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Spring Byington

Acting

Born October 16, 1886 · Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Died September 7, 1971

Also known as Spring Dell Byington

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Spring Byington (October 17, 1886 – September 7, 1971) was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was a key MGM contract player, appearing in films from the 1930s through the 1960s.

Awards & recognition

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1939 · nominated

Filmography38 titles

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Mother

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Alice Wagner

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

1997as Self (archive footage)

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941as Elizabeth Ellis

You Can't Take It with You

1938as Penny Sycamore

The Enchanted Cottage

1945as Violet Price

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935as Mrs. Byam

Batman

1966as J. Pauline Spaghetti

Meet John Doe

1941as Mme Mitchell

Dodsworth

1936as Matey Pearson

Angels in the Outfield

1951as Sister Edwitha

What's My Line?

1950as Self - Mystery Guest

Jezebel

1938as Mrs. Kendrick

It's Love I'm After

1937as Aunt Ella

Heaven Can Wait

1943as Bertha Van Cleve

When Ladies Meet

1941as Bridget 'Bridgie' Drake

Because You're Mine

1952as Mrs. Edna Montville

Little Women

1933as Marmee

Laramie

1959as Daisy Cooper

In the Good Old Summertime

1949as Nellie Burke

Dragonwyck

1946as Magda

Dennis the Menace

1959

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938as Widow Douglas (uncredited)

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1936as Lady Octavia Warrenton

Theodora Goes Wild

1936as Rebecca Perry

Ah, Wilderness!

1935as Essie Miller

Penrod and Sam

1937as Mrs. Schofield

Presenting Lily Mars

1943as Mrs. Mars

The Buccaneer

1938as Dolly Madison

The Flying Nun

1967as Mother General

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1960as Suzie Robinson

The Danny Thomas Show

1953as Eloise Adams

Werewolf of London

1935as Ettie Coombes

Living in a Big Way

1947as Mrs. Minerva Alsop Morgan

The 20th Century Fox Hour

as Mrs. Miller

The Blue Bird

1940as Mummy Tyl

The Big Wheel

1949as Mary Coy

Walk Softly, Stranger

1950as Mrs. Brentman