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Portrait of Jane Darwell

Acting

Jane Darwell

Titles
170movies13TV shows
Career

Active from 1914 to 1986, with a break from 1958 to 1985, busiest in 1936 with 10 main titles.

Leading roles
29
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.7EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 6.0Style
Jane Darwell Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 8
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Classic Hollywood 4
  • Sentimental 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Classic Western 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 3
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Moral Dilemma 3
  • Redemption 2
  • Hopeful 2
  • Silent Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

183

1980s

1 title

1960s

3 titles · average score 69

TV show · as Mrs. Leah Mulligan

TV show · as Mamie Carnation

1950s

36 titles · average score 63
All 36 titles from the 1950s

1940s

39 titles · average score 67
All 39 titles from the 1940s

1930s

93 titles · average score 65

as Mrs. Sheldon, Bill's Mother

as Aunt Cynthia Barton

as Mrs. Martha Lind

as Mary Sweeney

as Mrs. Denham

as Mrs. Louise Keats

as Mrs. Higgins

as Curtis' Housekeeper

All 93 titles from the 1930s

1920s

2 titles · average score 65

as Anxious Woman at Mine Disaster (uncredited)

as Housekeeper (uncredited)

1910s

9 titles · average score 80

as Madam (uncredited)

as Mrs. Russell - Aunt Diddy

as Señora Castro Kenton, Juanita's Mother

as Mrs. Brainerd

as Milwaukee Sadie

as Mrs. Tyler

as Mrs. Dan De Mille