Biography
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 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1941
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actress · 1941 · nominated
Filmography45 titles
The Red Stallion
Metropolitan
Gone with the Wind
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Grapes of Wrath
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
The Ox-Bow Incident
Mary Poppins
My Darling Clementine
The Last Hurrah
Heat Lightning
Caged
Design for Living
The Devil and Daniel Webster
Maverick
The Scarlet Empress
3 Godfathers
Captain January
Wagon Master
All Through the Night
Bright Eyes
Letter to Loretta
Poor Little Rich Girl
One Sunday Afternoon
The Bigamist
The Lemon Drop Kid
Jesse James
Little Miss Broadway
Curly Top
Fashions of 1934
Lassie
Stage Door Canteen
The Rains Came
We're Not Married!
The Battle of Midway
Roman Scandals
Red Canyon
Murders in the Zoo
Before Dawn
Hypocrites
Three Husbands
A Life at Stake
Hit the Deck
Cavalcade of America
Girls in Prison