Janet Beecher
- Birthday
- Oct 21, 1884
Bio: American character actress Janet Beecher spent much of her film career as everybody's mother. After three decades on stage, Beecher made her first film, Gallant Lady, in 1934. Because of her handsome features, matronly demeanor and naturalistic acting style, Ms. Beecher was ideally cast as firm but compassionate matriarchs; one of her best screen assignments was as… More Bio: American character actress Janet Beecher spent much of her film career as everybody's mother. After three decades on stage, Beecher made her first film, Gallant Lady, in 1934. Because of her handsome features, matronly demeanor and naturalistic acting style, Ms. Beecher was ideally cast as firm but compassionate matriarchs; one of her best screen assignments was as Tyrone Power's mother in Mark of Zorro (1940), never wavering in her belief of her son's fortitude despite his (apparently) foppish manners. Even when appearing as the First Lady in the political drama The President Vanishes, Beecher was spiritually the "mother" of her country. Undoubtedly Janet Beecher felt straitjacketed by the roles offered her in Hollywood; she retired in 1943, after only ten years before the cameras. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
- Mrs. Mottram
- 67%
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The Lady Eve (1941)
- Mrs. Pike
- 100%
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The Mark of Zorro (1940)
- Senora Isabella Vega
- 100%
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
- Miss Haines
- 83%
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Slightly Honorable (1940)
- Mrs. Cushing
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Janet Beecher Videos
All This And Heaven Too
1 minutes 11 seconds
Reap The Wild Wind
1 minutes 41 seconds
The Lady Eve
2 minutes 39 seconds
The Story Of Vernon And Irene Castle
19 seconds
Rosalie
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