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Complete Filmography
Seed of Innocence
1980
as Nun
A love story about two teenagers who fall in love, have a child, and escape from their families in an attempt to make life for themselves in New York ...
That Hagen Girl
1947
as Minta Hagen
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her re...
Sister Kenny
1946
as Agnes
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validi...
Canyon Passage
1946
as Mrs. Dance (uncredited)
In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the l...
Faces in the Fog
1944
as Mrs. Mason
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the docto...
The Woman in the Window
1944
as Mrs. Wanley
A seductive woman gets an innocent professor mixed up in murder.
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Clara Benson
The hometown life of a young soldier suffering from shellshock amnesia is revealed in flashback.
This Is the Life
1944
as Aunt Betsy
18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice tra...
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Manby
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
This Is the Army
1943
as Mrs. Nelson
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son...
Air Force
1943
as Mrs. Chester (uncredited)
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of t...
The Moon Is Down
1943
as Mother (uncredited)
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.
Reconnaissance Pilot
1943
as Mrs. Cummings
Documentary/training film depicting the duties of a pilot in the Pacific Theatre of the Second World War as he flies reconnaissance missions over enem...
The Man in the Trunk
1942
as Lola DeWinters
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
Saboteur
1942
as Mrs. Mason
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.
Uncle Joe
1941
as Margaret Day
A pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her worried parents to live with her uncle on his Iowa farm.
Henry Aldrich for President
1941
as Mrs. Aldrich
Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.
Cheers for Miss Bishop
1941
as Mrs. Bishop
Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only op...
Ride, Kelly, Ride
1941
as Mrs. Martin
A jockey struggles against gamblers with the help of the stable trainer and horse owner's daughter.
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
as Mrs. Pepper
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
Out West with the Peppers
1940
as Mrs. Pepper
When her doctor advises her to move West because of her health, Mrs. Pepper takes her five kids and relocates to Oregon to live with her sister. But a...
Women in War
1940
as Sister Frances
A "good-time girl", raised by her somewhat lax divorced father, finds herself involved in an accidental death, and the only way she's able to get out ...
Lillian Russell
1940
as Cynthia Leonard
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
Too Many Husbands
1940
as Gertrude Houlihan
Long-missing Bill Cardew returns to find his wife Vicky remarried...and in no hurry to settle for just one husband.
Five Little Peppers at Home
1940
as Mrs. Pepper
The second entry in the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the family struggling to keep their copper mine when their elderly business partner bec...
Sabotage
1939
as Edith Grayson
The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson,...
Two Bright Boys
1939
as Kathleen O'Donnell
A young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
1939
as Mrs. Pepper
The first of four films in the "Five Little Peppers" series, based on Margaret Sinclair's popular book, about a widowed mother and her five children. ...
Dark Victory
1939
as Miss Wainwright
Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her few joys, and her stable master is secretly in love w...
The Flying Irishman
1939
as Ma Corrigan
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight...
Girls on Probation
1938
as Jane Lennox
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
Breaking the Ice
1938
as Annie Decker
The story begins while Tommy Martin and his mother, Martha Martin say goodbye to Henry and Reuben Johnson. After having stopped by the Mennonite farm...
Hunted Men
1938
as Mary Harris
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails a...
52nd Street
1937
as Adela Rondell
The story of how 52nd Street became New York City's "Nightclub Row" in the 1930s.
Confession
1937
as Mrs. Koslov
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's l...
Girl Loves Boy
1937
as Mrs. McCarthy
Bob Conrad is the playboy son of town squire Charles Conrad. Much against his dad's wishes, Bob falls in love with Dorothy McCarthy, the daughter of p...
Her Husband Lies
1937
as Dorothy Powell
J. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious gambler Spade Martin, despite the protests of his beautiful...
Under Cover of Night
1937
as Susan Nash
A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's research, then killed her.
Reunion
1936
as Katherine Kennedy
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for del...
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936
as Mrs. Jennie Stevens
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.
The Country Doctor
1936
as Nurse Katherine Kennedy
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Man of Iron
1935
as Bessie Bennett
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
Freckles
1935
as Mrs. Duncan
A Mild Teenager gets a job as a timber guard.
Pursuit
1935
as Mrs. McCoy
"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of California into Mexico. He is accompanied by Maxine Ru...
