
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 Rogers' mother in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939), Tyrone Power's mother in the adventure film The Mark of Zorro (1940), and Henry Fonda's mother in Preston Sturges' screwball comedy The Lady Eve (1941). She retired from film business in 1943, but managed to play a role in the television series Lux Video Theatre in 1952.

Rosalie
MOVIE • 1937

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line
MOVIE • 1997

The Lady Eve
MOVIE • 1941

Land of Liberty
MOVIE • 1939

Reap the Wild Wind
MOVIE • 1942

Big City
MOVIE • 1937

All This, and Heaven Too
MOVIE • 1940

Bitter Sweet
MOVIE • 1940

The Mark of Zorro
MOVIE • 1940

Gallant Lady
MOVIE • 1933

The President Vanishes
MOVIE • 1934

Silver Queen
MOVIE • 1942

So Red the Rose
MOVIE • 1935

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
MOVIE • 1939

The Dark Angel
MOVIE • 1935

Slightly Honorable
MOVIE • 1939

Let's Live Tonight
MOVIE • 1935

The Parson of Panamint
MOVIE • 1941