Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/4/1876
Place of Birth
Onboard American ship in Hong Kong
Also Known As
Clara Blandick
Biography
Known For
The Wizard of Oz
as Auntie Em
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
Harold Teen
as Ma Lovewell
Laughing Sinners
as Salvation Army Woman
Broadway Bill
as Mrs. Peterson
Riding High
as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Star Maker
as Miss Esther Jones
Life Begins
as Mrs. West
Daybreak
as Frau Hoffman
Gentleman Jim
as Woman on Train (uncredited)
The Show-Off
as Mrs. 'Ma'
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
as Mrs. Jackson (uncredited)
Rockabye
as Brida
Hearts Divided
as Aunt Ellen
Frontier Gal
as Abigail
Inspiration
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
Transient Lady
as Eva Branham
Anthony Adverse
as Mrs. Jorham
Going Hollywood
as Ms. Perkins
Private Nurse
as Miss Phillips
Career Timeline
1950
1946
1943
1942
1941
1940
1939
1938
1937
1936
1935
1934
1933
Going Hollywood
as Ms. Perkins
Ever in My Heart
as Anna, the Cook
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
as Minerva Winterslip
Turn Back the Clock
as Mrs. Gimlet, Joe's Mother
Three Cornered Moon
as Ronald’s Landlady (uncredited)
The Mind Reader
as Auntie (uncredited)
Child of Manhattan
as Aunt Sophie
1932
1931
Possessed
as Mrs. Martin
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Mrs. Layton
Murder at Midnight
as Aunt Julia Gray Kennedy
Bought!
as Mrs. Sprig
Huckleberry Finn
as Aunt Polly
I Take This Woman
as Ranch Wife
Laughing Sinners
as Salvation Army Woman
Daybreak
as Frau Hoffman
It's a Wise Child
as Mrs. Stanton
The Drums of Jeopardy
as Aunt Abbie
The Easiest Way
as Agnes Murdock
Inspiration
as Madeleine's Mother (uncredited)
Once a Sinner
as Mrs. Mason
1930
Tom Sawyer
as Aunt Polly
The Last of the Duanes
as Mrs. Duane
Romance
as Abigail Armstrong
The Sins of the Children
as Martha Wagenkampf
Men Are Like That
as Ma Fisher
The Girl Said No
as Mrs. Ward
Burning Up
as Mrs. Minnie Winkle
Poor Aubrey
as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law