poker-playing buddy by sending him home with a lady's chemise stuffed in his coat pocket. The gag backfires, whereupon Parkhouse finds himself in hot water with his own wife. Threatened with divorce, Parkhouse is advised by a zany astrologer to frame Mrs. P. in a compromising situation at the Hotel Haywire, enlisting amateur detectives Bert and Genevieve Sterns in his scheme.
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The Road Back
Title: The Road Back
Character: Ernst's Mother
Released: June 1, 1937
Type: Movie
After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
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A Family Affair
Title: A Family Affair
Character: Emily Hardy
Released: March 12, 1937
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy faces problems at work and at home. Powerful men in town are upset with his decisions and want to see him impeached; his daughters, Joan and Marion, have romantic problems; and his son, Andy discovers Polly Benedict. As usual, Judge Hardy is concerned with everyone in the family and lends wisdom and calmness to all.
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Penrod and Sam
Title: Penrod and Sam
Character: Mrs. Schofield
Released: February 28, 1937
Type: Movie
A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
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Green Light
Title: Green Light
Character: Mrs. Dexter
Released: February 20, 1937
Type: Movie
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.
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Clarence
Title: Clarence
Character: Mrs. Wheeler
Released: February 12, 1937
Type: Movie
The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things, and who concentrates by playing his saxophone. Clarence ingratiates himself with the wealthy and eccentric Wheeler family, though daughter Cora can't stand the boy.
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Off to the Races
Title: Off to the Races
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: February 5, 1937
Type: Movie
The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.
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Theodora Goes Wild
Title: Theodora Goes Wild
Character: Rebecca Perry
Released: November 12, 1936
Type: Movie
The small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They little suspect that author 'Caroline Adams' is really Theodora Lynn, scion of the town's leading family. Michael Grant, devil-may-care book jacket illustrator, penetrates Theodora's incognito and sets out to 'free her' from Lynnfield against her will. But Michael has a secret too, and gets a taste of his own medicine.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Title: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Character: Lady Octavia Warrenton
Released: October 20, 1936
Type: Movie
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
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The Girl on the Front Page
Title: The Girl on the Front Page
Character: Mrs. Langford
Released: September 26, 1936
Type: Movie
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
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Dodsworth
Title: Dodsworth
Character: Matey Pearson
Released: September 23, 1936
Type: Movie
A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that they want very different things from life.
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Stage Struck
Title: Stage Struck
Character: Mrs. Randall
Released: September 12, 1936
Type: Movie
A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress with a contract.
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Back to Nature
Title: Back to Nature
Character: Louise Jones
Released: August 14, 1936
Type: Movie
The Jones family goes to a convention traveling in a trailer. The oldest daughter gets involved with a convict, the oldest son has a love affair, and the youngest son gets into photography.
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Palm Springs
Title: Palm Springs
Character: Aunt Letty
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The daughter, however, has plans of her own.
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Educating Father
Title: Educating Father
Character: Mrs. John Jones
Released: May 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becoming a pilot, until the son's piloting skills come in handy.
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Every Saturday Night
Title: Every Saturday Night
Character: Mrs. Evers
Released: March 13, 1936
Type: Movie
First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother through a series of family episodes.
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The Voice of Bugle Ann
Title: The Voice of Bugle Ann
Character: Ma Davis
Released: February 15, 1936
Type: Movie
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a neighbor who has killed the farmer's foxhound.
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Ah, Wilderness!
Title: Ah, Wilderness!
Character: Essie Miller
Released: December 25, 1935
Type: Movie
At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance from his wise father. A tender, coming-of-age story, with a wonderful look at a long-gone, but fondly remembered, small town America.
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The Great Impersonation
Title: The Great Impersonation
Character: Duchess Caroline
Released: December 8, 1935
Type: Movie
The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set largely in an old dark house where a tremulous wife wonders if her husband is really his double, a dastardly German spy.
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Broadway Hostess
Title: Broadway Hostess
Character: Mrs. Duncan-Griswold-Wembly-Smythe
Released: December 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
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Mutiny on the Bounty
Title: Mutiny on the Bounty
Character: Mrs. Byam
Released: November 22, 1935
Type: Movie
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.
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Way Down East
Title: Way Down East
Character: Mrs. Louisa Bartlett
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
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Orchids to You
Title: Orchids to You
Character: Alice Draper
Released: August 9, 1935
Type: Movie
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.
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Love Me Forever
Title: Love Me Forever
Character: Clara Fields
Released: June 28, 1935
Type: Movie
A man who loves an aspiring opera singer is prepared to sacrifice everything to help her with her career, even though he knows she doesn't love him.
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Werewolf of London
Title: Werewolf of London
Character: Ettie Coombes
Released: May 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A strange animal attack turns a botanist into a bloodthirsty monster.
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Little Women
Title: Little Women
Character: Marmee
Released: November 24, 1933
Type: Movie
Little Women is a coming-of-age drama tracing the lives of four sisters: Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy. During the American Civil War, the girls father is away serving as a minister to the troops. The family, headed by their beloved Marmee, must struggle to make ends meet, with the help of their kind and wealthy neighbor, Mr. Laurence, and his high spirited grandson Laurie.