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Beulah Bondi

Acting

Born May 3, 1888 · Valparaiso, Indiana, USA

Died January 11, 1981

Also known as Beulah Bondy

Biography

Beulah Bondi (born Beulah Bondy; May 3, 1889 - January 11, 1981) was an American stage, screen, and television actress. She was twice nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. For a guest appearance on the television series The Waltons she won an Emmy Award.

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series · 1977
  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 1960
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1939 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actress · 1937 · nominated

Filmography36 titles

It's a Wonderful Life

1946as Mrs. Bailey

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Mrs. Sutton

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939as Ma Smith

Perry Mason

1957as Sophia Stone

On Borrowed Time

1939as Nellie Northrup aka Granny

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937as Lucy Cooper

Remember the Night

1939as Mrs. Sargent

The Waltons

1972as Martha Corinne

The Furies

1950as Mrs. Anaheim

The Snake Pit

1948as Mrs. Greer

Vivacious Lady

1938as Mrs. Morgan

Watch on the Rhine

1943as Anise

Reign of Terror

1949as Grandma Blanchard

Mr. Soft Touch

1949as Mrs. Hangale

Street Scene

1931as Emma Jones

Route 66

1960

Back from Eternity

1956as Martha Spangler

The Baron of Arizona

1950as Loma Morales

A Summer Place

1959as Mrs. Emily Hamilton Hamble

Wagon Train

1957as Grandma Bates

So Dear to My Heart

1948as Granny Kincaid

The Southerner

1945as Granny Tucker

Penny Serenade

1941as Miss Oliver

Rain

1932as Mrs. Davidson

Arrowsmith

1931as Mrs. Tozer (uncredited)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine

1936as Melissa

The Buccaneer

1938as Aunt Charlotte

The Invisible Ray

1936as Lady Arabella Stevens

Back to Bataan

1945as Bertha Barnes

Breakfast in Hollywood

1946as Mrs. Annie Reed

She Waits

1972as Mrs. Medina

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962as The Gypsy (segment "The Dancing Princess")

Track of the Cat

1954as Ma Bridges

Our Town

1940as Mrs Webb

Of Human Hearts

1938as Mary Wilkins

Lone Star

1952as Minniver Bryan