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Janet Beecher
Acting
Biography
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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 …
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
as Self (archive footage)
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Eloise Lowry
Reap the Wild Wind
as Mrs. Mottram
Silver Queen
as Mrs. Laura Forsythe
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
Men of Texas
as Mrs. Sam Houston
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
as Mrs. Olcott
A Letter From Bataan
as Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
Hi, Neighbor
as Hattie Greenfield
The Lady Eve
as Janet Pike