Occupation actress Name Janet Beecher Children Richard Beecher | Years active 1903-1944 Role Actress Siblings Olive Wyndham | |
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Full Name Janet Meysenburg Born October 21, 1884 ( 1884-10-21 ) Jefferson City, Missouri, US Died August 6, 1955, Washington, Connecticut, United States Spouse Richard H. Hoffman (m. ?–1935), Harry R. Guggenheimer (m. ?–1919) Movies The Mark of Zorro, The Lady Eve, The Story of Vernon and Irene, My Dear Miss Aldrich, Judge Hardy's Children Similar People George B Seitz, Victor Milner, Rouben Mamoulian, Preston Sturges, H C Potter | ||
Janet Beecher (October 21, 1884 – August 6, 1955), born Janet Meysenburg, was an American stage and screen actress. She was a supporting player and lead on the Broadway stage. In the 1930s, she moved into motion pictures as a character actress. Her sister was actress Olive Wyndham. She was married twice: first to Harry R. Guggenheimer and then to Richard H. Hoffman. She had a son named Richard.
Filmography
Actress
1952
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Kate Walburn
- Garneau '83 (1952) - Kate Walburn
1943
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour as
Mrs. Eloise Lowry (uncredited)
1942
Silver Queen as
Mrs. Laura Forsythe
1942
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as
Mrs. Olcott
1942
A Letter from Bataan (Short) as
Mrs. 'Ma' Lewis
1942
Hi, Neighbor as
Hattie Greenfield
1942
Men of Texas as
Mrs.Sam Houston
1942
Reap the Wild Wind as
Mrs. Mottram
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight as
Third Mrs. Charles Miller (uncredited)
1941
The Parson of Panamint as
Mrs. Tweedy
1941
A Very Young Lady as
Miss Steele
1941
For Beauty's Sake as
Miss Merton
1941
West Point Widow as
Mrs. Graves
1941
Men of Boys Town as
Spokeswoman (scenes deleted)
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself as
Mrs. Milford
1941
The Lady Eve as
Mrs. Pike
1940
Bitter Sweet as
Lady Daventry
1940
The Gay Caballero as
Kate Brewster
1940
The Mark of Zorro as
Senora Isabella Vega
1940
All This, and Heaven Too as
Miss Haines
1939
Slightly Honorable as
Mrs. Cushing
1939
Laugh It Off as
Mary Carter
1939
Career as
Mrs. Amy Cruthers
1939
Man of Conquest as
Mrs. Sarah Lea
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as
Mrs. Foote
1939
I Was a Convict as
Mrs. Martha Harrison
1938
Say It in French as
Mrs. Carrington
1938
Woman Against Woman as
Mrs. Holland
1938
Yellow Jack as
Miss Macdade
1938
Judge Hardy's Children as
Miss Budge, Suzanne's Tutor
1937
Rosalie as
Miss Baker
1937
Beg, Borrow or Steal as
Mrs. Agatha Steward
1937
Give Till It Hurts (Short) as
Cathy Gaffney
1937
My Dear Miss Aldrich as
Mrs. Sinclair
1937
Big City as
Sophie Sloane
1937
Between Two Women as
Miss Pringle
1937
The Thirteenth Chair as
Lady Crosby
1937
The Good Old Soak as
Matilda Hawley
1936
The Longest Night as
Mrs. Briggs - Carl's Mother
1936
I'd Give My Life as
Mrs. John Bancroft
1936
Love Before Breakfast as
Mrs. Colby
1935
The Dark Angel as
Mrs. Shannon
1935
Village Tale as
Amy Somerville
1935
So Red the Rose as
Sally Bedford
1935
Let's Live Tonight as
Mrs. Routledge
1934
The Mighty Barnum as
Nancy Barnum
1934
The President Vanishes as
Mrs. Mary Stanley
1934
The Last Gentleman as
Helen Barr
1933
Gallant Lady as
Maria Sherwood
1915
Fine Feathers as
Jane Reynolds
Self
1939
Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 1 (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
1997
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Mrs. Pike
- Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line (1997) - Mrs. Pike (uncredited)
1939
Land of Liberty
References
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