Laddie
1935
as Mrs. Stanton
A romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Sweepstake Annie
1935
as Mrs. Foster
A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and...
Society Doctor
1935
as Mrs. Harrigan
Two surgeons (Chester Morris, Robert Taylor) in love with a nurse (Virginia Bruce) end their rivalry in the operating room.
Peck's Bad Boy
1934
as Aunt Lily Clay
Young boy Bill Peck adores his father and tries to be good, but the arrival of Bill's cousin Horace upsets Bill's plans. Horace's brattish ways result...
Treasure Island
1934
as Mrs. Hawkins
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in searc...
Side Streets
1934
as Mrs. Richards
A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.
As the Earth Turns
1934
as Mil
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
Beloved
1934
as Baroness Irene von Hausmann
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Big Executive
1933
as Mrs. Sarah Conway
Big Executive
I'm No Angel
1933
as Thelma
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head ...
The Mayor of Hell
1933
as Mrs. Smith
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Dep...
Hold Me Tight
1933
as Mary Shane
Newly married sweethearts Chuck Evans and Molly Roberts work at Blair's Department Store and Molly plans to quit to be a stay-at-home wife and mother....
Reform Girl
1933
as Mrs. Putnam
A young girl just out of prison and desperate for money finds herself involved in a plot to smear a politician by pretending to be his long-lost daugh...
Call Her Savage
1932
as Silas' Wife
A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage...
Payment Deferred
1932
as Annie Marble
Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young ...
The Cabin in the Cotton
1932
as Lilly Blake
Sharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
Life Begins
1932
as A Patient
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situati...
Thrill of Youth
1932
as Seena Sherwood
Chet Thayer returns to his family and the loving arms of his long suffering sweatheart Marcia. Not being the faithful type he soon falls under the sp...
Attorney for the Defense
1932
as Mrs. Wallace
A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an innocent man.
Night World
1932
as Edith Blair
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's st...
So Big!
1932
as Maartje Pool
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
When a Feller Needs a Friend
1932
as Mrs. Margaret Randall
A lame boy's uncle tries to rescue him from his over-protective parents.
Business and Pleasure
1932
as Mrs. Jane Olsen Tinker
On a Mediterranean cruise, Earl Tinker, a manufacturer of razor blades, is the target of a femme fatale in the pay of a business rival, and he becomes...
She Wanted a Millionaire
1932
as Mrs. Miller
Impoverished Jane Miller is loved by millionaire Roger and newspaperman William. Though William warns her otherwise, she goes with the millionaire to ...
The Beast of the City
1932
as Mary Fitzpatrick
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.
Forbidden
1932
as Helen Grover
On a cruise to Cuba, Lulu Smith falls in love with Bob Grover. Back home, she breaks off the romance when he tells her he is married. Lulu has a baby ...
Emma
1932
as Mrs. Winthrop (uncredited)
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with resentment when she marries their father.
Rich Man's Folly
1931
as Katherine Trumbull
The dream of Paul Dombey, the wealthy owner of the shipping company, is to have a son to continue his business. Tragically, Dombey's wife dies shortly...
Way Back Home
1931
as Rose Clark
A rural Maine farmer fights for custody of the boy who he's raised as his own.
Skyline
1931
as Rose Breen
Skyline is a 1931 drama film directed by Sam Taylor and starring silent film veteran Thomas Meighan. It is based on a novel, East Side, West Side by F...
Penrod and Sam
1931
as Mary Schofield
Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join ...
Penrod and Sam
1931
as Mrs. Schofield
Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join ...
Bought!
1931
as The Mother
Working-class girl dreams of living a better life and forsakes her friends when she has a chance to break into high society.
Traveling Husbands
1931
as Martha Hall
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
The Reckless Hour
1931
as Mrs. Susie Jennison
Seduced and abandoned, with child, by a charming cad, a former New York fashion model learns to detest the male race in general until befriended by a ...
Party Husband
1931
as Kate
Party Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern marriage” whose openness threatens to bring about its pr...
Up for Murder
1931
as Mrs. Marshall
Young reporter accidentially kills his newspaper's editor in a fight over the publisher's mistress, who is also the paper's society editor.
Mothers Cry
1930
as Mary Williams
Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son, vicious and sadistic Danny Williams, who has led a life o...