Portrait of Clara Blandick

Acting

Clara Blandick

Career

Active from 1915 to 1949, with a break from 1917 to 1928, busiest in 1931 with 8 main titles.

Leading roles
5
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Party Wire
Party Wire
GoodWatch score74/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 34 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Clara Blandick Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.8, average 5.4
  • Violence
    2.4, average 4.1
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.5, average 1.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.7, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Moral Dilemma 4
  • Melodrama 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Tragic Romance 2
  • Classic Hollywood Romance 2
  • Emotional 2
  • Early Talkie 2
  • Sentimental 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

106
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

2 titles ยท average score 60
Key to the City
Key to the City (1950)
GoodWatch score 63

as Liza, Silas' housekeeper

Riding High
Riding High (1950)
GoodWatch score 57

as Mrs. Peterson (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940s

29 titles ยท average score 62
Mr. Soft Touch
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
GoodWatch score 61

as Susan Balmuss

Philo Vance Returns
Philo Vance Returns (1947)
GoodWatch score 60

as Stella Blendon

Frontier Gal
Frontier Gal (1945)
GoodWatch score 56

as Abigail

Pillow of Death
Pillow of Death (1945)
GoodWatch score 49

as Belle Kincaid

Shadow of Suspicion
Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
GoodWatch score 63

as Mother Randall

Du Barry Was a Lady
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
GoodWatch score 58

as Old Lady on Subway (uncredited)

Heaven Can Wait
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
GoodWatch score 80

as Grandmother Van Cleve (uncredited)

The Nurse's Secret
The Nurse's Secret (1941)
GoodWatch score 56

as Aunt Juliet Mitchell

The Big Store
The Big Store (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

as Customer Seeking Record (uncredited)

Alice in Movieland
Alice in Movieland (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

as Grandmother

Dreaming Out Loud
Dreaming Out Loud (1940)

as Jessica Spencer

Tomboy
Tomboy (1940)

as Aunt Martha

1930s

71 titles ยท average score 61
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
GoodWatch score 88

as Auntie Em

Crime Ring
Crime Ring (1938)

as Phoebe Sawyer

My Old Kentucky Home
My Old Kentucky Home (1938)

as Julia 'Granny' Blair

Her Husband's Secretary
Her Husband's Secretary (1937)

as Agatha 'Aunt Gussie' Kingdon

Harold Teen
Harold Teen (1934)

as Ma Lovewell

The Girl from Missouri
The Girl from Missouri (1934)
GoodWatch score 69

as Miss Newberry

The Show-Off
The Show-Off (1934)
GoodWatch score 61

as Mrs. 'Ma'

Shopworn
Shopworn (1932)
GoodWatch score 59

as Mrs. Helen Livingston

Poor Aubrey
Poor Aubrey (1930)

as Mrs. Fisher - Aubrey's Mother-in-Law

Men Are Like That
Men Are Like That (1930)

as Ma Fisher

Romance
Romance (1930)
GoodWatch score 48

as Abigail Armstrong

The Girl Said No
The Girl Said No (1930)
GoodWatch score 54

as Mrs. Ward

1920s

1 title
Wise Girls
Wise Girls (1929)

as Mrs. Bence

1910s

3 titles
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp
Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp (1917)

as Mrs. Donnelly

The Stolen Triumph
The Stolen Triumph (1916)

as Mrs. Rowley

The Cabaret Singer
The Cabaret Singer (1915)

as Mrs. Denton