Biography
Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1889 - January 11, 1981) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. She was twice nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. For a guest appearance on the television series The Waltons she won an Emmy Award.
Known For
Complete Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
She Waits
1972
as Mrs. Medina
When a newlywed woman is taken to her husband's hometown to meet his mother, she is possessed by the vengeful spirit of his previous wife.
Tammy and the Doctor
1963
as Annie Rook Call
Tammy becomes a nurse's aide, works in a hospital, cares for an old rich woman, and causes romantic commotion in the life of Dr. Mark Cheswick.
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
as The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write s...
Tammy Tell Me True
1961
as Mrs. Annie Call
Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman (John Gavin). Sandra Dee replaces Debbie Reynolds ...
A Summer Place
1959
as Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble
A self-made businessman rekindles a romance with a former flame while their two teenage children begin a romance of their own with drastic consequence...
The Big Fisherman
1959
as Hannah
Drama that focuses on the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus.
On Borrowed Time
1957
as 'Granny' Northrup
Mr. Brink seems to bring death with him wherever he goes. But can a young boy and his grandfather change this dire situation?
The Unholy Wife
1957
as Emma Hochen
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accident...
Back from Eternity
1956
as Martha Spangler
A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle area in the middle of a storm. The passengers then disco...
Track of the Cat
1954
as Ma Bridges
A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the firs...
Latin Lovers
1953
as Analyst
An heiress searches for true love while vacationing in Brazil.
Lone Star
1952
as Minniver Bryan
Rip-roaring big star, big budget semi-historical story about cattle baron Devereaux Burke, who is enlisted by an aging Andrew Jackson to dissuade Sam ...
The Furies
1950
as Mrs. Anaheim
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
The Baron of Arizona
1950
as Loma Morales
The U.S. government recognizes land grants made when the West was under Spanish rule. This inspires James Reavis to forge a chain of historical eviden...
Reign of Terror
1949
as Grandma Blanchard
The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the Jacobin Party to overthrow Maximilian Robespierre, who,...
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
as Mrs. Hangale
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's...
The Life of Riley
1949
as Martha Bogle
Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working husband-and-fa...
So Dear to My Heart
1948
as Granny Kincaid
The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcom...
The Snake Pit
1948
as Mrs. Greer
Virginia Cunningham is confused upon finding herself in a mental hospital, with no memory of her arrival at the institution. Tormented by delusions an...
The Sainted Sisters
1948
as Hester Rivercomb
Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam, hide out in a small town in Maine, near the Canadian bor...
High Conquest
1947
as Clara Kingsley
Love and adventure on the Matterhorn mountain.
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Mrs. Bailey
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinfli...
Sister Kenny
1946
as Mary Kenny
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validi...
Breakfast in Hollywood
1946
as Mrs. Annie Reed
The goings on of a few members of a radio show's audience is the premise for this feature film derived from the popular ABC radio show of the 1940s. T...
Back to Bataan
1945
as Bertha Barnes
An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
The Southerner
1945
as Granny Tucker
Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle d...
And Now Tomorrow
1944
as Aunt Em
Emily Blair is rich and deaf. Doctor Vance, who grew up poor in Blairtown, is working on a serum to cure deafness which he tries on Emily. It doesn't ...
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
1944
as Miss Abigail Horn
In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadve...
The Very Thought of You
1944
as Mrs. Harriet Wheeler
Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora, two young women who work in a parachute factory.
I Love a Soldier
1944
as Etta Lane
During World War II in San Francisco, Eve Morgan and her single girlfriends spend their days welding ships and their nights dancing with soldiers and ...
She's a Soldier Too
1944
as Agatha Kittredge
Wartime workers deal with homefront dramatics.
Watch on the Rhine
1943
as Anise
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sar...
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
as Mme. Bonnard
A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mi...
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Lydia Sandow
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
The Shepherd of the Hills
1941
as Aunt Mollie Matthews
Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His...
Penny Serenade
1941
as Miss Oliver
Julie and Roger are a love-struck married couple who desperately want to have a child. Tragedy after tragedy gets in their way, as the two attempt to ...
The Captain Is a Lady
1940
as Angie Peabody
Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody finds lodging at a retirement home, but as only single...
Our Town
1940
as Mrs Webb
Change comes slowly to a small New Hampshire town in the early 20th century. We see birth, life and death in this small community.
Remember the Night
1940
as Mrs. Sargent
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone ...
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Ma Smith
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...
The Under-Pup
1939
as Miss Delphine Thornton
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy families. At first made fun of and ridiculed beca...
On Borrowed Time
1939
as Nellie Northrup aka Granny
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future...
Land of Liberty
1939
as Mary Wilkins (edited from 'Of Human Hearts')
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
The Sisters
1938
as Rose Elliott
Three daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
Vivacious Lady
1938
as Mrs. Morgan
College town life gets turned upside down after a button-down botany professor secretly weds a sizzling night-club singer.
Of Human Hearts
1938
as Mary Wilkins
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who minis...
The Buccaneer
1938
as Aunt Charlotte
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
as Lucy Cooper
At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with d...
Maid of Salem
1937
as Abigail
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachuse...
The Gorgeous Hussy
1936
as Rachel Jackson
It's the early nineteenth century Washington. Young adult Margaret O'Neal, Peggy to most that know her, is the daughter of Major William O'Neal, who i...
Hearts Divided
1936
as Mother of Napoleon and Jerome
Napoleon Bonaparte's younger brother, visiting the United States, falls madly in love with a young woman he meets in Baltimore.
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
1936
as Mrs. Livingston Ames
An attorney falls for the woman he's representing on a murder charge.
The Moon's Our Home
1936
as Mrs. Boyce Medford
A writer and an actress meet and marry without really knowing each other--they are even unaware that both bride and groom are equally famous. During t...
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Melissa
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.
The Invisible Ray
1936
as Lady Arabella Stevens
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has al...
Bad Boy
1935
as Mrs. Larkin
An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he can secure his girlfriend's parents' approval for the...
The Good Fairy
1935
as Doctor Schultz
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing goo...
Ready for Love
1934
as Mrs. Burke
In this fluffy romance, a young woman fights against the narrow-minded residents of her small town. The trouble begins when a young woman flees her bo...
Finishing School
1934
as Miss Van Alstyne
Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the dir...
Registered Nurse
1934
as Miss McKenna
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operat...
Two Alone
1934
as Mrs. Slag
Mazie, a poor orphan girl, is mistreated by cruel farmer Slag and his wife for whom she works. Mazie, who is growing into a woman, does not like they...
Christopher Bean
1933
as Mrs. Hannah Haggett
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of th...
The Stranger's Return
1933
as Beatrice
A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.
Rain
1932
as Mrs. Davidson
Due to a possible cholera epidemic onboard, passengers on a ship are forced to disembark at Pago Pago, a small village on a Pacific island where it in...
Arrowsmith
1931
as Mrs. Tozer (uncredited)
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Street Scene
1931
as Emma Jones
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. T...