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Jane Darwell
Jane Darwell was an American actress of stage, film, and television. With appearances in more than 100 major movies spanning half a century, Darwell is perhaps best remembered for her poignant portrayal of the matriarch and leader of the Joad family in the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has a star o…
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entertainment · American actress (1879–1967) · film actor · stage actor · actor · also Jane Darwell, Darwell
Born 15 October 1879 · Died 13 August 1967 · Q230159
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1967· 2 entries
At the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, of a heart attack at the age of 87
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Died 1967-08-13.
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1961· 1 entry
Darwell appeared as Grandmother McCoy in an episode of the sitcom The Real McCoys
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1960· 1 entry
Darwell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the motion-picture industry; it is located at 6735 Hollywood Boulevard
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1959· 1 entry
Appeared with child actor Roger Mobley in the episode "Mr
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1954· 1 entry
Darwell appeared with Andy Clyde in the episode "Santa's Old Suit" of the series The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
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1944· 1 entry
Was popular in the stage comedy Suds in Your Eye, in which she played an Irishwoman who had inherited a junkyard
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1941· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Grapes of Wrath (1941).
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1879· 1 entry
Born 1879-10-15.
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